mining settlement

collocation in English

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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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settlement
noun
uk
/ˈset.əl.mənt/us
/ˈset̬.əl.mənt/
an official agreement that finishes ...
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(Definition ofminingandsettlementfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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I said in my interpretation that no one should be entitled to take from aminingsettlementmeasures adopted specially for the special characteristics and conditions of mining.
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Before being converted into a commune, it was a ghost town that had been a goldminingsettlementin the 1860s.
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The town began as a limestoneminingsettlementand grew rapidly as a major inland port.
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Flagstaff began as aminingsettlement, and covered about 3 miles (4.8 km) along the banks of the local unnamed creek.
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Nelchina was aminingsettlementestablished in 1913.
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A hiking trail leads through this formerminingsettlement.
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It was founded in 1911 as a coalminingsettlement.
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At the bottom of the valley lies an abandonedminingsettlementconsisting of a few (still standing) homes and mining equipment.
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During the next few centuries, the town changed from aminingsettlementto a vineyard town.
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The road winds through mountainous terrain as it climbs towards the abandonedminingsettlementof, situated at an altitude of around 1400m ft.
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It is a historic goldminingsettlement, and the gold mining industry is now undergoing something of a resurgence as the gold price has risen.
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Its history dates from 1730 as a goldminingsettlement.
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It was founded as a coalminingsettlement.
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First, plantations were established in isolated frontier areas, far from the towns and mining settlements.
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The originalminingsettlementhas recently been commemorated, in the way of a series of plaques placed at various locations, depicting events and scenes of life in the 19th century.
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As the town was merged from several farming communities with the mining settlements and houses of the chemical workers it has no real centre.
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This first meeting was followed by dissent across the colony's mining settlements.
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The town was one of the most important mining settlements in the area.
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