Definition of Mining. Meaning of Mining. Synonyms of Mining

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Definition of Mining

Mining
Mine Mine, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mined; p. pr. & vb. n. Mining.] 1. To dig away, or otherwise remove, the substratum or foundation of; to lay a mine under; to sap; to undermine; hence, to ruin or destroy by slow degrees or secret means. They mined the walls. --Hayward. Too lazy to cut down these immense trees, the spoilers . . . had mined them, and placed a quantity of gunpowder in the cavity. --Sir W. Scott. 2. To dig into, for ore or metal. Lead veins have been traced . . . but they have not been mined. --Ure. 3. To get, as metals, out of the earth by digging. The principal ore mined there is the bituminous cinnabar. --Ure.
Mining
Mining Min"ing, n. [See Mine, v. i.] The act or business of making mines or of working them.
Mining
Mining Min"ing, a. Of or pertaining to mines; as, mining engineer; mining machinery; a mining region. Mining engineering. See the Note under Engineering.

Meaning of Mining from wikipedia

- Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually from an orebody, lode, vein, seam, reef or placer deposit...
- Data mining is the process of discovering patterns in large data sets involving methods at the intersection of machine learning, statistics, and database...
- Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground. Coal is valued for its energy content, and, since the 1880s, has been widely used to generate...
- Gold mining is the resource extraction of gold by mining. It is impossible to know the exact date that humans first began to mine gold, but some of the...
- Mining engineering is an engineering discipline that applies science and technology to the extraction of minerals from the earth. Mining engineering is...
- Cloud Mining is the process of bitcoin mining utilizing a remote datacenter with shared processing power. This type of cloud mining enables users to mine...
- The environmental impact of mining can occur at local, regional, and global scales through direct and indirect processes, leading to erosion, sinkholes...
- Surface mining, including strip mining, open-pit mining and mountaintop removal mining, is a broad category of mining in which soil and rock overlying...
- Asteroid mining is the exploitation of raw materials from asteroids and other minor planets, including near-Earth objects. Minerals can be mined from an...
- Illegal mining is mining activity that is undertaken without state permission, in particular in absence of land rights, mining licenses, and exploration...
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