Wiktionary
alt. A mine for silver ore. n. A mine for silver ore.
WordNet
n. a mine where silver ore is dug
Wikipedia
Usage examples of "silver mine".
Holder of the contract to manage the Imperial silver mine at Vebiodunum in the Mendip Hills.
Important mineral rights were leased out to local contractors, including management of the main imperial silver mine in the Mendip Hills.
How can I compete with a silver mine that comes close to being another Comstock?
A week later we arrived at the Vebiodunum silver mines, Vitalis astride a pony in the leather and furs of a bounty hunter, me running behind in the rags of a slave.
John agreed, though he realized most people would have meant something mundane like dinner plans, not the organized acquisition of silver mines, land, timber and anything else that had been up for grabs in Montana over the last several years.
It was impossible to interest someone in silver mines without that damned train.