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Definition of colliery:
Synonyms:
stone, goldmine, coal miner, pit, conflict diamonds, orchestra pit, cavity, coal, perdition, endocarp, coal mine, infernal region, pitfall, fossa, coalfield, gallery, gold rush, nether region, coal mining, stone pit, quarry.
Usage examples:
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The Figures 453- 455 represent a fossil Lepidodendron, 49 feet long, found in Jarrow Colliery, near Newcastle, lying in shale parallel to the planes of stratification.
- "The Student's Elements of Geology", Sir Charles Lyell. -
Residing near Keswick this summer, and having the matter in my mind, I availed myself of an introduction from Dr Leitch to some gentlemen at South Shields, for inspection of the Harton Colliery.
- "Autobiography of Sir George Biddell Airy", George Biddell Airy. -
Fosse Eight is a mighty waste- heap, such as you may behold anywhere along the railway in the colliery districts between Glasgow and Edinburgh.
- "The First Hundred Thousand", Ian Hay.