8
pit(noun, shaft, seam, excavation, quarry)
5
mine(noun, shaft, pit, seam, excavation)
4
coal mine(expression, idiom, quarry)
3
coalmine(noun, shaft, mine, pit, seam)
3
gold mine(noun, expression, pit, excavation, coalfield)
3
quarry(noun, shaft, pit, seam, excavation)
3
shaft(noun, mine, pit, seam, excavation)
2
coalfield(noun, pit, seam, excavation, coalmine)
2
bank
2
cavity
2
coal-mine
2
coalminer
2
coalmines
2
diggings
2
endocarp
2
excavation(noun, shaft, pit, seam, coalfield)
2
fossa
2
mining
2
stone
2
vein(noun, pit, excavation, coalfield, coalmine)
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