Tributer \Trib"u*ter\, n. (Mining)
One who works for a certain portion of the ore, or its value.
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Note: Tributers generally work in gangs, and have a limited
portion of a lode set them, called a tribute pitch,
beyond which they are not permitted to work, and for
which they receive a certain portion of the ore, or so
much per pound, as agreed upon, of the value of what
they raise. --Weale.
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