First recorded in 1880–85
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He also helped last year to persuade a judge to recommend against a new open-cut coal project in Queensland state.
From Washington Post ● Jan. 31, 2023
The term solastalgia was coined by the philosopher Glenn Albrecht in 2005 to address feelings of shock in Australia after large open-cut coalmining in New South Wales had transformed the Upper Hunter Valley.
From The Guardian ● Oct. 15, 2020
Ore mined by an open-cut method was first shipped in 1925, and in the late 1930s mine owner Universal Insulation Co. merged with Zonolite co. and the mine adopted the Zonolite name.
From Washington Times ● Dec. 1, 2019
Earlier this year, however, Brazilian company Vale - which owns the underground mine and an open-cut mine at nearby Camberwell - suddenly announced it was sacking 500 workers and mothballing the mines.
From BBC ● Jan. 4, 2015
In addition, a number of stiff-leg derricks were set up along the open-cut section, and were operated by Lidgerwood or Lambert air hoisting engines, or by electric motors, as circumstances dictated.
From Transactions of the American Society of Civil Engineers, Vol. LXVIII, Sept. 1910 The New York Tunnel Extension of the Pennsylvania Railroad. The Cross-Town Tunnels. Paper No. 1158 by Brace, James H.
With inoculation, pus from an infected person was gathered, either in a small vial or by passing a string through one of the sores, and then passed through an open cut in a healthy subject.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 29, 2021
An infection can occur if bacteria from the soil enters the body through an open cut or a break in the skin.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 1, 2021
From the outside, the five-story building on Carlton Way near the open cut of the 101 looks like any other upscale new construction — sans serif font, little balconies, black-painted steel.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 17, 2020
The case also illustrates how even people in close contact with victims do not necessarily get the disease, which spreads when infectious fluids get into an open cut, or a nose, eye or mouth.
From New York Times ● Nov. 10, 2014
We can’t get out ore that will pay for crushing with an open cut much longer.”
From The Gold Trail by Bindloss, Harold
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