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Digging up, if not blowing up (6)

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mining

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'digging up' is the definition.

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(Other definitions for mining that I've seen before include "non-renewable industry" , "Excavating (ores)" , "Extracting ore etc. from the earth" , "Laying down explosives" , "Extracting ores or coal from the earth" .)

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