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(Middle English, from Old French mineral from Middle Latin minerale, "pertaining to mines", from minera, "mine")
(German: Wismut [wise, “meadow”] plus [mut, “claim to a mine”]; changed to bismat; metal)
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A lot of money is tainted: It taint yours and it taint mine.
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electric gathering locomotive, gathering motor, gathering locomotive, gathering mine locomotive
A lightweight type of electric locomotive used to haul loaded cars from working places to the main haulage road and to replace them with empty cars.
electronic mine detector, mine detector
1. An electromagnetic instrument designed, to locate, or to detect explosive mines.
2. An electronic tool which indicates the presence of metallic or nonmetallic explosive mines under the ground or hidden in the water.
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acid mine drainage
A reference to water pollution that results when sulfur-bearing minerals associated with coal are exposed to air and water and form sulfuric acid and ferrous sulfate.

The ferrous sulfate can further react to form ferric hydroxide, or "yellowboy", a yellow-orange iron precipitate found in streams and rivers polluted by acid mine drainage.

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