Surface mining

thumb|Carrara marble|A quarry at Carrara in [[Tuscany, Italy]] thumb|A Portland stone quarry on the [[Isle of Portland, England]] thumb|An abandoned construction aggregate quarry near [[Adelaide, South Australia]] thumb|An abandoned construction aggregate quarry with turquoise pond near [[Thouars, France]] thumb|right|An abandoned stone quarry in Kerala, India thumb|Stone quarry in Soignies, [[Hainaut (province), Belgium]] thumb|Matera quarry in [[Basilicata, Italy]] thumb|Donnerkuhle Quarry, near Hagen, Germany thumb|Prospect Hill (New South Wales)|Prospect Quarry gap in [[Sydney, Australia]]

pile built of accumulated spoil

continuous digging machine used especially in large-scale open-pit mining

broad category of mining

open-pit mine for the extraction of gravel

mining technique using high-pressure jets of water to carve away minerals

practice that is used to extract sand

open-pit mining for the extraction of clay minerals

technique of mining stream bed deposits for minerals

excavating and processing solid wastes from landfills

type of overburden conveyor bridges

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