adit

Example Sentences

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Fluke said he noticed two collapsed mine adits, or what appear to be, while hiking in Cardiff that he brought to the attention of other state agencies and the EPA.

From Washington Times

These sites pose the gamut of environmental and physical risks, from heavy metals and other pollutants leaking into water sources to open mine adits into which people can fall or become trapped.

From Washington Times

“We’re doing our best to get the physical sediment load out of the creek and off the hills and we’ll figure this one out later,” she said of the adit.

From Washington Times

The miners carved out two adits, nearly horizontal passages, 700 feet into the butte.

From Washington Times

Millions of dollars in gold, silver and zinc have been pulled since the 1870s from adits on Washington Pass and Harts Pass — even from Goat Peak itself.

From Seattle Times