Surface mine definition

Surface mine means any area or areas in close proximity to each other, as determined by the department, where extraction of minerals results in:

Surface mine means a mine where the coal lies at or near the surface and can be extracted by removing the covering layer of soil (see “Overburden”) without tunneling underground.

Surface mine means an area containing an open pit excavation, surface operations incident to an underground mine, or associated activities adjacent to the excavation or surface operations, from which coal or other minerals are produced for sale, exchange, or commercial use; and includes all buildings and equipment above the surface of the ground used in connection with such mining.

Examples of Surface mine in a sentence

• Surface mine experience in a different mineral may be considered by the council when qualifying an applicant to take the examination for surface foreman certification.

• Surface mine production in 2001 closely approximates the level of production in 2008.

• Surface mine inspectors shall devote all of their time to the duties of the office.(e) Except as expressly provided in this section to the contrary, all provisions of this article relating to the eligibility, qualification, appointment, tenure, and removal of underground mine inspectors, as well as those provisions relating to compensatory time and reimbursement for necessary expenses, are applicable to surface mine inspectors.

• A certificated administrator, with the exception of the local board of education when it is evaluating the superintendent, will observe and evaluate each probationary certificated employee for a full instructional period once each semester and each permanent certificated employee for a full instructional period once each school year.

• The director shall then appoint one of the candidates from the three having the highest grades.(d) Surface mine inspectors shall be paid an annual salary of not less than $37,332, which shall be fixed by the director, who shall take into consideration ability, performance of duty, and experience.

More Definitions of Surface mine

Surface mine means an area where minerals are extracted by remov- ing the overburden lying above and adjacent to natural deposits thereof and mining directly from the natural deposits thereby exposed.

Surface mine means a mine worked by strip mining, open pit mining or other surface method, including auger mining;

Surface mine means a pit or quarry where metallic or non-metallic rock, mineral bearing substance, earth, clay, sand or gravel is being or has been removed by means of an excavation open to the surface to supply material for construction, industrial or manufacturing purposes and includes any work, undertaking or facility used in connection therewith but does not include a cutting for a right of way for a highway or a railroad; (“mine à ciel ouvert”)

Surface mine means the surface of land upon which activities are conducted which disturb the natural surface of the land and result in the production of ores or minerals.

Surface mine means a mine where the coal lies at or near the surface and can be extracted by removing the covering layer of soil (see “Overburden”) without tunneling underground. Surface mining can be performed by (i) contour mining, where mining machinery follows the contours of a coal seam or seams around a ridge, excavating the overburden and recovering the coal seam or seams as a contour bench around the ridge is created; (2) highwall mining, where a mining system extracts coal from an exposed highwall; or (3) auger mining, a method of mining coal at a highwall by drilling holes into an exposed coal seam and transporting the coal along an auger bit to the surface.

Surface mine means an open pit excavation from which coal or other minerals are produced for sale, exchange, or commercial use; and includes all buildings and equipment above the surface of the ground used in connection with such mining.

Surface mine means all areas surface mined