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stope Definition

stope (stōp)

noun

a steplike excavation formed by the removal of ore from around a mine shaft

Etymology: < MLowG stōpe, akin to step

transitive verb, intransitive verb stoped, stop′·ing

to mine in stopes

stope Usage Examples

Converse of object

  • flood: W and down dip from the junction with the hauling level leads to a flooded stope, Blue Lake.
  • reach: West passes a winze on the left to reach a collapsed stope.

Adjective modifier

  • large: The right branch went into a large stope with a wooden launder in the floor.
  • small: After a short distance the level turns to the right into a small stope.
  • high: Five days after they began to work the high stope I went to the mine and found Alexander McMaster & Alexander McPhee at work.

Modifies a noun

  • working: East passes through some interesting small stope workings to a collapse at about 45 meters.

Modifying Another Word

  • never: I'd passed the book many times in bookstores yet never stoped to look at it.
  • there: And theres tons more that I cant remember, probaly more later on but I stoped about there.
  • also: Shes also stoped cleaning herself, and never seems to come away from her bed.

Present participle complement

  • work: It is little longer than the loco so I assume the second road went out of use after the tram stoped working.