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hard bottom

A condition encountered in some open-cut mines wherein the rock occasionally will not be broken down to grade because of an extra-hard streak of ground or because not enough explosive is used. This is called a "hard bottom"; it interferes with work and puts 1455 undue strain on a shovel. Such unbroken ores usually are drilled with a jackhammer and blasted.

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