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  • 1mining — /muy ning/, n. 1. the act, process, or industry of extracting ores, coal, etc., from mines. 2. the laying of explosive mines. [1250 1300; ME: undermining (walls in an attack); see MINE2, ING1] * * * I Excavation of materials from the Earth s… …

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  • 2US Silver — Corporation (Tsxv|USA) is a mining company based in Wallace, Idaho near Coeur d Alene, Idaho. The Chairman of the Company is John P. Ryan, the CEO is Bruce Reid, and the President is Mark Hartmann.In 2006 USSC purchased the Coeur, Caladay, and… …

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  • 3Superior craton — in the west. The western margin extends from northern Minnesota through eastern Manitoba to northwestern Ontario.The formation of the Superior craton is best explained within the context of 2.72 2.68 Ga accretion of small continental plates and… …

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  • 4sedimentary rock — Rock formed at or near the Earth s surface by the accumulation and lithification of fragments of preexisting rocks or by precipitation from solution at normal surface temperatures. Sedimentary rocks can be formed only where sediments are… …

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  • 5Cliff mine — This article is about the former copper mine in Keweenaw County, Michigan. For the former iron mine in Marquette County, Michigan, see Cliffs Shaft Mine Museum. Native copper specimen from the Cliff mine. Size 2.4 x 1.3 x 1.3 cm …

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  • 6France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …

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  • 7Australia — /aw strayl yeuh/, n. 1. a continent SE of Asia, between the Indian and the Pacific oceans. 18,438,824; 2,948,366 sq. mi. (7,636,270 sq. km). 2. Commonwealth of, a member of the Commonwealth of Nations, consisting of the federated states and… …

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