mine workingn.
/ˈmʌɪnˌwəːkɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈmaɪnˌwərkɪŋ/ Any of the excavations which make up a mine (usually in plural). Also (occasionally): the operation of a mine.
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society > occupation and work > industry > mining > [noun]
mineral?a1425
minery1561
mining1776
mine working1826
society > occupation and work > workplace > places where raw materials are extracted > mine > [noun] > excavated area
mine working1826
mine pit1862
1826 J. Bentham Humphrey's Prop. Code in Westm. Rev. 6 466 If the subject-matter be a fractional right, as a right of mine-working,..mention it accordingly. If subject-matters more than one are included in the deed, mention them accordingly.
1867 R. Garner Holiday Excursions Naturalist vi. 163 Here were mine-workings, and I passed a cross of which the shaft formed a sort of Logan stone to the hollowed pedestal.
1921 Chambers's Jrnl. Apr. 262/1 A savage land of rocks and lakes and mine-slime and active and derelict mine-workings.
1995 Independent 23 May 4/1 It [sc. methane] was seeping up into the village from disused mine workings.
This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, March 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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