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Vocabulary
1. Study the diagram on page 25. Make a word list of the mining
terminology.
Two examples are completed for you.
waste dump
adit portal
2. Match the mining terminology with the Russian equivalents.
a. промежуточный уровень j. откаточная выработка
b. швейч k.предохранительный целик
шахтного ствола
c. выемочная камера l. горизонт штольни
d. открытая разработка \ карьер m. околоствольный двор
e. гезенк \ подземная выработка n. бункер \ резервуар-накопитель
f. нарезной восстающий o. раздробленная руда
g. зумпф \ отстойник p. шахта \ шток
h. неразрабатываемая руда q. породный отвал \ карьера
i. устье штольни r. нераздробленная руда
s. штольня
3. Complete the description of how ore is mined, using the words in 1.
Ore was first mined at the outcrop from an _____ ______; then an adit was
driven into the hillside to intersect and mine the ore at a lower level. An
_______ _______was sunk later to mine at even deeper levels and, eventually,
a ________ _________ was sunk to serve operations to two orebodies more
efficiently. Ore is mined by driving two _____ ______at different levels and
connecting them by _______ which are then connected by________. Ore is
LCM – Loose cubic meters
BCM- Bank cubic meters