Definition of "stopes" []

• Plural form of stope. (noun)

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• "The places where the men are taking out the ore are called "stopes," and to reach them we have to crawl and creep through all sorts of winding passages, now through a "manhole," and now down a long ladder which descends into black depths."
• "They’d mine the ore, creating rooms called stopes, and send the ore down the raises into cars waiting on the rails below here in the drift."
• "For three hours we wandered up and down and in and out of huge unseen caves, now and then crawling up or down three or four hundred foot "stopes" on hands and knees, by ladders, stone steps, or toe-holes in the rock."