Ways of Mining Quiz

The minerals are mined by ____________________________ layers and layers of rocks.

• removing

• adding

• digging

• covering

The hole gets _________________ and ________________ over time and is left _________.

• deeper

• wider

• smaller

• filled

Miners _____________ and ______________ the ore bearing rock to reach the minerals.

• extract

• remove

• dig

• blast

_______________drive on the ______________ of the ____________to collect and ___________________________ the rocks out of the pit to be refined.

• Trucks

• Machines

• Carts

• Conveyors

Miners use special machines to dig deep holes called ___________________.

• shafts

• drills

• excavators

• boreholes

Miners travel down the shaft in lifts called ________________________.

• elevators

• cages

• lifts

• hoists

Machinery in the _________________________ lowers and raises the cage.

• shaft

• mine

• pit

• tunnel

______________________ are dug from the main shaft to ore bearing rock.

• tunnels

• shafts

• drifts

• caverns

Miners use ___________________________ to blast the rock open so that it can be taken to the surface.

• dynamite

• explosives

• drills

• blasters

The rocks must be broken into smaller pieces and then hoisted to the surface through another shaft in carts called _________________.

• buckets

• carts

• containers

• bins