单词 | surface drive |
释义 | > as lemmassurface drive surface drive n. Australian and New Zealand Mining (now rare) a drive (drive n. 10) that is exposed to the air. ΚΠ 1859 Argus (Melbourne) 19 Mar. 5/5 Their main shaft is 120 feet from the surface-drive, and cross-cuts the eastern lode. 1897 Papers & Rep. Minerals & Mining (N.Z. Mines Department) 75 Fourteen surface drives were put in, and a low level driven 270 ft., in order to cut the reef. 1902 J. H. M. Abbott Tommy Cornstalk iv. 57 There were from one hundred to one hundred and fifty Boers in a deep ditch—a ‘surface drive’ it would be in Australia—which lay just before the buildings. 1934 Burra (S. Austral.) Record 9 May 74/6 Surface drive off open cut advanced to 45 feet; lode 2 ft. wide. < as lemmas |
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