Definition of "deep-mined" [deep-mined]

• Taken from an undergrround mine; -- as contrasted with coal obtained from a strip mine. (adjective)

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• "The appetite for the relatively scarce, deep-mined form of coal is driven by infrastructure growth in emerging economies like China, India and Brazil."
• "Mitchell wanted them instead to have the option of simply purchasing lower-sulfur coal strip-mined from Wyoming in place of West Virginia deep-mined coal."
• "Thorp also asserts that UNC's coal suppliers do not use mountaintop-removal coal and that most of it is deep-mined bituminous coal."