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• Dump — Dump, n. 1. A car or boat for dumping refuse, etc. [1913 Webster] 2. A ground or place for dumping ashes, refuse, etc. [1913 Webster] 3. That which is dumped. [1913 Webster] 4. (Mining) A pile of ore or rock. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• dump — (v.) early 14c., throw down or fall with force, perhaps from a Scandinavian source (Cf. Dan. dumpe, Norw. dumpa to fall suddenly ). The sense of unload en masse is first recorded in Amer.Eng. 1784. That of discard, abandon is from 1919. Related:… …   Etymology dictionary

• 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

• Dump truck — For other uses, see Dump truck (disambiguation). A dump truck (or, UK, dumper truck) is a truck used for transporting loose material (such as sand, gravel, or dirt) for construction. A typical dump truck is equipped with a hydraulically operated… …   Wikipedia

• Mining methods of the Klondike Gold Rush — See also: Klondike Gold Rush, Mining Contents 1 During the Klondike Gold Rush (1896 1910) 1.1 Methods of bringing out the gold 1.1.1 Underground mining …   Wikipedia

• dump — I. /dʌmp / (say dump) verb (t) 1. to throw down in a mass; fling down or drop heavily: *Heavy rain is expected to be dumped on the Western Australian Goldfields today as tropical cyclone Monty makes its way south. –abc online, 2004. 2. to empty… …  

• dump — dumper, n. /dump/, v.t. 1. to drop or let fall in a mass; fling down or drop heavily or suddenly: Dump the topsoil here. 2. to empty out, as from a container, by tilting or overturning. 3. to unload or empty out (a container), as by tilting or… …   Universalium

• 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

• Open-pit mining — El Chino, located near Silver City, New Mexico, is an open pit copper mine …   Wikipedia