Close House Mine is a Site of Special Scientific Interest in the Teesdale district of west County Durham, England. It is a working opencast mine located...
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States Close House, Northumberland, a country estate in Northumberland, England Close House Mine, a Site of Special Scientific...
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Cotherstone Moor SSSI to the south. Grains o' th' Beck Meadows and Close House Mine SSSIs are entirely surrounded by Lune Forest, but do not form part...
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M58 MICLIC (redirect from M58 Mine Clearing Line Charge)
The M58 Mine Clearing Line Charge (MICLIC) is a rocket-projected mine-clearing line charge used to provide a "close-in" demining capability for maneuver...
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together with a 50 feet (15 m) diameter waterwheel. The mine's buildings were the Mine Captain's house, two cottages, an agent's office, a smithy and a carpenter's...
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50-foot-deep (15 m) strip mine that had been cleared by Edward Whitney[clarification needed] in 1935, and came very close to the northeast corner of...
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In anti-tank warfare, an anti-tank mine (abbreviated to "AT mine") is a type of land mine designed to damage or destroy vehicles including tanks and armored...
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Your Place or Mine is a 2023 American romantic comedy film written and directed by Aline Brosh McKenna in her directorial debut. The film stars Reese Witherspoon...
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Мина-1, lit. 'Anti-infantry high-explosive mine') is a scatterable high explosive anti-personnel land mine of Soviet and Russian production. It is also...
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Emerald (redirect from Emerald mine)
trace chemical element differences between emeralds, including ones mined in close proximity to one another. American gemologist David Cronin and his colleagues...
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Shaft sinking (redirect from Shaft mine)
Shaft mining or shaft sinking is the action of excavating a mine shaft from the top down, where there is initially no access to the bottom. Shallow shafts...
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"Sweet Child o' Mine" is a song by American rock band Guns N' Roses, released on their debut studio album, Appetite for Destruction (1987). In the United...
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Wittenoom, Western Australia (category Asbestos mines)
located in the gorge itself which contains the mine tailings. Residents once operated a camping ground, guest house and gem shop for passing tourists. The roof...
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and Cross Fell, Upper Teesdale, West Rigg Open Cutting Mineralogy – Close House Mine, Foster's Hush, Moorhouse and Cross Fell, Old Moss Lead Vein, Upper...
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200m 220yds Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex The Zollverein Coal Mine Industrial Complex (German Zeche Zollverein) is a large former industrial...
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Coal mining (redirect from Coal mine)
Coal mining is the process of extracting coal from the ground or from a mine. Coal is valued for its energy content and since the 1880s has been widely...
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The Quincy Mine is an extensive set of copper mines located near Hancock, Michigan. The mine was owned by the Quincy Mining Company and operated between...
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Copper Mines Plc from Carlisa Investments Corporation and became the sole owner of Mopani Copper Mines Plc. Prior to January 2021, Mopani Copper Mines Plc...
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Pitt Lake's Lost Gold Mine is a legendary lost mine said to be near Pitt Lake, British Columbia, Canada, the supposed wealth of which has held the imagination...
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located close to the mine as uranium ore is converted here to yellowcake. According to Department of Atomic Energy, the ore extracted from this mine is of...
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A land mine, or landmine, is an explosive weapon concealed under or camouflaged on the ground, and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets, ranging...
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Tunnel warfare (redirect from Mine (warfare))
fortified military positions. Defenders have dug counter-mines to attack miners or destroy a mine threatening their fortifications. Since tunnels are commonplace...
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a surface mine (German: Tagebau) in the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. It is operated by RWE and used for mining lignite. The mine currently...
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Initially, surface mining took place. Limonite was found close to the surface and was mined in the 12th century, with exploitation rights accorded by...
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Walden, Ontario (redirect from Creighton Mine, Ontario)
ghost town when the mine was closed a decade later in 1923, with the last house being removed in 1936. During its lifetime, the mine produced almost 620...
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town, houses and other buildings remained close to what became known as North Hibbing. In 1935, the mining company decided that they needed to mine that...
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The following is a list of episodes for the television show Little House on the Prairie, an American Western drama about a family living on a farm in...
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Mine That Bird (foaled May 10, 2006) is a champion American Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 2009 Kentucky Derby at 50-1 odds and came second in the...
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The Lochnagar mine south of the village of La Boisselle in the Somme département was an underground explosive charge, secretly planted by the British during...
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Centralia, Pennsylvania (section Mine fire)
Lehigh Valley Coal Company closing five of its Centralia-local mines. Bootleg miners continued mining in several idle mines, using techniques such as what...
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