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drift mining

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drift mining [′drift ‚mīn·iŋ]
(mining engineering)
Working of shallow veins or beds through drifts or shafts from the surface.


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Recorded district production exceeds 84,000 ounces of gold, notably from drift mining high-grade placers and tunneling on several bonanza-grade lodes.
The mining plan developed utilizes three mining methods: blasthole stoping (50% of ore), room and pillar (30% of ore) and drift mining (20% of ore).
It is concluded that the Evans pay streak historically contained higher gold values than the Telegraph, possibly as high as the reported Californian drift mining average of 0.
 
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