Bible Encyclopedias
Mine; Mining

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

Search for…

Enter query below:

or

A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W Y Z

Prev Entry
Mind

Next Entry
Minerals

Resource Toolbox

Print Article

Additional Links

Dictionaries
Easton's Bible Dictionary
• Mine
Fausset Bible Dictionary
• Mines
Holman Bible Dictionary
• Mines and Mining
Hastings' BibleDictionary
• Mining and Metals
King James Dictionary
• Mine
Smith Bible Dictionary
• Mining
• Mines
Vines' Expository Dictionary
• Mine, Mine Own
Webster Dictionary
• Mining
• Mined
• Mine
Encyclopedias
1911 Encyclopedia Britannica
• Military Mining
• Mining
• Nerchinsk Mining District
•   (only first 3 shown)
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
• Mine; Mining
McClintock and Strong's Bible Encyclopedia
• Mine
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
• Bellar`mine, Robert
The Jewish Encyclopedia
• Mines and Mining
Lexicons
• ἐγώ
• εἰς
• ἐμαυτοῦ
•   (only first 3 shown)
• אֲנִי
• מוֹצָא
• מִן מִנִּי, , מֵעַל
•   (only first 3 shown)

mı̄n , mı̄n´ing : In Job 28:1-11 we have the only Biblical reference to mines. The writer very likely derived his information either from personal observation or from a description by an eyewitness, of the mining operations of Sinai (see METALS ). No traces of ancient mines have yet been found in Palestine and Syria. What metals were taken out came from the superficial strata. The mines of Upper Egypt have already been mentioned. Burton and other travelers in Northern Arabia and the Red Sea country have found there evidences of ancient mining operations.

The usual Egyptian method of mining was to follow the vein from the surface as far as it was practicable with tools corresponding to our pick and hoe, hammer and chisel. The shafts frequently extended into the ground a distance of 180 to 200 ft. The rock when too hard to be dug out was first cracked by having fires built on it. The metal-bearing stone was carried in baskets to the surface, where the crushing and separating took place. The mining operations were performed by an army of slaves who were kept at their work day and night, driven with the lash until they died, when their places were taken by others. See METALS; CRAFTS , II, 10.