How to Use "Mine" with Example Sentences

mine (n): an underground natural source of precious minerals; an underground explosive

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Used with verbs:

"They work in a mine."
(work in, run, operate)

"The mine produces an enormous amount of minerals."
(produces)

"The mine went off unexpectedly."
(went off, exploded, blew up)

"Our truck hit a mine."
(hit, set off, struck, detonated)

"They carefully removed the mines."
(removed, cleared, planted, buried, planted)

"The soldiers detected an active mine."
(detected, located)

Used with adjectives:

"He works in a diamond mine."
(diamond, gold, coal, copper, salt)

"They were trapped in a deep mine."
(deep, underground, abandoned)

"He set off a land mine."
(land, active)

Used with nouns:

"The workers were stuck in a mineshaft for hours."
(-shaft)

Used with prepositions:

"They found gold in the mine."
(in, at)

mine (v): to dig holes in the ground to search for precious minerals

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Used with nouns:

"They are mining gold."
(gold, diamonds, coal, ore, silver, uranium, copper) *many additional nouns