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MINE DRAINAGE AND VENTILATION SITE * |
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| Buildings, sites and structures associated with the drainage and/or ventilation of mines. |
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MINE LIFTING AND WINDING STRUCTURE * |
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| Buildings and structures associated with lifting and winding at the site of a mine. |
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MINERAL EXTRACTION SITE * |
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| Sites where minerals are extracted from the ground. |
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MINERAL WATER HOSPITAL * |
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| A specialist hospital where water treatment is given to patients suffering from muscular-skeletal complaints, etc. |
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MINERAL WATER FACTORY * |
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| A factory which produces artificial imitations of mineral water, such as soda water. |
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MINERS CHANGING HOUSE * |
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| A building for miners to change their clothes. |
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MINERAL PRODUCT SITE * |
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| Buildings and sites associated with the production of materials made from minerals. |
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MINES RESCUE STATION * |
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| A rescue station serving a number of mines in the immediate area. |
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SUBMARINE MINE DEPOT * |
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| A complex of purpose-built or adapted buildings used for the maintenance, storage, assembly and control of sea mines and minefields. |
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MINERAL JELLY STORE * |
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| A building where mineral jelly was stored. Mineral jelly was used as a stabilizer in the manufacture of the explosive, cordite. |
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MINERS READING ROOM * |
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| An area of a building providing reading materials for the benefit of colliery workers. |
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CANADIAN PIPE MINE * |
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| A steel pipe driven into the ground at a shallow, oblique angle and packed with explosives. They were intended to be detonated on the approach of a hostile amroured vehicle or tank in order to create an obstacle directly in its path. |
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MINE PUMPING SHAFT * |
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| A shaft, separate to the main working shaft, used to pump water out of the mine workings. |
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MINE PUMPING WORKS * |
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| A pumping station for draining a mine or colliery. |
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MINEWATCHERS POST * |
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| A building with small observation ports used for plotting mines dropped by parachute. |
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CEMENTSTONE MINE * |
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| A site where cementstone nodules are extracted under ground. |
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MINERAL RAILWAY * |
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| A railway used for the conveyance of coal and other minerals. |
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FLUORSPAR MINE * |
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| When a secondary mineral, use term for product type, eg. LEAD MINE. |
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IRONSTONE MINE * |
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| A mine for the extraction of iron ore. |
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MANGANESE MINE * |
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| A place where manganese ore is extracted. Use with other ores extracted and MINE where relevant. |
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OPEN CAST MINE * |
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| An excavation open to the sky, caused by the extraction of coal, stone or similar. Use with product type where known. |
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WHINSTONE MINE * |
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| A mine used for the extraction of any hard dark-coloured rock. |
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WITHERITE MINE * |
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| A mine used for the extraction of the mineral Witherite. When secondary mineral, use with term for product, eg. LEAD MINE. |
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ANTIMONY MINE * |
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| When secondary product use with major product and MINE, eg. COPPER MINE. |
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CALAMINE MINE * |
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| Where secondary product use with major product and MINE, eg. LEAD MINE. |
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GRAPHITE MINE * |
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| A place where graphite is extracted. |
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MINE BUILDING * |
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| A building found at the site of a mine. Use specific type where known. |
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MINERAL BATHS * |
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| Baths containing water impregnated with mineral substances in which patients bathe for medicinal purposes. |
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MINERAL DEPOT * |
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| A depot for the storage of various minerals. |
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TUNGSTEN MINE * |
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| A mine used for the extraction of tungsten bearing ore. Use with other mineral ores extracted and mine, eg. TIN MINE. |
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ARSENIC MINE * |
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| When secondary product use with major product and MINE, eg. COPPER MINE. |
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BARYTES MINE * |
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| A site where barytes (barium sulphate) is mined. Barytes is also commonly worked from the waste tips of lead mines. |
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BISMUTH MINE * |
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| Mine for the extraction of bismuth, which usually occurs in small quantities in the ores of other metal ores, particularly lead, and some copper ores. |
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CALCITE MINE * |
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| A place where calcite is extracted using both quarrying and deeper mining techniques. Calcite/limestone is used for making glass, paper, photography, statues, building, and animal food. |
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MINED BRIDGE * |
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| A bridge which has had mines placed within its structure to enable it to be destroyed in the event of an invasion. |
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URANIUM MINE * |
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| A mine used for the extraction of uranium bearing ores. |
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COBALT MINE * |
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| A site where cobalt is mined |
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COPPER MINE * |
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| Where several minerals produced, use with other products and mine, eg. ARSENIC MINE. |
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GYPSUM MINE * |
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| A site where gypsum and anhydrate is mined. |
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MINERAL PIT * |
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| A pit in the ground from where minerals are dug. |
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NICKEL MINE * |
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| Also use with other metal ores extracted and MINE where relevant. |
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POTASH MINE * |
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| A mine from which potash is obtained. Potash is a deposit of potassium carbonate: the only example of a potash mine in the country is at Boulby in Cleveland. |
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SILVER MINE * |
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| Use with other minerals extracted and mine where relevant, eg. ZINC MINE. |
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DRIFT MINE * |
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| A mine in which access is gained by a straight entrance driven on a constant downward slope. Use with product(s) extracted and mine where known, eg. COAL mine. |
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FLINT MINE * |
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| A site where flint seams within chalk have been exploited by digging deep vertical shafts, often with horizontal galleries radiating out from the base. Use for Neolithic examples and for Post Medieval gunflint industry. |
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MINE SHAFT * |
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| A vertical or inclined excavation giving access to an underground mine. |
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MINED ROAD * |
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| A road which has had mines placed within its structure to enable it to be destroyed in the event of an invasion. |
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OCHRE MINE * |
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| A site where iron oxide and iron sulphate is extracted. |
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CLAY MINE * |
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| A site where clay is mined from the ground. |
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GOLD MINE * |
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| A place where gold ore is extracted. |
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LEAD MINE * |
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| Use with form of extraction where known. Also use MINE and other ores extracted where relevant, eg. SILVER MINE. |
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MINEFIELD * |
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| An area of ground or water containing explosive mines. |
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SALT MINE * |
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| A mine yielding rock salt. |
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ZINC MINE * |
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| A mine used for the extraction of zinc bearing ore. Use with other metal ores extracted and mine where necessary, eg. LEAD MINE. |
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TIN MINE * |
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| A mine used for the extraction on tin bearing ore. |
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MINE * |
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| An excavation made in the earth for the purpose of digging out metallic ores, coal, salt, or precious stones etc. Use specific type where known. |
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