I.
noun
1 for coal, etc.
ADJECTIVE
▪ coal , copper , diamond , salt , tin , etc.
▪ deep , drift , opencast ( BrE ), open-pit ( AmE ), strip ( AmE ), underground
▪ abandoned , disused
VERB + MINE
▪ operate , run , work
MINE + VERB
▪ produce sth
▪
At its peak, the ~ produced 5 000 tons of coal a day.
MINE + NOUN
▪ shaft (usually mineshaft ) , workings
▪
flooded ~ workings
▪ owner
PREPOSITION
▪ at a/the ~ , down a/the ~ ( BrE ), in a/the ~
▪
At 14, he went down the ~s.
▪
poor working conditions in the ~s
2 explosive device
ADJECTIVE
▪ anti-personnel , anti-tank , land , limpet ( esp. BrE )
VERB + MINE
▪ bury , lay , plant
▪
Soldiers laid anti-personnel ~s in the fields.
▪ detect , locate
▪ clear , dispose of , remove
▪
The troops are slowly clearing the ~s.
▪ detonate , hit , set off , strike
MINE + VERB
▪ blow up , explode , go off
II.
verb
Mine is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ coal , ↑ copper , ↑ gold , ↑ ore , ↑ seam , ↑ silver , ↑ stone , ↑ uranium , ↑ vein