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mining Definition

min·ing (mīn′iŋ)

noun

  1. the act, process, or work of removing ores, coal, etc. from a mine, glacial deposit, etc.
  2. the act or process of laying explosive mines

mining Synonyms

mining

n.

excavating, quarrying, hollowing, opening, digging, scooping, tapping, boring, drilling, pitting, undermining, delving, burrowing, tunneling, staving in, honeycombing, placer mining, stoping, hard-rock mining, prospecting.

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.