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A type of mine that uses a horizontal opening in a hill or mountain?
Drift mining is the type of mining defined by the horizontal opening, or adit, in a mountain. This is the stereotypical mining found in most media, and is in contrast to quarry mining, mining in open surfaces, or strip mining, where all the materials are taken and then filtered.
What are the disadvantages of mining iron?
The disadvantages of mining iron
What are the advantages and disadvantages of lasers?
what are the disadvantages of bauxite mining
Disadvantages and advantages to mining potash?
advantages to mining potash
What is Underground Mining?
underground mining is done when the rocks, minerals of gemstones are too far underground to get out with surface mining some kinds of underground mining are Borehole Mining Drift Mining Hard Rock Mining Shaft Mining Slope Mining
What are the disadvantages of open pit mining?
Cash
What are the disadvantage of mining?
There are many disadvantages to mining. The main disadvantages include the danger to the miner, environmental hazards, the stripping of natural resources, and the permanent scarring of the landscape.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of open-pit mining?
Cash
What are some of the advantages and disadvantages of subsurface mining techniques?
Subsurface mining is less disruptive to the environment that strip mining, however the danger to the miners is greater
What are two disadvantages of bauxite mining?
Causes acid rain
State advantages and disadvantages of mining industry in goa?
Advantages to the mining industry in general are that it can add jobs and money to the nearby economy. Some disadvantages are that the work is dangerous, and it is depleting the earthâ??s natural resources.
What is a type of mine that uses a horizontal opening in a hill or mountain?
This is known as drift mining. The horizontal opening is known as an adit.
