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Definitions for "strip mine"
Keywords:  overburden, mine, coal, seam, opencut
Related Terms: Surface mining, Surface mine, Strip mining, Open pit, Longwall mining, Drift mine, Gob , Opencast, Highwall, Pit, Open-pit mining, Colliery, Coal seam, Spoil, Strip ratio, Stope, Stripping ratio, Mine, Backfilling, Adit, Breaker, Continuous miner, Glory hole, Quarry , Cut and fill, Strip, Collier, Placer mining, Bituminous, Dilution, Seam, Slack, Rank, Claymore mine, Anthracite , Sub-bituminous coal, Shaft, Cut-and-fill, Bituminous coal, Lignite, Anthracite coal, Overburden, Subbituminous coal, Mining, Coal tar pitch, Skip, Heading, Excavation, Preparation plant
an open mine (usually for coal) where the seams run close to the surface
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extract (ore) from a strip-mine
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(4) a general term for open pit mine, usually used for coal mines. The term 'strip' may refer to the removal of the surface or that mining occurs in long, linear strips. In the latter case, coal may be mined by removing overburden, excavating the coal seam and filling the excavation with overburden removed from the adjacent strip.
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