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tailings [′tāl·iŋz] (engineering) The lighter particles which pass over a sieve in milling, crushing, or purifying operations. (mining engineering) The parts, or a part, of any incoherent or fluid material separated as refuse, or separately treated as inferior in quality or value. The decomposed outcrop of a vein or bed. The refuse material resulting from processing ground ore. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| Nothing but coarse gold for you-all, that's your way, not getting half of it out of the ground and losing into the tailings half of what you-all do get. He had worn out his back with twenty years' work in the gold mines, washing over the tailings of the early miners. |
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