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  2. Man engine - Wikipedia

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    Person on the 1837 man engine at the Samson Pit in Lower Saxony, Germany Bottom of the man engine at the Dolcoath Mine, Cornwall. The earliest known examples of this device were from the first half of the nineteenth century in the silver mining area of the Harz mountains, Germany, where they were driven by cranks connected to water wheels, although bucket hoists ("Hakenkunst") using the same ...

  3. Mine survey - Wikipedia

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    Mine surveying is the practice of determining the relative positions of points on or beneath the surface of the earth by direct or indirect measurements of distance, direction & elevation. [ 1 ] International and National Institutions

  4. Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 - Wikipedia

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    Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act of 1977 - Wikipedia

  5. Surface mining - Wikipedia

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    The Siilinjärvi carbonatite complex, [1] an open-pit mine owned by Yara International, in Siilinjärvi, Finland Coal strip mine in Wyoming. Surface mining, including strip mining, open-pit mining and mountaintop removal mining, is a broad category of mining in which soil and rock overlying the mineral deposit (the overburden) are removed, in contrast to underground mining, in which the ...

  6. Ladder - Wikipedia

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    An extension ladder. A ladder is a vertical or inclined set of rungs or steps commonly used for climbing or descending. There are two types: rigid ladders that are self-supporting or that may be leaned against a vertical surface such as a wall, and rollable ladders, such as those made of rope or aluminium, that may be hung from the top.

  7. Drift mining - Wikipedia

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    Drift mining is either the mining of an ore deposit by underground methods, or the working of coal seams accessed by adits driven into the surface outcrop of the coal bed. [1] A drift mine is an underground mine in which the entry or access is above water level and generally on the slope of a hill, driven horizontally into the ore seam. [2]

  8. Grant Williams: 'No malicious intent' behind hard foul on ...

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    The Boston Celtics stayed cool while Charlotte Hornets lost theirs. Grant Williams and Miles Bridges were ejected in the closing minutes of the fourth quarter and LaMelo Ball was called for a ...

  9. Borehole mining - Wikipedia

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    Borehole Mining (BHM) is a remote operated method of extraction (mining) of mineral resources through boreholes based on in-situ conversion of ores into a mobile form (slurry) by means of high pressure water jetting (hydraulicking). This process is carried-out from a land surface, open pit floor, underground mine or floating vessel through pre ...