MINE (3)

mine (3). Mine, v. to dig mines, sap, ruin, destroy slowly

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Mine, v. i. [[F. miner, L. minare to drive animals, in LL. also, to lead, conduct, dig a mine (cf. E. lode, and lead to conduct), akin to L. minari to threaten; cf. Sp. mina mine, conduit, subterraneous canal, a spring or source of water, It. mina. See Menace, and cf. Mien.]] 1. 1. To dig a mine or pit in the earth; to get ore, metals, coal, or precious stones, out of the earth; to dig in the earth for minerals; to dig a passage or cavity under anything in order to overthrow it by explosives or otherwise.
2. 2. To form subterraneous tunnel or hole; to form a burrow or lodge in the earth; as, the mining cony.