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Am 15.05.2017 um 14:37 schrieb Andy Townsend:<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 15/05/2017 12:59, Zecke wrote:<br>
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An "adit" is by definition an <i>entrance </i>to a
subterranean gallery or drift. <br>
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Er, no - at least not according to my understanding of the term as
it is used locally to me in England. <br>
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Well, I'm no native English speaker, so I have to rely on what
they're saying. I found however: <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adit">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adit</a><br>
So they write: <br>
An <b>adit</b> (from Latin <i>aditus</i>, entrance)<sup
id="cite_ref-ac_1-0" class="reference"><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adit#cite_note-ac-1">[1]</a></sup>
is an entrance to an <a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Underground_mine"
class="mw-redirect" title="Underground mine">underground mine</a>
which is horizontal or nearly horizontal,<sup id="cite_ref-2"
class="reference"><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adit#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup>
by which the mine can be entered, drained of water,<sup
id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a
href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adit#cite_note-3">[3]</a></sup>
ventilated, and minerals extracted at the lowest convenient level.<br>
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Maybe I misinterpreted this.<br>
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Carsten<br>
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