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sub-level

American  
[suhb-lev-uhl] / ˈsʌbˌlɛv əl /

noun

Mining.
  1. a drift, dug through ore, into which overlying material, especially from an upper layer of ore, is caved.


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This sub-level is more than a place; it's a mental state.

From The Guardian • Dec. 18, 2012

The sub-level was as silent as a tomb.

From The Iron Boys in the Mines or, Starting at the Bottom of the Shaft by Mears, James R.

THE "MISSED HOLE" ON the seventeenth sub-level of the Cousin Jack Mine the Spooner contract gang was working at high pressure.

From The Iron Boys in the Mines or, Starting at the Bottom of the Shaft by Mears, James R.

"I saw him on the sub-level above a minute ago," cried a brakeman, running up the ladder to summon the mine captain.

From The Iron Boys in the Mines or, Starting at the Bottom of the Shaft by Mears, James R.

The men picked up the lad and bore him through the sub-level.

From The Iron Boys in the Mines or, Starting at the Bottom of the Shaft by Mears, James R.

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