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mining

[ mahy-ning ]

noun

  1. the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines.
  2. the laying of explosive mines.
  3. Digital Technology. the act or process by which cryptocurrency transactions, especially bitcoin, are verified and new cryptocurrency is generated: computer networks are used to solve sets of mathematical problems, that, when solved, yield a unit of that currency.


mining

/ ˈmaɪnɪŋ /

noun

  1. the act, process, or industry of extracting coal, ores, etc, from the earth
  2. military the process of laying mines


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Word History and Origins

Origin of mining1

First recorded in 1250–1300; Middle English: “undermining (walls in an attack)”; mine 2 + -ing 1

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Example Sentences

Fracking, in this regard, is no different from gypsum mining, or some kinds of industrial agriculture.

So, Schmidt followed the gold rush to the El Paso mountains and claimed an area of mining land.

Resolution is majority owned and controlled by Rio Tinto, a global mining conglomerate.

That is approximately the same year the BBC predicted Moon mining could become commercially profitable.

Eventually, he said, he spoke with a former official who had worked on a contract for the mining company.

But since this has little or nothing to do with the story, I pass by my mining adventures and come back to the hotel.

By their agreement with the owner, the Company have the right of mining under an area of 185 acres, at a royalty of 6d.

A practical mining engineer who was recently sent to examine and report on this property says that it is 100 per cent.

The trial was attended by the principal mining agents; the result was about ten millions by each engine.

It is not only in the mining part of the business that the want of skill is prejudicial to the result.

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