Definition of Mining

digging deep holes in search of something valuable

Examples of Mining in a sentence

Coal mining is the only field that Earl knows as he spent his entire life digging in tunnels for black carbon.  🔊

Very few of the 49ers’ got rich mining for gold, but a few were able to find enough nuggets to make them wealthy.  🔊

The diamond mining industry is big in Africa where lots of workers spend their days digging for buried jewels.  🔊

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