mining boom

collocation in English

meaningsofminingandboom

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mining
noun[U]
uk
/ˈmaɪ.nɪŋ/us
/ˈmaɪ.nɪŋ/
the industry or activity of removing substances such as coal or metal from the ground ...
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boom
noun
uk
/buːm/us
/buːm/
a deep and loud ...
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(Definition ofminingandboomfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Like mostminingboomtowns, the population included a small number of women and children compared to the very large male population.
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The town's current positive economic development is due to the affluence of theminingboom.
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Theminingboomalmost entirely passed the county by.
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Theminingboomwas over by the end of the 1870s and many of the early settlers left the area.
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In the mid-19th century the discovery of gold silver or copper and other minerals led to aminingboom.
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Major change came in the 19th century with the coalminingboom.
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Aminingboomin the 1870s helped the city to continue to grow rapidly.
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Ferry was a ramshackle collection of crude log homes and false front buildings to support theminingboomin the area.
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The firstminingboomin 1979 had 679,000 passengers use the airport.
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A renewedminingboom, this time for coal and trona led to the reopening of the school in 1973.
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Several rock and mineral shops have been around since theminingboomdays.
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They were part of a prospecting/miningboomthat began in the 1930s and continued until the 1940s.
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This ultimately led to aminingboomthat saved the fledgling colony.
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Once theminingboomended, the railroad struggled to survive, as borax shipping came to comprise the majority of its business.
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The camps were abandoned after a few years when short-livedminingboomended and later the road was used only occasionally by hunters and tourists.
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However, theminingboomcaused income per capita to more than double by 1973-74.
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It remained isolated until the coalminingboomof the 1900s when railroads connected it with surrounding towns.
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In recent years, population increases associated with theminingboomhas increased demand for accommodation and land.
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During theminingboom, a tin-smelting blowing house operated at the quayside.
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