mines, plural noun

In the adverbial phrase on the mines, in the employment of a mining company; in or down a mine.
1943 J. Burger Black Man’s Burden 49If the Bantu could make a decent living in the Reserves, they would not work for European farmers or on the mines.
1952 H. Klein Land of Silver Mist 90Except for the boys who have gone out to work on the mines or on lowveld farms most of the Natives..have never seen a white man.
1984 D. Pinnock Brotherhoods 73Their prison-gang thing started on the mines.
1991 Sunday Times 9 June 5Fanie’s grandfather was a shiftboss on the mines.
In the adverbial phrase on the mines, in the employment of a mining company; in or down a mine.
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