Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to:

Extraction or digging

* Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging *

Mining Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef, or placer deposit. The exploitation of these deposits for raw material is based on the economic ...

, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine

Grammar

*Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun

Military

* Anti-tank mine, a land mine made for use against armored vehicles *

Antipersonnel mine Anti-personnel mines are a form of mine designed for use against humans, as opposed to anti-tank mines, which are designed for use against vehicles. Anti-personnel mines may be classified into blast mines or fragmentation mines; the latter ma ...

, a land mine targeting people walking around, either with explosives or poison gas * Bangalore mine, colloquial name for the Bangalore torpedo, a man-portable explosive device for clearing a path through wire obstacles and land mines * Cluster bomb, an aerial bomb which releases many small submunitions, which often act as mines *

Land mine A land mine is an explosive device concealed under or on the ground and designed to destroy or disable enemy targets, ranging from combatants to vehicles and tanks, as they pass over or near it. Such a device is typically detonated automati ...

, explosive mines placed under or on the ground *

Mining (military) Tunnel warfare involves war being conducted in tunnel and other underground cavities. It often includes the construction of underground facilities (mining or undermining) in order to attack or defend, and the use of existing natural caves and ...

, digging under a fortified military position to penetrate its defenses *

Naval mine A naval mine is a self-contained explosive device placed in water to damage or destroy surface ships or submarines. Unlike depth charges, mines are deposited and left to wait until they are triggered by the approach of, or contact with, any ...

, or sea mine, a mine at sea, either floating or on the sea bed, often dropped via parachute from aircraft, or otherwise lain by surface ships or submarines *

Parachute mine A parachute mine is a naval mine dropped from an aircraft by parachute. They were mostly used in the Second World War by the Luftwaffe and initially by the Royal Air Force (RAF) Bomber Command. Frequently, they were dropped on land targets. Histo ...

, an air-dropped "sea mine" falling gently under a parachute, used as a high-capacity cheaply-cased large bomb against ground targets

Places

* The Mine, Queensland, a locality in the Rockhampton Region, Australia * Mine, Saga, a Japanese town *

Mine, Yamaguchi is a city located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. As of May 1, 2016, the city has an estimated population of 25,857 and a population density of 54.70 persons per km2. The total area is 472.71 km2. History The city was founded on March ...

, a Japanese city **

Mine District, Yamaguchi was a district located in Yamaguchi Prefecture, Japan. On March 20, 2008, the day before its dissolution, the district consisted solely of the towns of Mitō (美東町) and Shūhō (秋芳町). History * April 1, 1889 - Due to the municipal ...

, a former district in the area of the city

People

Given name

Mine Ercan Mine Ercan (born November 26, 1987) is a Turkish female wheelchair basketball player in Guard position. The 4-point player is the captain of the Turkey women's national wheelchair basketball team. Early life Mine Ecan was born on November 26, 19 ...

(born 1978), Turkish women's wheelchair basketball player * Mine Guri, Albanian communist politician *

Miné Okubo Miné Okubo (; June 27, 1912 – February 10, 2001) was an American artist and writer. She is best known for her book ''Citizen 13660'', a collection of 198 drawings and accompanying text chronicling her experiences in Japanese American internment ...

(1912–2001), American artist and writer

Nickname

*Mine Boy, nickname of

Alex Levinsky Alexander "Mine Boy" Levinsky (February 2, 1910 – September 1, 1990) was an American-born Canadian professional ice hockey Defenseman who played nine seasons in the National Hockey League for the Toronto Maple Leafs, Chicago Black Hawks and New ...

(1910–1990), NHL hockey player

Surname

* Kazuki Mine (born 1993), Japanese football player *

George Ralph Mines George Ralph Mines was a pioneering English cardiac electrophysiologist. He made two important contributions to cardiac electrophysiology. First, he proposed that an action potential wave front could propagate in a circle, repeatedly activati ...

(born 1886), English cardiac electrophysiologist

Arts, entertainment, and media

Films

* ''Mine'' (1985 film), a Turkish film * ''Mine'' (2009 film), an American documentary film * ''Mine'' (2016 film), an Italian-American film *'' Abandoned Mine'' or ''The Mine'', a 2013 horror film * ''The Mine'' (1978 film), Turkish film

Literature

* ''Mine'' (novel), a 1990 novel by Robert R. McCammon * ''The Mine'' (novel), 2012 novel by Arnab Ray

Music

Albums

* ''Mine'' (Kim Jaejoong EP), 2013 * ''Mine'' (Dolly Parton album), 1973 * ''Mine'' (Phoebe Ryan EP), 2015 * ''Mine'' (Li Yuchun album), 2007 * ''Mines'' (album), a 2010 album by indie rock band Menomena *'' Mine!'', a 1994 album released by musical duo Trout Fishing in America

Songs

* "Mine" (Alice Glass song), 2018 * "Mine" (Bazzi song), 2017 * "Mine" (Beyoncé song), 2013 * "Mine" (Taylor Swift song), 2010 * "Mine" (The 1975 song), 2018 *"Mine", a song from the 1933 Broadway musical '' Let 'Em Eat Cake'' *"Mine", a song by Bebe Rexha from the album '' Expectations'' *"Mine", a song by Dolly Parton from ''

In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad) ''In the Good Old Days (When Times Were Bad)'' is the third solo studio album by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton. It was released on February 3, 1969, by RCA Victor. The album was produced by Bob Ferguson. It peaked at number 15 on the '' ...

'' *"Mine", a song by Everything but the Girl from ''

Everything but the Girl Everything but the Girl (occasionally referred to as EBTG) are an English musical duo formed in Kingston upon Hull in 1982, consisting of lead singer and occasional guitarist Tracey Thorn and guitarist, keyboardist, producer and singer Ben Wat ...

'' *"Mine", a song by Ghinzu from '' Blow'' *"Mine", a song by Jason Webley from '' Only Just Beginning'' *"Mine", a song by Krezip from '' Days Like This'' *"Mine", a song by Mustasch from ''Mustasch'' *"Mine", a song by Savage Garden from ''

Savage Garden Savage Garden was an Australian pop duo consisting of Darren Hayes on vocals and Daniel Jones on instruments. Formed in Brisbane, Queensland, in 1993, the duo achieved international success from the mid-1990s to early 2000s with the No. ...

'' *"Mine", a song by Sepultura from ''

Roots A root is the part of a plant, generally underground, that anchors the plant body, and absorbs and stores water and nutrients. Root or roots may also refer to: Art, entertainment, and media * ''The Root'' (magazine), an online magazine focusing ...

'' *"Mine", a song by Taproot from ''

Welcome A welcome is a kind of greeting designed to introduce a person to a new place or situation, and to make them feel at ease. The term can similarly be used to describe the feeling of being accepted on the part of the new person. In some context ...

'' *"Mine", a song by Christina Perri from ''

lovestrong ''Lovestrong'' (stylized as ''lovestrong.'') is the debut studio album by American singer-songwriter Christina Perri. Following the release of Perri's lead single " Jar of Hearts" and a record deal with Atlantic Records, ''Lovestrong'' was rele ...

'' *"Mine", a song by Disturbed from '' The Lost Children'' *"Mine", a song by M.I from the album '' The Chairman'' *"#Mine", a song by Lil' Kim from '' Lil Kim Season'' *"Mine, Mine, Mine", a song from the

soundtrack A soundtrack is recorded music accompanying and synchronised to the images of a motion picture, drama, book, television program, radio program, or video game; a commercially released soundtrack album of music as featured in the soundtrack ...

for the 1995 Disney film ''Pocahontas''

Television

* ''Mine'' (2021 TV series), a South Korean television series

Organizations and enterprises

*MINE, a design office in San Francisco, US, of which Christopher Simmons is principal creative director *

Colorado School of Mines The Colorado School of Mines, informally called Mines, is a public research university in Golden, Colorado, founded in 1874. The school offers both undergraduate and graduate degrees in engineering, science, and mathematics, with a focus on en ...

or "Mines", a university in Golden, Colorado, US *Mine's, a Japanese auto tuning company *South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, a university in Rapid City, South Dakota, US

Science and technology

*MINE (chemotherapy), a chemotherapy regimen *Mine or star mine, a type of firework#Mine, fireworks *MinE, a bacterial protein *Data mining, the computational process of discovering patterns in large data sets *Leaf mine, a space in a leaf *Mina (unit), or mine, an ancient Greek unit of mass