What does mining mean?

Definitions for mining
ˈmaɪ nɪŋmin·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. mining, excavationnoun

    the act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth

  2. mining, minelayingnoun

    laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment

Wiktionary

  1. miningnoun

    The activity of removing solid valuables from the earth.

    gold mining.

  2. miningnoun

    Any extractive activity.

    His extensive mining for apparently statistically significant results made any of his results questionable.

  3. miningnoun

    The activity of placing explosives underground, rigged to explode

Wikipedia

  1. Mining

    Mining is the extraction of valuable geological materials from the Earth and other astronomical objects. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agricultural processes, or feasibly created artificially in a laboratory or factory. Ores recovered by mining include metals, coal, oil shale, gemstones, limestone, chalk, dimension stone, rock salt, potash, gravel, and clay. Mining in a wider sense includes extraction of any non-renewable resource such as petroleum, natural gas, or even water. Modern mining processes involve prospecting for ore bodies, analysis of the profit potential of a proposed mine, extraction of the desired materials, and final reclamation or restoration of the land after the mine is closed. Mining materials are often obtained from ore bodies, lodes, veins, seams, reefs, or placer deposits. The exploitation of these deposits for raw material is dependent on investment, labor, energy, refine and transportation cost. Mining operations can create a negative environmental impact, both during the mining activity and after the mine has closed. Hence, most of the world's nations have passed regulations to decrease the impact; however, the outsized role of mining in generating business for often rural, remote or economically depressed communities means that governments often fail to fully enforce such regulations. Work safety has long been a concern as well, and where enforced, modern practices have significantly improved safety in mines. Unregulated or poorly regulated mining, especially in developing economies, frequently contributes to local human rights violations and resource conflicts.

ChatGPT

  1. mining

    Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals, metals or other geological materials from the earth, typically from an ore body, lode, vein, or seam. The process involves different operations like drilling, blasting, excavating, crushing, grinding, and processing these minerals for further use or sale. This can be done on the surface (open-pit mining) or underground (shaft mining). The field encompasses numerous techniques and applications, including coal mining, gold mining, diamond mining, etc., and also has significant environmental and social impact.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Mining

    of Mine

  2. Miningverb

    the act or business of making mines or of working them

  3. Miningadjective

    of or pertaining to mines; as, mining engineer; mining machinery; a mining region

  4. Etymology: [See Mine, v. i.]

Wikidata

  1. Mining

    Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth from an orebody, lode, vein, seam, or reef, which forms the mineralized package of economic interest to the miner. Ores recovered by mining include metals, coal and oil shale, gemstones, limestone, and dimension stone, rock salt and potash, gravel, and clay. Mining is required to obtain any material that cannot be grown through agricultural processes, or created artificially in a laboratory or factory. Mining in a wider sense includes extraction of any non-renewable resource such as petroleum, natural gas, or even water. Mining of stone and metal has been done since pre-historic times. Modern mining processes involve prospecting for ore bodies, analysis of the profit potential of a proposed mine, extraction of the desired materials, and final reclamation of the land after the mine is closed. The nature of mining processes creates a potential negative impact on the environment both during the mining operations and for years after the mine is closed. This impact has led to most of the world's nations adopting regulations to moderate the negative effects of mining operations. Safety has long been a concern as well, and modern practices have improved safety in mines significantly.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Mining

    mī′ning, n. the art of forming or of working mines: the work of a miner.—adj. of or pertaining to mines: of burrowing habits.

Military Dictionary and Gazetteer

  1. mining

    In military affairs, is the art of blowing up any part of a fortification, building, etc., by gunpowder. The art of mining requires a perfect knowledge both of fortifications and geometry; and by these previous helps, the engineer may be qualified to ascertain correctly the nature of all manner of heights, depths, breadths, and thicknesses; to judge perfectly of slopes and perpendiculars, whether they be such as are parallel to the horizon, or such as are visual; together with the true levels of all kinds of earth. To which must be added, a consummate skill in the quality of rocks, earths, masonry, and sands; the whole accompanied with a thorough knowledge of the strength of all sorts of gunpowder.

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    Rank popularity for the word 'mining' in Nouns Frequency: #2343

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of mining in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of mining in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

Examples of mining in a Sentence

  1. Lorna Elaine Hosking:

    The G7 is a positive thing because it highlights how wonderful the county is, but it would be nice if the Cornish people were celebrated for more than just the seaside image, because it's much more than that, we never really recovered from the economic crash in the'80s, and we've had lots more recessions since then. We do our best, but sometimes we get forgotten about. These leaders that come in, they just see the seaside, but us people inland -- in the old mining towns like Redruth -- the wages are very low. There's lots of problems.

  2. Sonia Guajajara:

    They say that they have been authorized to occupy indigenous land, we are here to oppose mining, hydroelectric and agribusiness companies that destroy tribal communities and Mother Nature.

  3. Francis M. Faber Jr.:

    Hans Fabermann insisted that 'mining', his only business, was not to be misinterpreted as being a cranial enterprize:

  4. Yaku Perez:

    Incredible to understand that a genuinely democratic initiative can be blocked by the mining empire.

  5. Paolo Gabrielli:

    Our study demonstrates that since the colonial time, mining and metallurgic activities performed by the Spanish didalsohave an impacton very distant areas.

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