mining Definition
min·ing (mīn′iŋ)
noun
- the act, process, or work of removing ores, coal, etc. from a mine, glacial deposit, etc.
- the act or process of laying explosive mines
mining Synonyms
mining
n.
mining Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- ore: Historically, the regions importance was due mainly to the mining of ores and minerals.
- coal: A number of geological problems beset the mining of coal within the Rhondda area.
Adjective modifier
- opencast: Fossil fuel power, acid rain, global warming, opencast coal mining, more cancer.
- open-cast: In recent years open-cast mining took place in this area.
- metalliferous: The landscape is much modified by human activities, with abandoned metalliferous mining and rock quarries a prominent feature of the site.
- Lead: Lead mining also gradually ended, although barytes and caulk were still mined in the 20th century.
- artisanal: An application had been received for a small pilot project to tackle the problem of mercury use in artisanal mining in Kalimantan.
- small-scale: Open pit mining finished during the early 1800's and was replaced by small-scale underground mining at the Mona Mine in 1811.
Modifies a noun
- subsidence: To top all this, the building was effectively in two halves brought about by the mining subsidence.
- district: Ax Edge Moor, and Three Shires Head 7 miles The area around Ax edge moor was once the coal mining district for Buxton.
- engineer: It was soon recognized that only someone with the skills of a mining engineer would have any hope of finding a solution.
- village: Coaltown of Wemyss A former mining village to the north of the coastal town of West Wemyss.
- industry: The mining industry, however, is very small.
- heritage: An aim might be: To become the best mining heritage museum in the North of England.
Noun used with modifier
- coal: Go to TOP Coal mines The coal mining area is in the center of the basin.
- data: More Info GE Capital Global Consumer Finance Striking commercial gold with data mining.
- opencast: This in conjunction with the emerging foreign opencast mining, reduced the price of tin put the Cornish mining industry under dire financial pressure.
- tin: Camborne was a prosperous boom town in the nineteenth century, due to the tin mining industry.
- copper: There is evidence of copper mining in the Bronze Age.
- uranium: On the menu are uranium mining clean-up, sovereignty rights, cultural protection, and freedom of religion.
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