strip mine
noun
: a mine that is worked from the earth's surface by the stripping of overburden
especially : a coal mine situated along the outcrop of a flat dipping bed
strip-mine
ˈstrip-ˌmīn 
verb strip miner noun
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web The coal continues to come out of the ground today, not from underground mines but from a long black streak of strip mine in the second ridge, just outside town. 
Richard Conniff, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2022 The order is just the latest and certainly not the last development in what is shaping up to be a long and contentious fight over a strip mine in an area valued for recreation, wildlife and its water. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Aug. 2022 The giant facility is part of an industrial park that was built above a reclaimed strip mine dating back to when this region was a major coal producer. Michael Corkery, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2022 The 80-year-old security guard gunned down at work at a western Jefferson County strip mine is being remembered as a man a faith, wisdom and a great love for his large family. Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 29 Nov. 2021 Both worked at the same active strip mine in western Jefferson County. Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 26 Nov. 2021 Money said both victims worked at the Blue Creek Road location as security guards at an active strip mine. Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 24 Nov. 2021 Flight 93 went down on the barren site of an old strip mine, where generations of laborers had extracted bituminous coal. Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2021 While upholding parts of the BLM’s analysis, Barlow faulted the agency for touting the strip mine’s economic impact without also examining what carbon pollution is doing to global climate systems. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Mar. 2021 See More
Richard Conniff, Smithsonian Magazine, 24 Aug. 2022 The order is just the latest and certainly not the last development in what is shaping up to be a long and contentious fight over a strip mine in an area valued for recreation, wildlife and its water. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 23 Aug. 2022 The giant facility is part of an industrial park that was built above a reclaimed strip mine dating back to when this region was a major coal producer. Michael Corkery, BostonGlobe.com, 30 July 2022 The 80-year-old security guard gunned down at work at a western Jefferson County strip mine is being remembered as a man a faith, wisdom and a great love for his large family. Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 29 Nov. 2021 Both worked at the same active strip mine in western Jefferson County. Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 26 Nov. 2021 Money said both victims worked at the Blue Creek Road location as security guards at an active strip mine. Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 24 Nov. 2021 Flight 93 went down on the barren site of an old strip mine, where generations of laborers had extracted bituminous coal. Paige Williams, The New Yorker, 10 Sep. 2021 While upholding parts of the BLM’s analysis, Barlow faulted the agency for touting the strip mine’s economic impact without also examining what carbon pollution is doing to global climate systems. Brian Maffly, The Salt Lake Tribune, 27 Mar. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
1926, in the meaning defined above