continuous miner
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of continuous miner
First recorded in 1955–60
Example Sentences
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He was repositioning a continuous miner, a machine with a rotating steel drum used to extract coal.
From Seattle Times
He was operating a continuous miner, a machine with a rotating steel drum and conveyor system, to extract coal.
From Seattle Times
A centipede-like piece of equipment called the continuous miner sits silent and still beside them, ready to chew through the coal seam that runs from the mouth of the mine and underground for nearly eight miles.
From BBC
Nathan G. Phillips, 36, was operating a continuous miner machine at the Dotiki Mine in Webster County when he was killed Tuesday.
From Washington Times
A roof bolter works ahead, driving massive bolts through the seam, while a machine called Continuous Miner follows in its wake, clawing out coal and throwing it onto a conveyor belt behind.
From Newsweek
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