overburden mining

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• Overburden — is the material that lies above an area of economic or scientific interest in mining and archaeology; most commonly the rock, soil, and ecosystem that lies above a coal seam or ore body. It is also known as waste or spoil . Overburden is distinct …   Wikipedia

• 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 — This article is about the extraction of geological materials from the Earth. For the municipality in Austria, see Mining, Austria. For the siege tactic, see Mining (military). For name of the Chinese emperor, see Daoguang Emperor. Simplified… …   Wikipedia

• Overburden Conveyor Bridge F60 — The F60 in Lichterfeld, along the entire length F60 is the series designation of five overburden conveyor bridges used in brown coal (lignite) opencast mining in the Lusatian coalfields in Germany. They were built by the former Volkseigener… …   Wikipedia

• Mining engineering — Surface coal mine with haul truck in foreground Mining engineering is an engineering discipline that involves the practice, the theory, the science, the technology, and application of extracting and processing minerals from a naturally occurring… …   Wikipedia

• Mining in Roman Britain — Mining was one of the most prosperous activities in Roman Britain. Britain was rich in resources such as copper, gold, iron, lead, salt, silver, and tin, materials in high demand in the Roman Empire. The abundance of mineral resources in the… …   Wikipedia

• overburden — v. /oh veuhr berr dn/; n. /oh veuhr berr dn/, v.t. 1. to load with too great a burden; overload: He was overburdened with cares. n. 2. an excessive burden. 3. Also called burden, capping. Mining. waste earth and rock covering a mineral deposit.… …   Universalium

• overburden — v. & n. v.tr. burden (a person, thing, etc.) to excess. n. 1 rock etc. that must be removed prior to mining the mineral deposit beneath it. 2 an excessive burden. Derivatives: overburdensome adj …   Useful english dictionary

• strip mining — mining in an open pit after removal of the overburden. * * * Technique for the surface mining of coal by removing the soil and rock overburden above a seam and extracting the exposed mineral. The method is used to best advantage where the coal… …   Universalium

• Coal mining — Men leaving a UK colliery at the close of a shift Surface coal mining in Wyo …   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