Where concentrations are found at depth mining is underground using shafts, inclined roadways and tunnels.

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09:06 Apr 23, 2006
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English term or phrase: Where concentrations are found at depth mining is underground using shafts, inclined roadways and tunnels.
Where concentrations are found at depth mining is underground using shafts, inclined roadways and tunnels.

Is this sentence okay? If not, could you pls explain what exactly author wants to say?
Sanjiv Sadan (X)
Local time: 15:11
Selected answer:see exålanation
Explanation:
"Where concentrations [of the ore, or whatever it is that is being mined] are found at depth (that is, underground), mining is [performed] underground using shafts, inclined roadways and tunnels."


Purely logically (for me) I would choose to have the tunnels after the shafts, then the inclined roadways, but it may also remain as it is.

These mining methods will vary according to exactly HOW deep underground the ore is.

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Note added at 11 mins (2006-04-23 09:17:27 GMT)
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Oops, sorry, I hit a neighbouring key (on a Norwegian keyboard): should be "explanation"!
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William [Bill] Gray
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Local time: 10:41
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Thanks to all of you for your great help.
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William [Bill] Gray
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David Sirett


  

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9 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +7
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see exålanation


Explanation:
"Where concentrations [of the ore, or whatever it is that is being mined] are found at depth (that is, underground), mining is [performed] underground using shafts, inclined roadways and tunnels."


Purely logically (for me) I would choose to have the tunnels after the shafts, then the inclined roadways, but it may also remain as it is.

These mining methods will vary according to exactly HOW deep underground the ore is.

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Note added at 11 mins (2006-04-23 09:17:27 GMT)
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Oops, sorry, I hit a neighbouring key (on a Norwegian keyboard): should be "explanation"!

William [Bill] Gray
Norway
Local time: 10:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
Thanks to all of you for your great help.

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agree  zaphod
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agree  Dave Calderhead
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agree  NancyLynn: Please put in the term in the answer box, rather than "see explanation" or "sentence". Thanks.
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agree  RHELLER
5 hrs
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agree  Raging Dreamer
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agree  Isodynamia
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agree  Alfa Trans (X)
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10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +5
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sentence


Explanation:
It's OK, though a comma after "depth" would improve it. Where concentrations (dense deposits) of X are found deep in the ground, underground (rather than open-cast/pit) mining is used to work them.

David Sirett
Local time: 10:41
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Morad Safe (X)
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agree  Karina Garcia Pedroche
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agree  NancyLynn: Please put in the term in the answer box, rather than "see explanation" or "sentence". Thanks.
4 hrs
  -> When I answered, the question box said "sentence", so there was no "term" to enter--and the asker did not ask for a term.

agree  RHELLER: great explanation
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agree  Raging Dreamer
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