miners
They extract ore
Miners are workers who extract minerals, coal, or other materials from the earth, typically from underground tunnels or open pits.
The term extends to those who dig for precious metals: gold miners, diamond miners.
In cryptocurrency, miners are computers or their operators that validate transactions and add them to the blockchain, rewarded with new coins for their computational work.
Metal-bearing rock
- coalCombustible sedimentary rock
- goldElement seventy-nine
- silverLustrous white precious metal
- copperReddish-brown metallic element
iron · nickel · zinc · tin · lead · diamond · uranium · bauxite
Coal extraction site
- company townEmployer-owned settlement
- boom townFast-growing prosperous settlement
- AppalachiaEastern U.S. mountain region
- YukonNorthwestern Canadian territory
Klondike · forty-niners · goldfield · coalfield · boomtown · shantytown
Narrow vertical passage
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- excavationAct of unearthing
- subterraneanBeneath earth's surface
- driftGradual movement, no direction
gallery · stope · adit · cavern · chamber · depths · bedrock · vein
ore
Metal-bearing rock
copper · iron · nickel · zinc · tin · lead · diamond · uranium · bauxite · seam
colliery
Coal extraction site
- company townEmployer-owned settlement
- boom townFast-growing prosperous settlement
- AppalachiaEastern U.S. mountain region
Yukon · Klondike · forty-niners · goldfield · coalfield · boomtown · shantytown
shaft
Narrow vertical passage
- tunnelEnclosed underground route
- excavationAct of unearthing
- subterraneanBeneath earth's surface
drift · gallery · stope · adit · cavern · chamber · depths · bedrock · vein · lode
toil
Strenuous, prolonged effort
digging · backbreaking · grueling · exhausting · pickaxe · shovel · headlamp · hardhat · shift · overtime
prospector
One seeking valuable deposits
geologist · engineer · operator · foreman · loader · hauler · collier · sappers · panners · muckers
- Frontier Figurespioneers, settlers, homesteaders, explorers, trappers
- Gold RushCalifornia Gold Rush, gold flakes, gold nuggets, gold pan, gold panning
- raw material producersoil companies, farmers, ranchers, fisheries, coffee growers
- Bronze Agebronze swords, bronze, bronze tools, bronze jewelry, bronze dagger
- Coal Miningcoal mines, coal seam, underground mines, colliery, underground
- KlondikeKlondike, stampeders, sourdoughs, sourdough, gold claims
minersoffice workers
Indoor professional employees
field workers · pilots · roofers · sailors
minersfarmers
Land-cultivating occupation holders
growers · cultivators · planters · foresters · ranchers
minersmining magnates
Wealthy extraction industry leaders
coal barons · industrialists · capitalists · bosses · management