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Mineral mining
The extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth for economic interests.
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skid-mounted
Mining; General mining
A term applied when a drill or other machine is attached permanently to a skid.
sticky
Mining; General mining
A term applied when drilling rock or a formation so soft that the drill bit tends to penetrate too rapidly and the circulation fluid is unable to clear the cuttings away fast enough to prevent their ...
large split
Mining; General mining
A term applying to mine track ties. A large split is a split exceeding 5 in (13 cm) in length. Splits not longer than 5 in are permissible providing satisfactory antisplitting devices have been ...
whipstocking
Mining; General mining
A term commonly used by petroleum-field drillers to designate the act or process referred to by diamond drillers as deflecting a borehole.
