Costeaning is the process by which miners seek to discover metallic lodes. It consist in sinking small pits through the superficial deposits to the solid rock, and then driving from one pit to another across the direction of the vein, in such manner as to cross all the veins between the two pits.
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Costean — Cos tean (k?s t?n ), v. i. [Cornish cothas dropped + stean tin.] To search after lodes. See {Costeaning}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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costean — /kɒsˈtin/ (say kos teen) noun 1. Mining a trench or pit cut across the conjectured line of outcrop of a seam or ore body to expose the full width. –verb (i) 2. to dig such a trench. Also, costeen. {British dialect (Cornish), from coid wood +… …
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costeaning — costeanˈing noun • • • Main Entry: ↑costean … Useful english dictionary
