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Slope mining is a method of accessing valuable geological material, such as coal or ore. A sloping access shaft travels downwards towards the desired material
Slope_mining
Extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth
Additional sub-surface mining methods include hard rock mining, borehole mining, drift and fill mining, long hole slope mining, sub-level caving, and
Mining
Geographic region of the U.S. state of Colorado
the decades to including mining for ore, coal, and fuel below ground. Many mining towns were established in the Western Slope. Ferdinand Vandeveer Hayden's
Colorado_Western_Slope
Mining of a mineral deposit by underground methods
water level and generally on the slope of a hill, driven horizontally into the ore seam. Drift is a more general mining term, meaning a near-horizontal
Drift_mining
Surface mining technique
Open-pit mining, also known as open-cast or open-cut mining and in larger contexts mega-mining, is a surface mining technique that extracts rock or minerals
Open-pit_mining
Stability of soil or rock slopes
Slope stability refers to the condition of inclined soil or rock slopes to withstand or undergo movement; the opposite condition is called slope instability
Slope_stability
Form of underground coal mining
the face to the slope where a hoist hauled the tubs to the surface. Longwall mining has been extensively used as the final stage in mining old room and pillar
Longwall_mining
Process of getting coal to the surface
topography, especially altitude and slope; climate; land ownership as it affects the availability of land for mining and access; surface drainage patterns;
Coal_mining
Pile built of accumulated spoil
bing) is a pile built of accumulated spoil – waste material removed during mining. Spoil tips are not formed of slag, but in some areas, such as England and
Spoil_tip
Overview of and topical guide to mining
conducted: Drift mining, mining horizontally Shaft mining, mining vertically Slope mining, mining at an inclined angle Stoping is the process of extracting
Outline_of_mining
Alaska Native land-owning corporation
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation, or ASRC, is one of 13 Alaska Native Regional Corporations created under the Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act of
Arctic Slope Regional Corporation
Arctic_Slope_Regional_Corporation
Classification scheme of rock strength
Slope mass rating (SMR) is a rock mass classification scheme developed by Manuel Romana to describe the strength of an individual rock outcrop or slope
Slope_mass_rating
Accident occurring during the process of mining minerals
underground coal mining, although accidents also occur in hard rock mining. Coal mining is considered much more hazardous than hard rock mining due to flat-lying
Mining_accident
Lode of silver ore in Virginia City, Nevada, United States
The Comstock Lode is a lode of silver ore located under the eastern slope of Mount Davidson, a peak in the Virginia Range in Virginia City, Nevada (then
Comstock_Lode
Natural hazard involving ground movement
vibrations from machinery or traffic; blasting and mining; earthwork (e.g. by altering the shape of a slope, or imposing new loads); in shallow soils, the
Landslide
1959 coal mining accident in Pennsylvania, United States
The Knox Mine disaster was a mining accident on January 22, 1959, at the River Slope Mine, an anthracite coal mine, in Jenkins Township, Pennsylvania
Knox_Mine_disaster
Independent, small-scale, subsistence mining
and small-scale mining (ASM) is a blanket term for a wide variety of types of small mining that range from manual subsistence mining using simple tools
Artisanal_mining
Technique of mining stream bed deposits for minerals
Placer mining (/ˈplæsər/) is the mining of stream bed deposits for minerals. This may be done by open-pit mining or by various surface excavating equipment
Placer_mining
Mineral extraction from the ocean floor
Deep sea mining is the extraction of minerals from the seabed of the deep sea. The main ores of commercial interest are polymetallic nodules, which are
Deep_sea_mining
Slope One is a family of algorithms used for collaborative filtering, introduced in a 2005 paper by Daniel Lemire and Anna Maclachlan. Arguably, it is
Slope_One
Environmental problems from uncontrolled mining
Environmental impact of mining can occur at local, regional, and global scales through direct and indirect mining practices. Mining can cause erosion, sinkholes
Environmental impact of mining
Environmental_impact_of_mining
Mining company
Barrick Mining Corporation is a mining company that produces gold and copper. It has mining operations and projects in Argentina, Canada, Chile, Democratic
Barrick_Mining
Mountain range in Greece and Albania
operations have led to dangerous landslides and the collapse of mountain slopes. Mining for bauxite, overgrazing, and over-collection of plants are also threatening
Pindus
Mines in County Tipperary, Ireland
Lickfinn, near the village of New Birmingham, which accessed the coal by slope mining. Initially the mines employed 34 miners and the Electricity Supply Board
Ballingarry_Coal_Mines
Peak in Hong Kong
streams flow down from Ma On Shan, with the biggest located on the southwest slope of Ma On Shan, near Ma On Shan Village. A group of villages located east
Ma_On_Shan_(peak)
Method for analyzing stability of slopes of soil or rock
(e.g. embankments, road cuts, open-pit mining, excavations, landfills etc.) and the equilibrium conditions. Slope stability is the resistance of inclined
Slope_stability_analysis
Volcano on Ross Island, Antarctica
phonolite lava flows with large-scale flow levees. A conspicuous break in slope around 3,200 m ASL calls attention to a summit plateau representing a caldera
Mount_Erebus
Hills and rock formations in California, U.S.
Alabama Hills are a range of hills and rock formations near the eastern slope of the Sierra Nevada in the Owens Valley, west of Lone Pine in Inyo County
Alabama_Hills
Mine entrance type
small open cut built to supply a secure and safe entrance as access to a slope to an underground mine. Generally the box cut is sunk until sufficiently
Box_cut
(2009). "Rock slope stability assessment through rock mass classification systems". International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences. 46 (2):
Mining_rock_mass_rating
Strength Index Mining rock mass rating (MRMR) Size Strength classification Slope Mass Rating (SMR), Continuous Slope Mass Rating and Graphical Slope Mass Rating
Rock_mass_classification
Horizontal entrance shaft to an underground mine
strongly associated with mining, the term adit is sometimes also used in the context of underground excavation for non-mining purposes; for example, to
Adit
Granular material composed of finely divided rock and mineral particles
Chicago: F. E. Compton and Co. Sand mining side-effects The World Is Running Out Of Sand - New York Times Sand Mining In India Rivers Causing Problems -
Sand
realized that such mines in Guangdong were opening out directly on to a river. Slope mines were the second most common type, as mines in Leiyang, Hunan. In the
Coal_in_China
Any of three mining disasters in Springhill, Nova Scotia, Canada (1891, 1956, 1958)
world. Sloping shafts 14,200 feet (4,300 m) in length led to a vast labyrinth of galleries more than 4,000 feet (1,200 m) below the surface. Mining techniques
Springhill_mining_disasters
Landslide in Myanmar
Khar jade mining site in the Hpakant area of Kachin State, Myanmar, killed between 175 and 200 miners in the country's deadliest-ever mining incident.
2020 Hpakant jade mine disaster
2020_Hpakant_jade_mine_disaster
area is also known to geologists as the chalky-sulfur plateau. The area of mining exploitation also extended as far as the Province of Palermo with the Lercara
Sulfur_mining_in_Sicily
Mountain range in Central Europe
reshaped by human intervention and a diverse cultural landscape has developed. Mining in particular, with its tips, dams, ditches and sinkholes, directly shaped
Ore_Mountains
1907 coal mine explosion
The Monongah mining disaster was a coal mine explosion on December 6, 1907, at Fairmont Coal Company's Nos. 6 and 8 mines in Monongah, West Virginia, which
Monongah_mining_disaster
Bottom of the ocean
abyssal plain, the seabed slopes upward toward the continents and becomes, in order from deep to shallow, the continental rise, slope, and shelf. The depth
Seabed
Mountain in Kiruna, Sweden
iron ore mine formerly operated by the Swedish mining company LKAB. Today it has a ski lift and slope, as well as a hiking path called Midnattsolstigen
Luossavaara
Town in Tasmania, Australia
Queenstown is a historic mining town in the West Coast region of the island of Tasmania, Australia. It is in a valley on the western slopes of Mount Owen on the
Queenstown,_Tasmania
Place in Sud-Kivu, Democratic Republic of the Congo
It is located on the east of the Bulega mining region and the western slope of the Mitumba mountain range. As of 2012, it had an estimated population
Kamituga
In situ resources on the Moon
annually. Slopes on the lunar surface that face the Moon's poles show a higher concentration of hydrogen. This is because pole facing slopes have less
Lunar_resources
mass for slope stability using the Q-slope value, from which long-term stable, reinforcement-free slope angles can be derived. The Q-slope value can
Q-slope
Mountain range in the United States
peaks of its crest 50 to 75 miles (80 to 121 km) to the east. The east slope forms the steep Sierra Escarpment. Unlike its surroundings, the range receives
Sierra_Nevada
Extinct volcano in Potosí Department, Bolivia
at a height of 4800 m on the side of the mountain. Mining has led to drastic changes in the slope on all sides of the mountain. Miners have constructed
Chorolque
Economic sector
Mining has had a small impact on the economy of Greenland. Since 2010, governance over the sector has been under the authority of the Naalakkersuisut (Government
Mining_in_Greenland
Zone of the ocean floor
consists of three different features: the continental rise, the continental slope, and the continental shelf. It is one of the three major zones of the ocean
Continental_margin
Suburb of Gwydir Shire, Inverell Shire, New South Wales, Australia
Shire and Inverell Shire of New South Wales, Australia. There was once a mining village of the same name, originally called Boggy Camp. The locality is
Copeton,_New_South_Wales
Hill and country park in Cornwall, England
remnants, mainly the granite blocks, of the line can be found on the northern slopes of the Country Park site. Place-names in the Standard Written Form (SWF)
Kit_Hill
Place in Lapland, Sweden
is a slalom slope located in the village with various levels of difficulty on the slopes, one for smaller kids and an additional 13 slopes for the more
Klimpfjäll
and lowering the steep slopes of surface excavations, and salvaging or demolishing buildings and facilities. Where old mining areas are common, current
Environmental impact of iron ore mining
Environmental_impact_of_iron_ore_mining
with the western slope adjacent to the historic mining town. The Pöhlberg Mining Landscape, situated on the mountain's eastern slope in a rural area adjacent
Pöhlberg
Type of gold mining in veins of quartz
Quartz reef mining is a type of gold mining in "reefs" (veins) of quartz. Quartz is one of the most common minerals in the Earth's crust, and most quartz
Quartz_reef_mining
Mountain range in Nevada, United States
range has a long history of mining following the original discovery in 1866. The earliest mining was around the old mining camp of Copper Basin in Long
Battle_Mountains,_Nevada
Mountain in the southern Urals, Russia
"Geographical Map of the Eastern Slope of the Urals", including Magnetic Mountain, based on his researches and observations of mining engineers A. A. Lesh, F.
Magnetic_Mountain
Mine in Isle of Man, United Kingdom
Snaefell Mine, was a zinc mine located high in the Laxey Valley on the slopes of Snaefell Mountain, in the parish of Lonan, Isle of Man. The mine reached
Snaefell_Mine
Mine in Bendigo, Central Otago, New Zealand
vineyards now cover the terraces and lower slopes surrounding this area. The early phase of alluvial mining at Bendigo was short-lived, from 1862 to 1866
Bendigo_Goldfields
Railway line in Spain
The Oviedo-Villapérez mining railway was narrow gauge railway with a track gauge of 600 mm (1 ft 11+5⁄8 in). It was just over 7 km (4 mi) long and ran
Oviedo-Villapérez mining railway
Oviedo-Villapérez_mining_railway
Accumulation of valuable minerals formed by gravity separation
The name is from the Spanish word placer, meaning "alluvial sand". Placer mining is an important source of gold, and was the main technique used in the early
Placer_deposit
4 "Slippery Slope" September 26, 2017 (2017-09-26) A crash in the Fraser Canyon has Colin and crew working below an unstable rock slope. Jamie charts
List of Highway Thru Hell episodes
List_of_Highway_Thru_Hell_episodes
Empire T. Walter Wallbank c-15m April 20, 1959 Video Rivers of the Pacific Slope David A. Smart (producer); Clifford M. Zierer c-11m September 15, 1947 Video
List_of_Coronet_Films_films
Open-pit coal mine near Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Canada
Benga Mining in 2015. The proposed mine was located on a previously abandoned mine site near Crowsnest Pass, Alberta, Canada in the eastern slopes of the
Grassy_Mountain_Coal_Project
Manual coal extraction technique
Rat-hole mining or Rat mining is a process of digging employed in North East India to extract coal, where a narrow hole is manually dug by extraction workers
Rat-hole_mining
Device for measuring changes in length
this technology remove all effects of ambient lighting conditions. In the mining environment, extensometers are used to measure displacements on batters/highwalls
Extensometer
Department of the Hong Kong Government
Services Department in 1991 with it eventually renamed as the Mining Division. Mining in Hong Kong "Estimates for the year ending 31 March 2023". The
Civil Engineering and Development Department
Civil_Engineering_and_Development_Department
mining operations, people and equipment are constantly at the base of a steep, man-made slope (the highwall or pit-wall). Instances where this slope fails
Movement_and_Surveying_Radar
where people can see what gold mining was like by touring the underground Lamaque gold mine and the Bourlamaque historic mining village. Bourlamaque was declared
Cité_de_l'Or
Historic gold-mining region in Northern California
northern portion of the U.S. state of California, primarily on the western slope of the Sierra Nevada. The region spans portions of 13 counties, from Mariposa
Gold_Country
Chilean mining company
Compañía Minera San Esteban Primera (San Esteban Primera Mining Company) is a Chilean mining company, dedicated to the production of copper and gold concentrates
Compañía Minera San Esteban Primera
Compañía_Minera_San_Esteban_Primera
the mining company would use a method called pillar mining which does not disrupt the stability of the pillars and therefore neither the slope above
Brown coal mining limits in North Bohemia
Brown_coal_mining_limits_in_North_Bohemia
Mountain range in Colorado and New Mexico, United States
mining industry of early Colorado. Major towns, all old mining camps, include Creede, Lake City, Silverton, Ouray, and Telluride. Large scale mining has
San_Juan_Mountains
United States historic place
The Celadon Slope Garden, also known as Hays Station, in Payette National Forest in Idaho County, Idaho in the vicinity of Warren, Idaho, was listed on
Celadon_Slope_Garden
Guyot in the Pacific Ocean
hotspot. Clays with Cenomanian-age radiolarian fossils cover the entire lower slopes of Pako Guyot. Corals and squat lobsters have been found on the seamount
Pako_Guyot
Salt flat in Peru
Approximately 4,500 salt wells sit in a staggered arrangement along the mountain slope. They are constructed with retaining walls of irregular stone and clay;
Salt_Mines_of_Maras
effectiveness or practicality of haul roads in mining management can include: number of lanes road width road slope road subbase material geometry of curves
Haul_road
Archaeological site in Alaska, United States
Coal Mine #3, is a historic Native Alaskan coal mine site in the North Slope Borough of Arctic Alaska. It is located on the east bank of the Kuk River
Aluakpak
Type of railway that operates in a mine
horse or pony. Mining and later railway engineers designed their tramways so that full (heavy) trains would use gravity down the slope, while horses would
Mine_railway
the municipality of Ebringen. The mountain belongs to Ebringen but the slopes also form part of the districts of Schallstadt, Merzhausen, Au, Wittnau
Schönberg_(Ebringen)
Mountain in Montana, United States
within the New World Mining District and the Custer-Gallatin National Forest. Precipitation runoff from the mountain's south slope drains into headwaters
Scotch_Bonnet_Mountain
Mining city in northern Sweden
status as köping, which would have kept more of the mining income inside the locality. In return, the mining company LKAB paid for a hospital, fire station
Kiruna
hillside of the Kranichsberg at a height of 420 m above NN, situated above the mining town of Lautenthal in the Harz Mountains of central Germany. The name goes
Maaßener_Gaipel
1914 coal mining accident in Canada
The Hillcrest mine disaster, the worst coal mining disaster in Canadian history, occurred at Hillcrest, Alberta, in the Crowsnest Pass region, on June
Hillcrest_mine_disaster
Gold mining in Alaska, a state of the United States, has been a major industry and impetus for exploration and settlement since a few years after the United
Gold_mining_in_Alaska
This is a partial glossary of coal mining terminology commonly used in the coalfields of the United Kingdom. Some words were in use throughout the coalfields
Glossary of coal mining terminology
Glossary_of_coal_mining_terminology
position, because two sides are naturally protected by steep, rock faces and slopes. To the south security is provided by a roughly 300 metre long stone rampart
Osterwald_(hills)
Town in Colorado, United States
The town is a former silver mining camp on the San Miguel River in the western San Juan Mountains. The first gold mining claim was made in the mountains
Telluride,_Colorado
Mountain range in South America
climatic and ecological zones, ranging from humid cloud forests on the eastern slopes to the arid high plains of the Altiplano and the glaciated summits of the
Andes
mini-series. During season 1, the series was named Gold Rush: Alaska, and the mining occurred at Porcupine Creek, on the Alaskan panhandle. For season 2, the
List_of_Gold_Rush_episodes
Rock mass classification system
practices". Proc. RETC. Washington DC: Society of Mining Engineers. pp. 180–198. Pantelidis L. (2009) "Rock slope stability assessment through rock mass classification
Rock_mass_rating
The mining industry of Cyprus is synonymous with copper extraction which began around 4,000 BC. Copper dominates the mining sector along with mining of
Mining_industry_of_Cyprus
Underground channel for water drainage
than the outlet, water must be pumped up to the sough. It can also drain sloping farmland: these are to be found (at least) around the Pennine areas of
Sough
Proposed industrial hauling road in Alaska
project is also supported by mining industry groups, some Alaska Native groups, and the Northwest Arctic and North Slope borough governments. Red Dog
Ambler_Road
Natural processes removing soil and rock
is eroded. Typically, physical erosion proceeds the fastest on steeply sloping surfaces, and rates may also be sensitive to some climatically controlled
Erosion
Type of machine learning model
linearity may be punctuated by "break(s)" in the scaling law, where the slope of the line changes abruptly, and where larger models acquire "emergent
Large_language_model
Romanian salt mine and heritage site
mentioned above. In the 17th century the first salt mining works began on the north-western slope of Valea Valea Sărată, as evidenced by shafts in the
Salina_Turda
Mountain near Potosí, Bolivia
alpaca, and Cerro Rico. Today mining in Cerro Rico remains an important economic activity, and is carried out by various mining cooperatives that work in
Cerro_Rico
Extracting minerals from the seabed
Seabed mining, also known as seafloor mining is the recovery of minerals from the seabed by techniques of underwater mining. The concept includes mining at
Seabed_mining
Volcanic mountain range in Mindanao, Philippines
Reservation" via the Proclamation No. 297. Mining was taken over by the government owned corporation. Mining prospects include high grade ores in Balite
Mount_Diwata
SLOPE MINING
SLOPE MINING
Boy/Male
English
Lives at the Cave Slope
Boy/Male
English Welsh
From the slope land.
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Hill-slope Estate
Boy/Male
American, British, English
From the Hill-slope Meadow
Boy/Male
Australian, Celtic
Warrior
Boy/Male
English
Lives at the cave slope.
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, English
From the Fern Slope
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, English
From the Fern Slope
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Fern Slope
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
From the Hill-slope Estate
Boy/Male
Indian, Punjabi, Sikh
Scope
Boy/Male
British, English
From the Long Hill Slope
Boy/Male
American, British, English
Lives at the Cave Slope
Surname or Lastname
English
English : occupational name for a maker of overalls, from an agent derivative of Middle English slop(e) ‘overall’ (apparently of Old English origin, akin to slūpan ‘to slip’, reinforced by a Middle Low German cognate).
Boy/Male
American, Anglo, British, English
From the Fern Slope
Girl/Female
Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Thai
Slope of a Mountain; Belt; Girdle
Surname or Lastname
English
English : topographic name from Middle English slape ‘slippery, miry place’, or a habitational name from any of the places named with this word (Old English slǣp), as for example Slape in Dorset or Sleap in Shropshire.
Male
Spanish
Spanish form of Latin Lupus, LOPE means "wolf."
Female
French
French form of Latin Penelope, PÉNÉLOPE means "weaver of cunning."
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, English
From the Slope Land
SLOPE MINING
SLOPE MINING
Girl/Female
Biblical
Young woman; arise.
Boy/Male
Australian, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Jain, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Sanskrit, Sindhi, Tamil, Telugu, Traditional
Lord Surya (Sun); Great; Intelligent; Powerful; Smart; Fire Power; Active; Religious
Female
Greek
(ÎεφÎλη) Greek name NEPHELÊ means "cloud." In mythology, this is the name a goddess of the clouds and mother of the centaurs.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Aakaansha | அகாநà¯à®·à®¾
Wish, Desire, Dream
Girl/Female
Tamil
Delightful, One who entertains others, One who brings Joy to others, Pleasant and charming
Boy/Male
Tamil
Lord Shiva
Girl/Female
Tamil
Kanjira | காநà¯à®œà¯€à®°à®¾
Tambourine
Boy/Male
Hindu
Bearer of sanjeevini mountain, Immortality
Girl/Female
American, Australian, French
Little and Womanly
Boy/Male
Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Oriya, Telugu
A Legendary Gem; A Gem Worn by Lord Vishnu
SLOPE MINING
SLOPE MINING
SLOPE MINING
SLOPE MINING
SLOPE MINING
v. i.
To take an oblique direction; to be at an angle with the plane of the horizon; to incline; as, the ground slopes.
n.
Slope; inclination.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Slope
n.
State of being slope.
v. i.
To slope gently backward.
n.
One who sells slops, or ready-made clothes. See 4th Slop, 3.
p. pr. & vb. n.
of Stope
imp. & p. p.
of Slope
adv.
In a sloping manner.
v. t.
To form with a slope; to give an oblique or slanting direction to; to direct obliquely; to incline; to slant; as, to slope the ground in a garden; to slope a piece of cloth in cutting a garment.
a.
Sloping.
n.
Declivity; descent; slope.
v. i.
To slope down; as, hanging grounds.
v. i.
To move with a lope, as a horse.
n.
A backward slope in the face of a wall or of a bank; receding slope.
v. i.
An oblique direction; a line or direction including from a horizontal line or direction; also, sometimes, an inclination, as of one line or surface to another.
v. i.
Any ground whose surface forms an angle with the plane of the horizon.
v. i.
To depart; to disappear suddenly.
n.
Length; extent; sweep; as, scope of cable.
v. t.
To look at for the purpose of evaluation; usually with out; as, to scope out the area as a camping site.