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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

We found a fuse on the first sub-level near the shaft, but of course that doesn't prove anything.

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

Whoever did the job, entered the skip shaft from sub-level seventeen.

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

It was a few moments later that Superintendent Penton and his searching party entered the sub-level in search of Steve.

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

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 James R. Mears

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