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BELL-PIT MINING [1 record]

Record 1 1998-09-28

English

Subject field(s)
  • Extraction Procedures - Various (Mining)
DEF

A system of working an ironstone measure by upward underground excavations, around the shafts (raises) in the form of a bell or cone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Procédés d'extraction divers (Exploit. minière)
OBS

Par analogie avec «exploitation par entonnoirs souterrains» donné dans WOMIN, 75 pour «glory-hole mining».

Spanish

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