Definition of "stoping" []

• In mining, the removal of the desired ore from an underground mine leaving behind an open space known as a stope. (noun)

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• "The only exception is simple prop timbering for stoping which is sometimes recovered and the wood then reused for shorter props, head boards, breast timbers or wooden cribbing."
• "To prove this, it need only be remembered that the working expenses of a mine are of two sorts: one is a factor of the tonnage handled, such as stoping and ore-dressing; the other is wholly or partially dependent upon time."
• "Uploaded on December 20, 2009 okay time to start this again. please no bashing cause of where the rifles where made but take everything into account from stoping power to cost efectiveness."