Sentences with crosscut
cross·cut
C c - Current mining follows a careful plan in which crosscuts are run at discrete intervals off of the main level 5 access drift toward areas of potentially productive ground.
- Additional crosscuts were driven from the 12th and 30th levels of the mine to determine the characteristics of the ore at greater depths.
- In 1955, a 750-foot crosscut was driven in a northwest direction on the 38th level to intersect an ore shoot outlined by underground diamond drilling.
- At the bottom of the shaft two 700-foot crosscuts were driven in a northwest and southeast direction.
- Cutting a bloodwood log with a rusty crosscut saw or lugging endless buckets of water from the well are less enjoyable.