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QUARRYING |
Mining |
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COALFIELDS |
Mining regions |
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SLAG |
Mining dross |
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TAILINGS |
Mining dregs |
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GAD |
Mining tool |
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ROCKERS |
Mining cradles |
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GOLDFIELD |
Mining area |
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PIT |
Mining excavation |
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STOPE |
Mining excavation |
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DIGGINGS |
Mining place |
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PROSPECTOR |
Mining claim owner |
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NAURU |
Former phosphate-mining Pacific island |
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WEIPA |
Cape york peninsula mining town |
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GRETA |
Coal-mining town in Hunter Valley |
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DREDGER |
A hundred geraniums used to hide sand-mining boat |
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DIRT |
In placer mining, earth, gravel, etc., before washing. |
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HOGGERPIPE |
The upper terminal pipe of a mining pump. |
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STOWCE |
A wooden landmark, to indicate possession of mining land. |
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STURT |
A bargain in tribute mining by which the tributor profits. |
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SAP |
To proceed by mining, or by secretly undermining; to
execute saps. |
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MINING |
Of or pertaining to mines; as, mining engineer; mining
machinery; a mining region. |
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PITMAN |
One who works in a pit, as in mining, in sawing timber,
etc. |
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LOCATOR |
One who locates, or is entitled to locate, land or a
mining claim. |
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COUNTERMINE |
An underground gallery excavated to intercept and
destroy the mining of an enemy. |
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WELL |
A hole or excavation in the earth, in mining, from which
run branches or galleries. |