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A horizontal working forming one of a series, the working faces of which present the appearance of a flight of steps.

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To excavate in the form of stopes.

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Stepped; gone; advanced.

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Underground working area in a mine from which gold ore is extracted.

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void created by extracting ore underground.

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Area of mine from which ore is or has been extracted.

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the underground excavation within the orebody where the main gold production takes place.

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a usually steplike excavation underground for the removal of ore that is formed as the ore is mined in successive layers

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underground void created by mining

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The underground excavation within the ore-body where the main production takes place.

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An underground excavation from which ore is being extracted.

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A cavity, sometimes large, from which ore is extracted. In mining terms, underground laboratories are stopes. Stoping is the process of opening up a stope.

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An excavation where ore is extracted on a large scale.

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The hole left underground after the ore has been mined out.

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large opening in the ground made to remove ore in a mine.

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Step-like or other excavation in an underground mine for the removal or ore.

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An area in an underground mine where ore is mined.

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Any excavation in an underground mine, other than development workings, made for the purpose of extracting ore.

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Underground excavation where the orebody is extracted.

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the working area from which ore is extracted in an underground mine

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(2) an underground excavation from which ore has been removed.

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Underground opening from which ore is extracted.

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an excavation created by the removal of ore and consequent widening of the drift.

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An excavation from which ore has been excavated as a series of steps. The outlines of the ore body determine the outlines of the stope. A chamber or room from which ore has been extracted.

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