Usually means: Underground mining via horizontal entry.
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  1. drift mine: Merriam-Webster
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  4. Drift mine: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  5. drift mine: Wiktionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (drift mine)

▸ noun:  (mining) Any mine reached by a drift (horizontal or inclined passage) from the surface.

Similar:
driftway, drift, drift mining, crut, driftage, gurt, grass, driftland, rake, crosscut, more...

Opposite:
shaft mine, slope mine, underground mine

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Similar:
driftway, drift, drift mining, crut, driftage, gurt, grass, driftland, rake, crosscut, more...

Opposite:
shaft mine, slope mine, underground mine



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