hardrock
Britishadjective
noun
Example Sentences
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Historically and today, Gaston County contains arsenic levels above EPA standards in several public drinking wells, a phenomenon associated with hardrock mining.
From Salon • Sep. 1, 2022
The Interagency Working Group on Mining Reform has been studying ways to change the law, which governs hardrock mining on U.S. government land, since February.
From Reuters • Sep. 1, 2022
“The clean energy transition cannot be built on dirty mining,” said Lauren Pagel, policy director of Earthworks, an environmental group that has pushed for stronger restrictions on hardrock mining.
From Seattle Times • Apr. 30, 2022
Onshore oil, gas, coal and other hardrock mining on federal lands generated about $496 million for the U.S.
From Scientific American • Jul. 13, 2018
It was the form of dismissal for the hardrock miners whose earnings he was wont to take, but Rimrock was not particular.
From Rimrock Jones by Coolidge, Dane
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