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How do miners form rocks?

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Surface mining allows extraction of ores that are close to earth’s surface
Overlaying rock is blasted and the rock that contains the valuable minerals is placed in a truck and taken to a refinery


Other methods of surface mining includes strip mining,placer mining and dredging
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Surface mining allows extraction of ores that are close to Earth's surface. Overlying rock is blasted and the rock that contains the valuable minerals is placed in a truck and taken to a refinery. ... Other methods of surface mining include strip mining, placer mining, and dredging.

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