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Drilling is used in almost every type of mining to sample and determine the extent of a the deposit.
Drilling is used for actual extraction of salt (by solution mining), petroleum, and natural gas.
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Types of mines?
types of underground mining methods - unsuported(natural suport)mining method -saported(artificial support)mining method - caving method
What are some terms used in mining?
Stope, adit, shaft, vein, ore, drilling, blasting, are a few mining terms.
What mining method is used to extract ore from beneath the earths surface?
Deep shaft mining, open-cast mining & adit mining.
What are environmental factors in the arctic tundra?
Pollution from mining and drilling for oil pollutes the air, lakes and rivers
What is sublevel stoping method of mining?
sublevel stoping is a mining method in which ore is blasted from different levels of elevation but is removed from one level at the bottom of the mine
How do people go about mining and drilling for diamonds?
mining
What costs more - drilling or mining oil sands?
drilling
In what country is Diamond Drilling popular?
Diamond drilling occurs in primarily under development countries. Many countries in Africa such as Botswana, Liberia, and South Africa all use diamond drilling in their mining industry.
What simple machines are used in mining and drilling?
A drill
What are the different types of mines?
THERE ARE DIFFERENT TYPES OF MINING SUCH AS SURFACE MINING,open cast mining, strip mining,alluvial mining,quarrying mining,underground mining,and drilling
How are fossil fuels retrieved from the earth?
Drilling into the ground, mining.
Is compressor is the component of oil well drilling rig?
No. The mining industry uses air blast percussion method to drill, so air compressors are needed. See link.
Types of mines?
types of underground mining methods - unsuported(natural suport)mining method -saported(artificial support)mining method - caving method
What is a pick that miners use?
geologists hammer or rock pick if your thinking about hand samples. A giant hydraulic hammer on a drilling platform if your mining.
What are some terms used in mining?
Stope, adit, shaft, vein, ore, drilling, blasting, are a few mining terms.
What is a method for uranium mining?
Uranium mining can be either by open pit mining or by underground mining.
What are the release dates for Where Did It Come From - 2006 Ancient China Origins of Drilling and Mining 1-12?
Where Did It Come From - 2006 Ancient China Origins of Drilling and Mining 1-12 was released on: USA: 13 December 2006
