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Metallurgy and Mining: Terms and Concepts , mine1 / mīn/ • possessive pron. used to refer to a thing or things belonging to or associated with the speaker: you go your way and I'll go mine some… Mining , Mining
Mining is the process by which commercially valuable mineral resources are extracted (removed) from Earth's surface. These resources include o… Land Mine , Mines, Land
Mines, Land. Originally mine warfare consisted of tunneling beneath enemy positions and destroying them with explosives. In the Civil War… Strip Mining , This technique is used for near-surface, relatively flat sedimentary mineral deposits. How deeply the mining can occur is essentially determined by t… Stock (botany) , stock
A. trunk, stem OE.;
B. supporting structure; frame of timber for punishment XIV;
C. hollow receptacle XIV;
D. massive portion of an instrument… Minesweeping , MINESWEEPING, the systematic clearance of mines from an area where submarines, surface ships, or aircraft have planted them. Most minesweeping involv…
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