what do miners do in order to start mining.

a go to a boom town
b build flumess
cstake a claim
d find a grubstake

i think its c.

4 answers

Right.
But he might find a grubstake first.

http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/grubstake
so its d?
It could be either one -- depending upon what the miner thought best.

What does your story say?