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• mining — /muy ning/, n. 1. the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines. 2. the laying of explosive mines. [1250 1300; ME: undermining (walls in an attack); see MINE2, ING1] * * * I Excavation of materials from the Earth s… …   Universalium

• Mining in Australia — Super Pit gold mine at Kalgoorlie in Western Australia is Australia s largest open pit mine Mining in Australia is a significant primary industry and contributor to the Australian economy. Historically, mining booms have also encouraged… …   Wikipedia

• coal mining — Coal was very important in the economic development of Britain. It was used as fuel in the factories built during the Industrial Revolution and continued to be important until the 1980s. The main coalfields are in north east England, the north… …   Universalium

• Udston mining disaster — The Udston mining disaster occurred in Hamilton, Scotland on Saturday, 28 May 1887 when 73 miners died in a firedamp explosion at Udston Colliery. Caused, it is thought, by unauthorised shot firing [ [http://www.scotsindependent.org/dates1 f.htm… …   Wikipedia

• Blantyre mining disaster — The Blantyre mining disaster, which happened on the morning of October 22 1877, in Blantyre, Scotland, was and remains Scotland’s worst Mining accident and disaster. Firedamp Claims 207 Blantyre Colliery, William Dixons pit, numbers 1 and 2 both… …   Wikipedia

• National Center for Data Mining — The National Center for Data Mining (NCDM) is a center of the University of Illinois at Chicago (UIC), established in 1998 to serve as a resource for research, standards development, and outreach for high performance and distributed data mining… …   Wikipedia

• Arthur Owen Vaughan — Flame Bearers of Welsh History: Being the outline of the Sons of Cunedda by Arthur Owen Vaughan Lt. Colonel Arthur Owen Vaughan DSO OBE DCM (1863 1919) also known by his bardic name Owen Rhoscomyl was an English born writer, soldier and …   Wikipedia

• mine gas — ▪ mining  any of various harmful vapours produced during mining operations. The gases are frequently called damps (German Dampf, “vapour”). Firedamp is a gas that occurs naturally in coal seams. The gas is nearly always methane (CH4) and is… …   Universalium

• explosive — explosively, adv. explosiveness, n. /ik sploh siv/, adj. 1. tending or serving to explode: an explosive temper; Nitroglycerin is an explosive substance. 2. pertaining to or of the nature of an explosion: explosive violence. 3. likely to lead to… …   Universalium

• Coal — Sedimentary Rock Anthracite coal Composition Primary carbon Secondary hydrogen, sulfur …   Wikipedia

• environment — environmental, adj. environmentally, adv. /en vuy reuhn meuhnt, vuy euhrn /, n. 1. the aggregate of surrounding things, conditions, or influences; surroundings; milieu. 2. Ecol. the air, water, minerals, organisms, and all other external factors… …   Universalium