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PITS |
Mines |
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COLLIERIES |
Coal mines |
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SIBERIA |
Salt-mines region |
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QUARRIES |
Prey sought in open-cut mines |
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IMMENSE |
Collapsed mines around me are huge! |
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MINY |
Abounding with mines; like a mine. |
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INTERMINE |
To intersect or penetrate with mines. |
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GIRANDOLE |
A series of chambers in defensive mines. |
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DAN |
A small truck or sledge used in coal mines. |
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CORB |
A basket used in coal mines, etc. see Corf. |
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STANNARY |
Of or pertaining to tin mines, or tin works. |
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INTHEMINDSEYE |
In the mines, I say I have a mental picture |
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MINING |
The act or business of making mines or of working them. |
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DAMP |
A gaseous product, formed in coal mines, old wells, pints,
etc. |
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ZIMENT-WATER |
A kind of water found in copper mines; water
impregnated with copper. |
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MADRIER |
A plank or beam used for supporting the earth in mines or
fortifications. |
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KIESERITE |
Hydrous sulphate of magnesia found at the salt mines of
Stassfurt, Prussian Saxony. |
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BUTTY |
One who mines by contract, at so much per ton of coal or
ore. |
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SLICKENS |
The pulverized matter from a quartz mill, or the lighter
soil of hydraulic mines. |
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CORF |
A wooden frame, sled, or low-wheeled wagon, to convey coal or
ore in the mines. |
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KIBBLE |
A large iron bucket used in Cornwall and Wales for raising
ore out of mines. |
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BRETTICE |
The wooden boarding used in supporting the roofs and
walls of coal mines. See Brattice. |
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IDRIALITE |
A bituminous substance obtained from the mercury mines
of Idria, where it occurs mixed with cinnabar. |
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CULM |
The waste of the Pennsylvania anthracite mines, consisting of
fine coal, dust, etc., and used as fuel. |
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BYARD |
A piece of leather crossing the breast, used by the men who
drag sledges in coal mines. |