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The process or industry of obtaining inorganic resources from a location.
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How to mine the underside of a floating continent?
A mining operation starts with one ship floating near the edge. It lowers the mining bell, a large cage with enough room for several miners, holding tanks for ore and equipment racks. … Should the fastening fail, the mining bell will still hang from the ship's chain. …
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What benefits would be gained by using human laborers instead of drones in deep sea mining?
The mining companies are being subsidized
Drones would have been better value for money, but the government subsidizes human labor. … This is also the reason space mining is not favored: there are too many places to run and hide once the tech for space colonization exists. …