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crosscut
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crosscut [′krȯs‚kət]
(engineering)
A cut made through wood across the grain.
(mining engineering)
A small passageway driven at right angles to the main entry of a mine to connect it with a parallel entry of air course.
A passageway in a mine that cuts across the geological structure.


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A mining plan has been designed to maximize the number production headings with multiple crosscuts to access the mineralized zones as part of an effort to expand the test mining program.
In all, 611 metres were driven to finish the ventilation drift and to continue the expansion of drifts and crosscuts.
New data also allowed us to conclude that hole ELE-05-59 crosscuts the Roberto zone with an intersection grading 3.
 
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