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  2. World of Warcraft: Shadowlands - Wikipedia

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    They argue that "Shadowlands plays it safe with numerous takes on established systems and structures, but … also takes chances with a deadly zone ..." called The Maw, "alongside a fantastic roguelike run tower" that is known as Torghast and is "full of surprises. As a result, Shadowlands is a satisfying addition to … World of Warcraft." [26]

  3. World of Warcraft: The Burning Crusade - Wikipedia

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    Two new playable races were added to World of Warcraft in The Burning Crusade: the Draenei of the Alliance and the Blood Elves of the Horde.Previously, the shaman class was exclusive to the Horde faction (available to the orc, troll and tauren races), and the paladin class was exclusive to the Alliance faction (available to the human and dwarf races); with the new races, the expansion allowed ...

  4. Ore shoot - Wikipedia

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    An ore shoot is a hypogenic mass that is deposited in veins within a planar channel or lode, found in a shear or fault zone, fissure or lithologic boundary. [1] The ore shoot is the area of concentration which contains a primary ore along the veins present in the rock, and consists of the most valuable part of the deposit.

  5. Vein (geology) - Wikipedia

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    White veins in dark rock at Imperia, Italy. In geology, a vein is a distinct sheetlike body of crystallized minerals within a rock. Veins form when mineral constituents carried by an aqueous solution within the rock mass are deposited through precipitation. The hydraulic flow involved is usually due to hydrothermal circulation. [1]

  6. Adit - Wikipedia

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    Other examples are the Great County Adit in Cornwall, a 40-mile (64 km)-long network of adits that used to drain the whole Gwennap mining area, and the 3.9 miles (6.3 km) Sutro Tunnel at the Comstock Lode in Virginia City, Nevada. A side benefit of driving such extensive adits is that previously unknown ore-bodies can be discovered, helping ...

  7. Stockwork - Wikipedia

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    Sample of gold ore from the Red Lake Mine consisting of a stockwork of gold filled veinlets (sample width: 6.6 cm). In geology, a stockwork is a complex system of structurally controlled or randomly oriented veins. [1]

  8. Mining engineering - Wikipedia

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    Surface gold mine with haul truck in foreground, in Kalgoorlie, Australia. Mining in the engineering discipline is the extraction of minerals from the ground. Mining engineering is associated with many other disciplines, such as mineral processing, exploration, excavation, geology, metallurgy, geotechnical engineering and surveying.

  9. Hydraulic mining - Wikipedia

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    Hydraulic mining is a form of mining that uses high-pressure jets of water to dislodge rock material or move sediment. [1] In the placer mining of gold or tin , the resulting water-sediment slurry is directed through sluice boxes to remove the gold.