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Definition of Deep-mined
1. Adjective. Of coal, as contrasted with coal obtained from a strip mine. "Deep-mined coal"
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deep-mined
Literary usage of Deep-mined
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Energy Policies of IEA Countries: United Kingdom 2002 Review by International Energy Agency (2002)
"Coal production was 16% lower in 2000 than in 1999 with deep-mined production
falling by 17.5%, while opencast production fell by 12%. ..."
2. Macmillan's Magazine by John Morley, Mowbray Morris, David Masson, George Grove (1890)
"Iron deep-mined, hard oak from stormy fell: Steel-armed the black ship breasts
the ocean's swell, Oak-ribbed laughs back the raging tempest's ire. ..."
3. International Library of Technology: A Series of Textbooks for Persons by International Textbook Company (1908)
"... §40 PROSPECTING When a pay streak is found, it is followed and, if deep, mined
by shafts, tunnels, and rooms—the same as a nearly horizontal coal bed. ..."
4. The New York Times Current History (1918)
"The difficulty of making deep-mined dugouts in soil where water lay within a few
feet of the surface of the ground had compelled the enemy to construct in ..."
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