Mining

Words related to mining.

• What words refer to digging minerals out of the ground?
  mine (v) quarry (v)
• What words refer to a place where minerals are mined?
  mine (n) gold mine coal mine strip mine quarry (n) mother lode deposit vein coalfield
• What are the parts of a mine?
  mine shaft tailings entrance head
• What words refer to looking for minerals?
  prospecting pan for gold
• What words refer to finding minerals?
  eureka strike it rich
• What words refer to a person who mines?
  miner prospector
• What tools and machines are used in mining?
  pan sluice Geiger counter metal detector pick rock hammer