resuingn.
/riːˈsjuːɪŋ/, /rᵻˈsjuːɪŋ/, U.S. /riˈs(j)uɪŋ/ Mining.
A method of mining used for narrow veins, in which the rock wall adjacent to the vein is removed by cutting or excavating in steps or layer by layer (stoping), allowing the ore to be extracted in a cleaner condition.
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1905 T. A. Rickard et al. Econ. of Mining 131 When resuing was applied, the vein was first stripped on the footwall..to a width of 30 in.
1910 W. R. Crane Ore Mining Methods ii. 38 Resuing consists in opening up the stopes not in the vein but in the wall-rock, by whatever method of stoping seems best adapted to the existing conditions.
1973 L. J. Thomas Introd. Mining vi. 188 In some cases narrow veins may be taken by resuing..[which] can be classed as either cut and fill, or as vein mining.
1998 R. E. Gertsch et al. Techn. Underground Mining xxvi. 486 The veins are too narrow for rubber-tired extraction and the grade is not high enough to make resuing practical.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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