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What is a type of mine that uses a horizontal opening in a hill or mountain?
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∙ 13y ago
This is known as drift mining. The horizontal opening is known as an adit.
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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.
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How is the word adit used in mining?
It is used to identify a horizontal opening to a mine. For a fictitious example someone might say "the Dutchman Mine has one adit on the south side of Gold Hill and two more on the west".
What is the entrance or opening to a mine called?
An adit. In North America, the horizontal or sloped entrance to a mine is called a "Portal". Portal more specifically refers to the portion of the shaft visible from the outside of the mine. In some areas, the Portal portion of a horizontal shaft is called the "Drift Mouth" or "Drift Portal" as this shaft leads into a "Drift Mine". With a vertical shaft, that portion would be called a "Collar".
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What is the meaning of adit?
An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; -- called also drift and tunnel., Admission; approach; access.
What is a horizontal shaft into a mine called?
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