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• open pit mine — noun a mining operation in which blocks of ore carrying earth are dug from the surface, creating a large quarry like pit. –open pit mining, noun …  

• open-cut mine — /oʊpən kʌt ˈmaɪn/ (say ohpuhn kut muyn) noun a mining operation in which an ore seam close to the surface is exposed and mined. –open cut mining, noun …  

• open-cut — open ,cut adjective AMERICAN an open cut mine is where coal is dug from the ground out of a large hole rather than from deep below ground …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

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

• Open-pit coal mining in the United Kingdom — The United Kingdom produces about ten million tons of coal a year [1] from open pit mines. The majority comes from Scotland [2], with the largest operator there being the Scottish Coal subsidiary of Scottish Resources Group [3]; they are rather… …   Wikipedia

• Mine railway — Preserved typical mine train at the Museu de Les Mines d Eschucha, Spain A mine railway is a railway constructed to carry materials and workers in and out of a mine.[1] Materials transported typically include ore, coal and spoil. Today most mine… …   Wikipedia

• mine — 1. noun 1) a coal mine Syn: pit, excavation, quarry, workings, diggings; strip mine, open pit mine, placer (mine), hardrock mine 2) a mine of information Syn: rich source, repository …   Thesaurus of popular words

• Mine reclamation — is the process of creating useful landscapes that meet a variety of goals, typically creating productive ecosystems (or sometimes industrial or municipal land) from mined land. It includes all aspects of this work, including material placement,… …   Wikipedia

• Open Season (video game) — Open Season Developer(s) Ubisoft Montreal / Ubisoft Quebec Publisher(s) Ubisoft …   Wikipedia

• Open-source intelligence — (OSINT) is a form of intelligence collection management that involves finding, selecting, and acquiring information from publicly available sources and analyzing it to produce actionable intelligence. In the intelligence community (IC), the term… …   Wikipedia

• Mine Howe — is a prehistoric subterranean man made chamber dug 20 feet deep inside a large mound. It is located in the Tankerness area of Orkney, about 5 miles (8 km) southeast of Kirkwall, the capital of Orkney. The origin of the howe (from Old Norse… …   Wikipedia