On the 1st of October the tzar announced to the army that the mines were ready to be fired, and wished them to prepare for the general assault.
A new series of mines beneath the walls were now constructed by the Russian engineers, which were to operate with destructive power, hitherto unrecorded in the annals of war.
Remember that you are now casting the same profit into the hands of the owners of gold mines and washings.
It is also an important mining region, having a large number of silver minesin operation.
In 1883 a law was carried, introducing factory inspection, extending to mines and all industrial undertakings.
There must, I mean, be some one at the mines or in Siberia, or somewhere terrible like that, of whom she is always thinking.
They returned to Brazil only to find that the mines had been taken up by others and sold to the government.
The richest gold and silver mine in Nevada was sold for forty-two dollars by the owner, to get money to pay his passage to other mines where he thought he could get rich.
He visited the minesof Bohemia, Sweden and the East to perfect himself in metallic knowledge.
The sea was running high and it was hard to discern the mines except when they were carried up on the swell of the waves.
On the deck stood a number of the crew disregarding the floating mines that had been engaging their attention.
Report from the committee on mines and mining favoring bill (H.
Report from the committee on mines and mining in the matter of mining debris in the rivers of California.
The west coast of America and the adjacent interior embrace the richest and best mines of Mexico, New Granada, Central America, Chili, and Peru.
It appears also from these reports that mines of quicksilver are found in the vicinity of the gold region.
Recent discoveries render it probable that these mines are more extensive and valuable than was anticipated.
It was known thatmines of the precious metals existed to a considerable extent in California at the time of its acquisition.
The importance of this measure is greatly increased by the acquisition of the rich mines of the precious metals in New Mexico and California, and especially in the latter.
By the act of the 11th of July last "the reserved lead minesand contiguous lands in the States of Illinois and Arkansas and Territories of Wisconsin and Iowa" were authorized to be sold.
New Mexico, though situated in the interior and without a seacoast, is known to contain much fertile land, to abound in rich mines of the precious metals, and to be capable of sustaining a large population.
The act is confined in its operation to "lead mines and contiguous lands.
Will you please to take a look at the mines to-night?
As for the Cornishmen and Welshmen, the success or failure of the Sark Mines mattered little to them.
They were quiet, farmer-fisher folk who lived there, having nothing to do with the mines and little beyond a general interest in them.
Should he lie in the hedge and shoot down the old man as he came in from those cursed mines which had started all the trouble?
To all financially interested in the mines the need for strictest economy and fullest efficiency was patent enough.
Mr. Gard from the mines comes up here to get his dinner, if that's what you mean.
Concerning the minesthemselves he was not called upon for an opinion.
Sometimes the deepest mines prove the best in the end.
It'll all come back from the mines and you'll have your share if you behave yourself.
The state of affairs at the mines improved not one whit as the months dragged on.
I also know beyond all doubt that diamonds are to be easily won from the soil, and I am thoroughly cognisant of the fact that at least one, and I believe many, quicksilver mines can be located there.
It was not his fault that he did not know that I had been a reporter on gold, silver, copper, lead, tin, and coal mines for about twenty years.
One of the most recent is the underground electric line laid down by the firm in the mines of Zankerodain Saxony.
In America, especially in connection with the deep mines of the Western States, the problem is also of the highest importance.
The lamented Douglas Houghton has published the opinion, that this region contains the most extensive copper mines in the known world.
On the higher waters of the Orinoco actual gold mines do exist, and the discovery has quickened into life a long unsettled dispute about boundaries between British Guiana and the republic.
In carrying out their pious design, they converted the Indians off the face of the earth, working them to death in their mines and plantations.
The inhabitants are warned that mines are being laid at various points outside the town in connection with the defences.
If Colonel Watson might be said to have represented the Imperial Government among the passengers, Mynheer Van der Merure, Commissioner of Mines in Johannesburg, might be considered as representing the Pretorian Government.
Mines have been placed within and without the town, and an improvised field telegraph or the telephone has been connected with every point which lies beyond the immediate precincts of the defences.
Mines have been laid down, fortifications thrown up, the volunteers and local ambulance services have been called out, and an armoured train patrols the line.
The habit of working mines gave them a remarkable dexterity in all underground operations, applicable to the attack and defence of fortified posts.
In the centre and in the south the richness of the soil was augmented by productive mines of gold, silver, copper, iron, and lead.
His youth had been spent in the coal-mines of the north; and, though no lucky stroke of the pick can there make one rich, as it can in other underground localities, his strength and skill had met with their full reward.
He cares more for mines and machinery and such like than for any thing else; he is a better mechanic than any in Turlock, where I have just been to the watch-maker's to get him some steel springs.
Never fear, Sir; I have had too many mischances with mines to fear them.
You're a nice one to talk of lying; you, with your tales of son and heirship to the Squire, and your offers of copper-mines for the asking!
The position of manager of such important mines carried with it much luxury, a fine house, plenty of servants and an ample salary.
The men who mined, and who hammered into shape the swords of the Northmen, were small in their physical proportions, and usually had their stithies near the mouths of the mines among the hills.
JENNY, Austria; Councillor of Minesin the Imperial Royal Academy of Mines at Schemnitz.
Having examined the resources of the river and heard of the mines from which the Copper Indians obtained all the metal for the manufacture of hatchets, chisels, knives, &c.
All mines containing gold or silver were styled 'mines royal.
He lent me his binoculars, too, and with them I swept the whole valley toward Lens, where the great French coal mines are, and where the Germans have been under steady fire so long, and have been hanging on by their eyelashes.
They might remain before Ladysmith, and learn that their capital and their goldmines had been taken in their absence.
There were no Rand mines in those days, nor was there anything in the country to tempt the most covetous.
The best engineers were American, the best miners were Cornish, the best managers were English, the money to run the mines was largely subscribed in England.
There were also eight Maxims which were mounted upon the huge mounds of debris which surrounded the mines and formed most efficient fortresses.
Could we have such men as willing fellow-citizens, they are worth more than all the gold mines of their country.
Under this head came many grievances, some special to the mines and some affecting all Uitlanders.
The richest mines in the world lay for a day or more at the mercy of a lawless rabble drawn from all nations.
Upon one occasion the Minister of Mines attempted himself to jump a mine, having officially learned some flaw in its title.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "mines" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
