The focus of mining then shifted back to the upper level, and during the 1980s a tunnel was driven northward into the quarry wall. |
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The mining town of Coober Pedy in Australia got its name from the local Aboriginals. |
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The need for the Thames Estuary sea forts arose in the last war on account of the mining of our waters with magnetic mines. |
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From 1575 to the start of the eighteenth century, mining waxed and waned throughout the Andes. |
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Underground mining entails sinking shafts to reach the target resource and driving tunnels and adits, either inclined or horizontally. |
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Roads were formed and water races constructed for gold mining and the irrigation that would lead to the prosperity that would follow. |
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Lewd, alcoholic, and rambunctious, she was a terror around the mining towns and military forts on the western plains. |
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In addition to the mining sector, the province also has abundant marine resources. |
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Their faulty statements were unfortunately also quoted by the media and certain officials outside the mining sector. |
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Opening up parts of Queensland's Cape York to mining could devastate the famous Quinkan rock art. |
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Hatcher has laid claim to a jerkwater, sweaty little mining town named Helldorado. |
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The idea of mining Paritutu's bones was shelved, and quarrying continued at Fishing Rock. |
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They are lake-sized pits used to store the toxic water that is a byproduct of the mining process. |
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Improper mining could kill the Kabul River and poison the aquifer for generations to come. |
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Off the coast of Japan stands a crumbling, post-apocalyptic abandoned island that once held a bustling mining community. |
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That is approximately the same year the BBC predicted Moon mining could become commercially profitable. |
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She was 19 at the time, working as a waitress at a sketchy makeshift bar in a small mining town 460 miles north of Addis Ababa. |
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When my wife and I moved to Bisbee, Ariz., in 2000, we knew it was an old mining town. |
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Birth control and data mining used to be things they believed in, now both are big government plots to be stopped. |
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Benxihu, China To date, the Benxihu colliery was the site of the most lethal mining accidents on record. |
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The weather-beaten faces staring out from old photographs are no longer around to tell of the hardships of life in a remote mining community 100 years ago. |
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The accident was the worst in several years for the country's accident-prone coal mining industry, the primary source of fuel for the world's seventh-biggest economy. |
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And lo and behold, she was determined to sink the mining industry, and we were determined to fight for our community. |
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Rock crystal mining had been carried out for a number of years in the center of the island near Khrustalnyi Creek. |
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Deep sea mining is a relatively new mineral retrieval process that takes place on the ocean floor. |
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The heaps of mining waste remain, contaminated with lead, and on which little will grow. |
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The main settlements of South Yorkshire grew up around the industries of mining and steel manufacturing. |
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From the 12th century onwards tin mining was regulated by a Stannary Parliament which had its own laws. |
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The largest production of lead occurred in South and East Asia, especially China and India, where lead mining grew strongly. |
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When one thinks of a mining supply and service company, images of aerobies classes and weightlifting do not usually spring to mind. |
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Its upper end runs through lead mining country, until this gives way to coal seams of the Durham coalfield for the rest of its length. |
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There can be no doubt that coal mining substantially changed the landscape. |
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As a result of limestone quarrying, lead mining and coal mining, the Wear valley was amongst the first places to see the development of railways. |
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In 2013, a Canadian mining company were allowed to test drill for zinc around Allenheads and Nenthead. |
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On many mining sites, pit railways have been abandoned due to mine closure or adoption of new kinds of transportation equipment. |
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The chemical industry in Cheshire was founded in Roman times, with the mining of salt in Middlewich and Northwich. |
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Evidence of lead mining has been traced back to Roman times with finds at the Hurst mine. |
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In zones where the horizontal width is less than 8 feet, slusher mining and jacklegs will be used for mining to a minimum width of 6 feet. |
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Hydroelectricity also avoids the hazards of coal mining and the indirect health effects of coal emissions. |
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The region farther north of the main mining zones attracted few Spanish settlers. |
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Despite this discovery, mining continued into the 1950s, due to the USSR's demand for uranium. |
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Graphite mining continued, and quarrying for slate began to grow in importance. |
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These areas grew and were shaped by coal mining and coal processing, and this is still visible even after the end of the coal mining. |
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However, industry observers have warned that this might not lead to a boom in mining jobs. |
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Although mining was difficult and dangerous, the wages were good, which is what drew the indigenous labor. |
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In Bergslagen mining and metallurgic industry have been important since the Middle Ages. |
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For mature terrestrial mining the value can start as early as prospecting and application. |
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Although manganese mining halted in 1978, there was an agreement in 2006 to export manganese already mined but not yet exported. |
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There has been considerable mining activity beneath the slopes of Blencathra. |
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Minerals often occur in mountains, with mining being an important component of the economics of some montane societies. |
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Since the resettlement of Spitsbergen in the early 20th century, coal mining has been the dominant commercial activity. |
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The south eastern part extends well into neighbouring Cheshire where significant mining took place around Poynton and Dukinfield. |
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Many relics from the mining operations were discovered there still in situ as the miners left them. |
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Part of the West Pennine Moors, it is a popular walking area, and has been the site of mining activity, aeroplane disasters and murders. |
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For example, a mining engineer and geologist may target metallic ores such as galena for lead or chalcopyrite for copper. |
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Occasionally visible from the valley bottom road are the slowly fading fellside scars of the 18th and 19th century lead mining industry. |
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After a certain reporting period feedback information is provided to improve the sustainability of the mining process. |
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In historical times, Chagford grew due to the wool trade and from tin mining in the area. |
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From the 1870s onwards, the economy of the town was dominated by the coal mining industry, with only a small tinplate works. |
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The Tanami mining operation is on Aboriginal Freehold Land held by the Warlpiri people. |
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Also called open pit mining, surface mining is removing minerals in formations that are at or near the surface. |
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Slavery was a mainstay of the Brazilian colonial economy, especially in mining and sugarcane production. |
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The main mining areas were around Aachen, the Ruhr and Saar area, along with many smaller areas in other parts of Germany. |
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Japan has a long history of coal mining dating back into the Japanese Middle Ages. |
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Historically, coal mining has been a very dangerous activity and the list of historical coal mining disasters is a long one. |
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Technological advancements have made coal mining today more productive than it has ever been. |
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Modern mining in the US results in approximately 30 deaths per year due to mine accidents. |
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There is a museum dedicated to coal mining in the region of Catalonia, called Cercs Mine Museum. |
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As well as lead and copper mining, quite a large undertaking of slate mining has been taking place over the years. |
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In this mining method, explosives are first used in order to break through the surface or overburden, of the mining area. |
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There is often local opposition to new mining projects where environmental impacts are perceived to be very large. |
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The coal mining industry depended on using soughs until the mines became too deep to be drained by this means. |
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Surface mining accounts for around 80 percent of production in Australia, while in the US it is used for about 67 percent of production. |
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This form of mining differs from extractive methods that require tunneling into the earth, such as long wall mining. |
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The law requires that states set up their own Reclamation Departments and legislate laws related to reclamation for coal mining operations. |
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The falling price of lead brought the decline of the Derbyshire lead mining industry towards the end of the 19th century. |
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By 1912, surface mining was conducted with steam shovels designed for coal mining. |
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Surface mining and deep underground mining are the two basic methods of mining. |
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About half were located in the mining towns of Concepcion, Santiago, Santo Domingo, and Buenaventura. |
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He was instructed to extend the settlement of the island and continue mining for gold. |
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Since the resettlement of Svalbard in the early 20th century, coal mining has been the dominant commercial activity. |
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In the United States, the increase in technology has significantly decreased the mining workforce. |
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Gases released during the mining process can be recovered to generate electricity and improve worker safety with gas engines. |
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Coal mining greatly increased during the industrial revolution and the following decades. |
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Currently, mining in the Andes of Chile and Peru places these countries as the first and third major producers of copper in the world. |
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They discouraged the alum mining near Volterra in Italy, apparently pushing its inhabitants to revolt against Florentine rule. |
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The United States' early aerial mining efforts used smaller aircraft unable to carry many mines. |
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Indigenous who were drawn to the mining areas were from different regions of the center of Mexico, with a few from the north itself. |
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Buoys were dropped temporarily marking the end point of a mining excursion to avoid leaving an unmined gap when the next excursion started. |
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Coal was mined in America in the early 18th century, and commercial mining started around 1730 in Midlothian, Virginia. |
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Industry is nowadays focused on agriculture and tourism, but historically mining and fishing were important activities. |
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The advantage of aerial mining became clear, and the United Kingdom geared up for it. |
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The Bergische industry ordered more and more coal from the new coal mining area along the Ruhr river. |
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Katanga's bid for sovereignty was supported by Belgian mining companies and soldiers, who had considerable assets in the area. |
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Agatharchides provides a relatively detailed description of the gold mining system of Aethiopia. |
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Demand for African slaves did not wane after the decline of the mining industry in the second half of the 18th century. |
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As with all mining operations, deep sea mining raises questions about environmental damages to the surrounding areas. |
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The three main emerald mining areas in Colombia are Muzo, Coscuez, and Chivor. |
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However, only the first two have any potential of being targeted by mining in the next few decades. |
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In these hills are many evidences of historic mining activity, a testament to the mineral wealth beneath. |
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There is evidence of mining in Caiston Glen, with the mouth of a level opening about halfway up the beck. |
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In the context of underground coal mining in the United States, the term slate was commonly used to refer to shale well into the 20th century. |
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The renewed interest in mining nodules has led to increased concern and scrutiny regarding possible environmental impacts. |
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Later, his success in mining gold in Guatemala made him one of the richest of the conquistadores in Mexico. |
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Cebu's economy is also driven by the mining and quarrying areas in Toledo, Naga, Alcoy, and Danao. |
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The regional economy was traditionally based on industries such as coal mining in the Leen Valley and manufacturing. |
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An example of this is permission granted by Sir John Fitzwilliam in 1367 for mining to take place on his estate near Elsecar south of Barnsley. |
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On 18 December 2015, miners at Kellingley worked their final shift, marking the end of Great Britain's deep coal mining industry. |
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Coal mining started at the end of the 19th century and several permanent communities were established. |
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There are the remains of hushing gulleys on the slopes of the mountain, created during lead mining of the industrial revolution. |
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The resource valuation incorporates the examination of data in the context of potential mining feasibility. |
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Some plants, such as spring sandwort, have managed to grow where the lead mining took place. |
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Nodule mining could affect tens of thousands of square kilometers of these deep sea ecosystems. |
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Close to its source at Heald Foot, the water is polluted by the remains of past opencast mining activities and a landfill site. |
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Wales has also had a significant history of mining for slate, gold and various metal ores. |
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The main mining industry was coal which was concentrated to the north and east of the county. |
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It was founded by the Rothschild family, combining a few of their many subsidiaries in the metals and mining industries. |
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Until the beginning of the 20th century, the main industry was the mining of copper and tin. |
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There are no long term studies on the success of these covers due to the relatively short time in which large scale open pit mining has existed. |
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An increase in the productivity of mining led to a fall in the price of metals relative to rising prices for other commodities. |
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Yakutsk is responsible for a fifth of the world's production of diamonds, and is home to ALROSA and other mining companies. |
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The diamond, gold and tin ore mining industries are the major focus of the economy. |
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The first commercial attempts at slate mining took place in 1787, when a private partnership obtained a lease from the landowner, Assheton Smith. |
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The act of mining required different methods of extraction depending on the mineralogy, geology, and location of the resources. |
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In the 1870s the advent of coal mining to the south of the town gave renewed impetus to the local economy and population growth. |
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Rwanda, too, which is rich with coltan, cassiterite and wolframite, is currently reviewing its mining laws and licences. |
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Germany seized control of some mining districts in the First World War, leaving them devastated. |
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In Russia's Kola Peninsula, vast areas have already been destroyed by mining and smelting activities, and further development is imminent. |
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Mobility in and out of the mining camps to nearby industrial areas was high. |
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A bell pit is a primitive method of mining coal, iron ore or other minerals where the coal or ore lies near the surface. |
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Overburden from subsequent strips are deposited in the void left from mining the coal and overburden from the previous strip. |
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Other methods include dissolution mining and evaporation methods from brines. |
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The vast majority of calcium carbonate used in industry is extracted by mining or quarrying. |
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An example of this is the coal mining in Zona Centro Sur, Chile, that began as a response to the arrival of steamships to Talcahuano. |
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It planned and funded a simple cruciform system that connected major cities, ports and mining areas, and linked to neighboring countries. |
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In 1888, Rhodes obtained a concession for mining rights from King Lobengula of the Ndebele peoples. |
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It later evolved into hydraulic mining when used during the California Gold Rush. |
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Many miners from the district have emigrated over the last century in order to find mining jobs abroad. |
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Chalk mining boomed during the Industrial Revolution, due to the need for chalk products such as quicklime and bricks. |
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These arose at the beginning of the 19th century in England as innovation in the mining industry. |
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This impact has led to most of the world's nations adopting regulations to manage negative effects of mining operations. |
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As a consequence of this concentration of mining wealth, Penzance became a centre for commercial banking. |
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A mining engineer in whatever role they occupy must follow all federal, state, and local mine safety laws. |
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The Norwegian Store Norske and the Russian Arktikugol remain the only mining companies in place. |
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All the subsurface mines were closed by 2001, although some open pit coal mining continues near Stellarton. |
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The Nova Scotia Museum of Industry at Stellarton explores the history of mining in the province from its location on the site of the Foord Pit. |
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During the next two days, frantic efforts were made to reach an agreement between the government and the mining industry representatives. |
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His extensive mining for apparently statistically significant results made any of his results questionable. |
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Some of the riches were probably acquired through the control of mining districts and the production of iron. |
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The worst single disaster in British coal mining history was at Senghenydd in the South Wales coalfield. |
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Blaenavon was an important centre of coal mining and iron making in South Wales during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. |
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Coal mining started at the beginning of the 20th century, and several permanent communities were established. |
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Bell pits were not very effective for mining as they only partially exploited the resources. |
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This section provides a very abbreviated snapshot of the drift mining information generally available. |
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George Stephenson came from a mining family and by 1804 had secured the post of brakesman at Killingworth colliery. |
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He was an experienced mining engineer, able to survey, sink shafts, to construct railways, tunnels and stationary engines. |
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He was a friend of Francis Bacon, a strong supporter of the Royalist cause and an expert on mining and coining. |
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Coal mining processes are differentiated by whether they operate on the surface or underground. |
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Direct human impact in the delta began with the mining of peat for salt and fuel from Roman times onward. |
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The Government of Ghana has drawn up plans to nationalise Ghana's entire mining industry to increase government revenues. |
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The US Army Air Forces had the carrying capacity but considered mining to be the navy's job. |
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The crown also restricted the diamond mining within its jurisdiction and to private contractors. |
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The industrial areas were hardest hit, along with the coal mining districts. |
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Industrial flint mining begins, such as that at Cissbury and Grimes Graves, along with evidence of long distance trade. |
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As of 2013 Sherritt International of Canada operates a large nickel mining facility in Moa. |
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Then, in 1499, the first major discovery of gold was made in the cordillera central, which led to a mining boom. |
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The Bolivian Andes produce principally tin although historically silver mining had a huge impact on the economy of 17th century Europe. |
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As the price for high grade nickel sulphate ore recovered in 2010, so did the Australian nickel mining industry. |
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During the Roman occupation, the area was notable for the mining of copper. |
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The major slate mining regions at Bethesda, Llanberis, Blaenau Ffestiniog and Corris all developed multiple railways to serve the quarries. |
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Prendergast was born in Abertridwr, a mining village in the Aber Valley near Caerphilly in Glamorgan. |
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They became popular for mining and 104 were in use by 1733, eventually over two thousand of them were installed. |
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The village grew very slowly with the development of the local lead mining industry. |
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Topography defined the shape of the mining communities, with a 'hand and fingers' pattern of urban development. |
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Materials recovered by mining include base metals, precious metals, iron, uranium, coal, diamonds, limestone, oil shale, rock salt and potash. |
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With heavy defensive and offensive mining on both sides, fleets played a limited role in the Eastern Front. |
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By 1898 they had acquired mining and forestry concessions near the Yalu and Tumen rivers, causing the Japanese much anxiety. |
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In 2001, the Dutch government considered the Cleaver Bank as a potential area for mining gravel. |
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The son of a mining captain, and born in the mining heartland of Cornwall, Trevithick was immersed in mining and engineering from an early age. |
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Robert spent six months at Edinburgh University before working for three years as a mining engineer in Colombia. |
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His work describes the highly developed and complex processes of mining metal ores, metal extraction and metallurgy of the time. |
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Silver mining not only became the engine of the economy of New Spain, but vastly enriched Spain and transformed the global economy. |
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Shelton Steel Works and the mining operations were heavily involved in the World War II industrial effort. |
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Turning his interests abroad, Trevithick also worked as a mining consultant in Peru and later explored parts of Costa Rica. |
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Today the mines are all closed, though the scars of mining still remain on the landscape. |
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Clay was dumped on the river bed to seal the hole and the tunnel was drained but mining was now more difficult. |
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For example, striking workers in manufacturing or mining produce a product which must be transported. |
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This geological feature played a decisive role in the development of coal mining in the Ruhr. |
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Reardon was born on 8 October 1932, in the coal mining community of Tredegar in Monmouthshire. |
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United States, the International Court of Justice ruled that this mining was a violation of international law. |
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William Davis Miners' Memorial Day is celebrated in coal mining towns to commemorate the deaths of miners at the hands of the coal companies. |
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Hydraulic mining is utilized in forms of water jets to wash away either overburden or the ore itself. |
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From prehistoric times to the present, mining has played a significant role in the existence of the human race. |
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In the 1960s, larger sections of swamps and bogs in Western Russia were drained for agricultural and mining purposes. |
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Enigma decrypts revealed the mining of the German ships but the news was kept secret by the British to protect the source. |
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Later authors such as Pliny the Elder mentioned this story in the gold mining section of his Naturalis Historia. |
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In 1983 the Antarctic Treaty Parties began negotiations on a convention to regulate mining in Antarctica. |
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The state is ranked fourth in the nation for this kind of mining production. |
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Closely associated with tin mining in Cornwall are the subterranean ancestral knockers. |
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A major mining location for high purity quartz is the Spruce Pine Gem Mine in Spruce Pine, North Carolina, United States. |
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But with the constantly decreasing supply on land, many see oceanic mining as the destined future, and seamounts stand out as candidates. |
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The surrounding area, located in the Watanay Valley, is strong in gold mining and agriculture, including corn, barley, quinoa, tea and coffee. |
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Middens provide evidence of prior occupation and are generally protected from mining and other developments. |
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There is evidence of historic mining activity on the eastern slopes, particularly below Seat How. |
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Dutch merchants were active in the Caribbean, mining salt and dyewoods on the coast of Brazil. |
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It is responsible for licensing coal mining operations, and for providing information on coal reserves and past and future coal mining. |
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Germans populated towns and mining districts and, in some cases, formed German colonies in the interior of Bohemia. |
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His father and his two brothers, James and Robert, were killed on 10 May 1837 in a mining accident, when the Argoed mine became flooded. |
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In addition, Irish populations became prevalent in some American mining communities. |
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For example, mining was a key industry in Wigan and Leigh in Greater Manchester, and in Ossett in Yorkshire. |
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The foremost stage of mining starts with the process of finding and exploration of the mineral deposit. |
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Unlike that of other writers from the mining community, his fiction is more concerned with individuals, in particular women, than with politics. |
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An agreement was made with other seabed mining nations and licenses were granted to four international consortia. |
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The salt mining has led to a continued chemical industry around Northwich, with Brunner Mond based in the town. |
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Mining is considered to be similar to the potato harvest on land, which involves mining a field partitioned into long, narrow strips. |
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Documentary evidence of medieval mining around Barnsley, Rotherham and Sheffield dates back to the 14th century. |
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Vast mounds of uranium mill tailings are left at many old mining sites, especially in Colorado, New Mexico, and Utah. |
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The Cornish people in particular were actively encouraged to emigrate to Australia following the demise of Cornish mining in the 19th century. |
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Kennecott Copper had explored the potential profits in manganese nodule mining and found that it was not worth the cost. |
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Lead mining also took place at Snailbeach and the Stiperstones, but this has now ceased. |
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From 1916 to 1925 coal was mined at a small settlement named Tunheim on the northeastern coast, but mining was given up as unprofitable. |
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Several Cornish mining words are used in English language mining terminology, such as costean, gossan, gunnies, kibbal, kieve and vug. |
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The mining engineer is responsible for the selection and proper placement of these explosives, in order to maximize efficiency and safety. |
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The Purbeck Mineral and Mining Museum displays an exhibition about ball clays, mining and the associated narrow gauge railways. |
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By 1840, at least 160 farms existed in the Rhondda, but most were destroyed with the growth of the mining industry. |
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This pattern can be seen in textile production, mining and eventually steel, shipbuilding, rail working and other industries. |
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The present community of Labrador West is entirely a result of the iron ore mining activities in the region. |
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Rosebery, Tasmania is also named after him, via the name of a mining company. |
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The village now features a lead mining museum and industrial equipment from the 18th century and is a popular tourist destination. |
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They were made redundant with the introduction of explosives, although hydraulic mining is still used on alluvial tin ores. |
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Historically from time to time, underground seams of coal have caught fire, often from careless or unfortunate mining activities. |
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Prior to the development of Glenrothes the main industries in the area were papermaking, coal mining and farming. |
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Several Cornish mining words are still in use in English language mining terminology, such as costean, gunnies, and vug. |
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It is known that they were also capable of building and operating mining equipment such as crushing mills and dewatering machines. |
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The techniques used for the extraction of tin from Dartmoor followed a progression from streaming through open cast mining to underground mining. |
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This may have been due to silting up of the harbour caused by tin mining on Dartmoor. |
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Individuals such as Tom Lamb have been able to turn their mining career into a career in art. |
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The company specialises in the mining and distribution of industrial minerals. |
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Canadian coal mining started in New Brunswick and also occurred in Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia and Saskatchewan. |
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Quebec stands out particularly in the mining sector, ranking among the top ten areas to do business in mining. |
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In addition to engineering and operations, the mining engineer may work as an environmental, health and safety manager or design engineer. |
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As tin mining in Cornwall began to decline, miners took their expertise and traditions to new mining regions around the world. |
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After a prospective mineral is located, the mining engineer then determines the ore properties. |
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Gold also dissolves in alkaline solutions of cyanide, which are used in mining and electroplating. |
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In North America, copper mining began with marginal workings by Native Americans. |
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Estimates of copper reserves available for mining vary from 25 years to 60 years, depending on core assumptions such as the growth rate. |
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The list below shows mining disasters which saw the loss of five or more lives during a single incident. |
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About two thousand years ago, emissions of zinc from mining and smelting totaled 10 thousand tonnes a year. |
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Then, Jerome became another former mining town to legalize civil unions in Arizona. |
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Coal mining was an important industry in north Somerset during the 18th and 19th centuries, and by 1800 it was prominent in Radstock. |
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Aside from direct impact of mining the area, leakage, spills, and corrosion would alter the mining area's chemical makeup. |
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Peru, Bolivia and Mexico have been mining silver since 1546, and are still major world producers. |
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Surface mining involves quarrying which is excavating minerals by means of machinery such as cutting, cleaving, and breaking. |
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Nodule regrowth takes decades to millions of years and that would make such mining an unsustainable and nonrenewable practice. |
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No significant mining activity is currently practised, with the exception of quarrying for stone. |
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The manor passed about 1572 to John Brooke, who developed coal mining in his manor on a substantial scale. |
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Yet from the commencement of mining there have been unnoble proprietors of mines, who belonged to the class of merchants. |
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Mining busy shipping straights and mining shipping harbors remain some of the most serious threats. |
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Despite huge deposits of these natural resources, the mining industry in Nigeria is still in its infancy. |
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Used to be apple orchards, used to be the river and irrigation ditches that watered the apples, used to be mining towns. |
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Activities such as logging and mining deplete our natural resources. |
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Blasting occurs in many phases of the mining process, such as development of infrastructure as well as production of the ore. |
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With a mixed hand and the highest card the curse of Scotland, I've seen that man stand pat in a game with four millionaire mining men. |
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Particularly hardest hit by economic problems were the industrial and mining areas in the north of England, Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales. |
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The heavy dependence on obsolescent heavy industry and mining was a central problem, and no one offered workable solutions. |
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All Saints' Church stands in the former coal mining village of Gresford in Wrexham County Borough, Wales. |
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These ranged from industries connected to agriculture, such as milling and the manufacture of woollen textiles, through to mining and quarrying. |
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At its peak of production in 1913, nearly 233,000 men and women were employed in the south Wales coalfield, mining 56 million tons of coal. |
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Stroganovs developed farming, hunting, saltworks, fishing, and ore mining on the Urals and established trade with Siberian tribes. |
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In 1970 Shell acquired the mining company Billiton, which it subsequently sold in 1994 and now forms part of BHP Billiton. |
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Shaft mining was done in some areas, but the limiting factor was the problem of removing water. |
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Coal mining was very dangerous owing to the presence of firedamp in many coal seams. |
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Gresford Colliery was the site of one of Britain's worst coal mining disasters. |
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About ten years later, the employment of children and women in mining was forbidden. |
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Rampant mining has been depleting the forest cover as well as posing a health hazard to the local population. |
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As well as shaping the landscape, these have traditionally provided a source of power for moor industries such as tin mining and quarrying. |
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Reversible wheels were used in the mining industry in order to power various means of ore conveyance. |
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Before the growth of mining companies the coal from the North East was often sent by monks to London. |
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There was much trench mortaring, mining and raiding by both sides and from January to May, the Second Army had 20,000 casualties. |
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The last shift left the pit on 10 December 1993, ending over 800 years of commercial underground coal mining in the region. |
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Sheffield once had heavy industries, such as coal mining and the steel industry. |
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The type of explosives used in mining are high explosives which vary in composition and performance properties. |
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Most of the mining happens in the Pyrenees mountains, iron, gold, coal, valuable minerals such as lead, silver, zinc, and salt are all mined. |
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The mine developed as a series of opencast workings, mainly by the use of hydraulic mining methods. |
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It included hydraulic mining to prospect for ore by removing overburden as well as work alluvial deposits. |
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Aqueducts also provided water for mining operations, milling, farms and gardens. |
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Coal mining takes place in the three mountainous regions at 45 distinct coal beds near Mesozoic basins. |
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Access to the canal brought about a rapid development in coal mining on the Manchester Coalfield west of Worsley. |
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Coal mining in the Mendips was an important source of wealth while quarrying also took place. |
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From the 18th century, the town grew around the lead mining and cotton milling industries. |
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The city grew as an important centre for the wool trade in the 14th century, and later became a major coal mining area. |
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A notable event in 1935 was the granting of a monopoly on mineral mining to the Sierra Leone Selection Trust, run by De Beers. |
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Oil boom towns in Texas and Oklahoma rivaled the old mining camps for their rawness and wealth. |
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Truro grew as a centre of trade from its port and then as a stannary town for the tin mining industry. |
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Industry flourished thanks to improved mining methods and higher prices for tin, and the town attracted wealthy mine owners. |
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Coal mining quickly collapsed, and practically disappeared in the 21st century. |
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His ironmonger's business specialised in designing, manufacturing and selling tools for the mining industry. |
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Wakefield, Castleford, Pontefract and South and East Leeds were traditional coal mining areas. |
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The gold mining was the most important activity in the NO of the peninsula. |
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Throughout the Shield there are many mining towns extracting these minerals. |
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