Mining companies often edged out individual prospectors,

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The sentence states that mining companies often edged out individual prospectors, implying that the mining companies were displacing the prospectors. The next part of the sentence states that agricultural operations frequently displaced family farmers, indicating a similar situation where big agricultural operations were displacing small family farmers. Option A and D do not provide a logical continuation of the sentence, and option B only provides a possible response for family farmers, but does not address the displacement caused by mining companies and agricultural operations.

Mining Companies Often Edged Out Individual Prospectors