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Bell pit

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A bell pit is a primitive method of mining coal, iron ore or other minerals where the coal or ore lies near the surface. [1]

12 relations: Bell, Coal, Drift mining, Ford, Northumberland, Forest of Dean, Glossary of coal mining terminology, Grime's Graves, Industry and the Eglinton Castle estate, Iron ore, Mining, Norfolk, Open-pit mining.

Bell

A bell is a directly struck idiophone percussion instrument.

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Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams.

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Drift mining

Drift mining is either the mining of an ore deposit by underground methods, or the working of coal seams accessed by adits driven into the surface outcrop of the coal bed.

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Ford, Northumberland

Ford is a small village in Northumberland, England, about from Berwick-upon-Tweed.

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Forest of Dean

The Forest of Dean is a geographical, historical and cultural region in the western part of the county of Gloucestershire, England.

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Glossary of coal mining terminology

This is a partial glossary of coal mining terminology commonly used in the coalfields of the United Kingdom.

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Grime's Graves

Grime's Graves is a large Neolithic flint mining complex in Norfolk, England.

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Industry and the Eglinton Castle estate

The Eglinton Castle estate was situated at Irvine, on the outskirts of Kilwinning, North Ayrshire, Scotland (map reference NS 3227 42200) in the former district of Cunninghame.

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Iron ore

Iron ores are rocks and minerals from which metallic iron can be economically extracted.

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Mining

Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth, usually from an orebody, lode, vein, seam, reef or placer deposit.

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Norfolk

Norfolk is a county in East Anglia in England.

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Open-pit mining

Open-pit, open-cast or open cut mining is a surface mining technique of extracting rock or minerals from the earth by their removal from an open pit or borrow.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bell_pit

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