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
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
Rather than tunnelling into the ground, Mr Dunstan is open-cut mining, which involves scraping away a few inches of rock with an excavator, and then periodically investigating for opals.
From BBC ● Jun. 28, 2017
He opened 96% of the Tarkine, including its rainforest, to mineral exploration and gave the go-ahead for the first open-cut mine in the Tarkine's “protected area”.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 11, 2013
From the unwatered drive or tunnel downwards, the method of working as just described may be characterised as an underground application of the "open-cut system".
From Twentieth Century Inventions A Forecast by Sutherland, George
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
They are disgusting, and you wouldn’t want to rub bacteria from a rotting corpse in an open cut, but the odors they give off are not infectious — just stinky.
From New York Times ● Sep. 24, 2014
The diggings begin with an open cut of 110 feet; this leads to a tunnel in the rock partly timbered, by which the lode with a dip of 41º is bisected.
From To The Gold Coast for Gold, Vol. II A Personal Narrative by Burton, Richard Francis, Sir
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