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Adit Mining

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An adit is an opening or passage. Adit Mining is done in hilly districts where a mineral seam is exposed on a hillside. Added By KoMal KhAn --116.71.94.11 (talk) 11:32, 10 April 2009 (UTC)[reply]

An Adit is driven from the surface very slightly to the rise, just steeply enough to drain freely. Usually it will follow an ore vein so it will not run in a straight line. It is used to extract and access the ore. If a drivage is primarily for drainage it is a sough. If a drivage is straight and on a constant gradient however steep, it is primarily for access and transport (including ventilation) or for exploration it is a drift. Both ends of a drift can be underground or one end might be at the surface. mikeL 16 05 10 (Added by 92.238.234.205 (talk) 23:04, 16 May 2010)

Wastewater

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If someone has appropriate expertise, I think it would be worth tying in some mention of tailings and possibly general legacy metal mine water pollution and treatment. 5v5h1 (talk) 12:30, 2 December 2020 (UTC)[reply]