Mine

In English, the term mine can stand for different concepts:

• Mining, a process where materials are taken from the ground
  • Coal mining, taking coal from the ground
• Mining (military), the act of placing explosive weapons that will explode when they are hit or approached.
  • Naval mines
  • Land mines

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  Mining coal on the surface.

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  People deploying a naval mine from a ship, this is an image from the Second World War

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  Cross-section of a model of an anti-tank mine