The process of mining is described in Job 28:1-11. Moses speaks of the mineral wealth of Palestine (De 8:9). Job 28:4 is rightly thus rendered in the Revised Version, "He breaketh open a shaft away from where men sojourn; they are forgotten of the foot [that passeth by]; they hang afar from men, they swing to and fro." These words illustrate ancient mining operations.
a land where you will eat food without shortage, where you will lack nothing; a land whose rocks are iron and from whose hills you will mine copper.
Surely there is a mine for silver and a place where gold is refined. Iron is taken from the ground, and copper is smelted from ore. read more. A miner puts an end to the darkness; he probes the deepest recesses for ore in the gloomy darkness. He cuts a shaft far from human habitation, [in places] unknown to those who walk above ground. Suspended far away from people, the miners swing back and forth.
He cuts a shaft far from human habitation, [in places] unknown to those who walk above ground. Suspended far away from people, the miners swing back and forth. Food may come from the earth, but below the surface the earth is transformed as by fire. read more. Its rocks are a source of sapphire, containing flecks of gold. No bird of prey knows that path; no falcon's eye has seen it. Proud beasts have never walked on it; no lion has ever prowled over it. The miner strikes the flint and transforms the mountains at [their] foundations. He cuts out channels in the rocks, and his eyes spot every treasure. He dams up the streams from flowing so that he may bring to light what is hidden.
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