ADJ
- coal, copper, diamond, salt, tin, etc.
- deep, drift, opencast
- abandoned, disused
VERB + MINE
- operate, run, work
- go down, work at/down/in
- At 14, he went down the mines
MINE + VERB
- produce sth
- At its peak, the mine produced 5,000 tons of coal a day
MINE + NOUN
- shaft (also mineshaft), workings
- flooded mine workings
- owner
ADJ
- anti-personnel, land, limpet
VERB + MINE
- lay, plant
- soldiers laying anti-personnel mines
- clear, dispose of, remove
- The troops are slowly clearing the mines
- detonate, hit, set off, strike