Fracking and Mining

noun

• The act of extracting ores or coal etc from the earth.
  • synonyms: excavation
• Laying explosive mines in concealed places to destroy enemy personnel and equipment.
  • synonyms: minelaying

verb

• Get from the earth by excavation.
  • usage: "mine ores and metals"
  • synonyms: mine
• Lay mines.
  • usage: "The Vietnamese mined Cambodia"
  • synonyms: mine

• (p.pr.&vb.n.) of Mine.
• (a.) Of or pertaining to mines; as, mining engineer; mining machinery; a mining region.
• (v.i.) The act or business of making mines or of working them.