cash cow vs mother lode

cash cow

noun
  • Someone or something which is a dependable source of appreciable amounts of money. 

  • A product, service, or enterprise that generates ongoing, high net free cash flows. 

mother lode

noun
  • Any source of valuable or useful material. 

  • A large or rich vein of gold or of another precious mineral from which other branches extend. 

How often have the words cash cow and mother lode occurred in a corpus of books? (source: Google Ngram Viewer )