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hanging side

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Noun edit

hanging side (plural hanging sides)

  1. (mining) the overhanging side of an inclined or hading vein
    • 1925, Bureau of Mines Information Circular:
      These subdrifts are driven the full width of the copper and explore thoroughly the foot and hanging sides of the lode.

References edit

“hanging”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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