Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Shallow mining, or that carried on at an inconsiderable depth beneath the surface; placer-mining, as generally denominated in California.
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Examples
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Those data show how hundreds of surface-mining sites located along the Appalachian range have been attacked with high explosives in recent years... so that mega-sized mining machines can go in later and scoop up the coal and then hustle it off to market.
Don Soeken: As U.S. Energy Companies Blow-Up Appalachian Mountaintops, the Nation's Lawmakers Yawn With Indifference Don Soeken 2011
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Meanwhile, sales of surface-mining equipment climbed 18% and operating profit increased 20%.
Joy Global Profit Rises 34% Bob Tita 2011
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Those data show how hundreds of surface-mining sites located along the Appalachian range have been attacked with high explosives in recent years... so that mega-sized mining machines can go in later and scoop up the coal and then hustle it off to market.
Don Soeken: As U.S. Energy Companies Blow-Up Appalachian Mountaintops, the Nation's Lawmakers Yawn With Indifference Don Soeken 2011
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Sales of surface-mining equipment rose nearly 21%, to $524.4 million.
Joy Global's Profit Rises 18% Bob Tita 2011
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Sales rose 24% at the company's smaller surface-mining segment.
Joy Global's Profit Rises 46% Bob Tita 2011
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Those data show how hundreds of surface-mining sites located along the Appalachian range have been attacked with high explosives in recent years... so that mega-sized mining machines can go in later and scoop up the coal and then hustle it off to market.
Don Soeken: As U.S. Energy Companies Blow-Up Appalachian Mountaintops, the Nation's Lawmakers Yawn With Indifference Don Soeken 2011
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Orders for surface-mining equipment nearly doubled and underground-mining orders increased 17%.
Joy Global's Profit Rises 46% Bob Tita 2011
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The results came in shy of expectations as the company's large Boddington mine in Australia proved less gold-rich than forecast, and on rising surface-mining costs at the Gold Quarry property in Nevada.
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A spokesman for Massey Energy Co., the nation's sixth biggest mining company by production, which has the most surface-mining operations in Appalachia, said it was reviewing the EPA announcement.
EPA Toughens Mining Permits Kris Maher 2010
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A spokesman for Massey Energy Co., the nation's sixth biggest mining company by production, which has the most surface-mining operations in Appalachia, said it was reviewing the EPA announcement.
EPA Toughens Mining Permits Kris Maher 2010
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