What is a gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift called?
heading — (Mining.) A gallery, drift, or adit in a mine; also, the end of a drift or gallery; the vein above a drift. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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