- Strip Mining is a form of surface mining
- Harms the area around the mine
- Coal and different ores are mined this way
Open-Pit Mining
- Clay, Coal, Diamonds, Gravel and Stone, Granite, Grit Stone, Gypsum , Limestone, Marble, Metal Ores (Copper, Iron, and Gold)
- A form of mining rock and minerals from the earth from a large open pit or borrow
- Commonly known as Quarries
Subsurface Mining-
- Extremely dangerous
- A much deeper variation of surface mining
- Not much air for miners underground
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