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 in which you shall eat bread without want. You shall not lack any thing in it. It is a land whose stones are iron, and out of whose hills you may dig copper.
Surely there is a mine for the silver, and a place where they refine gold. Iron is taken out of the earth, and bronze is melted out of the stone. read more. He sets an end to darkness, and to every extremity He searches out the stones of darkness and the shadow of death. He opens a shaft far from the visitor; they are forgotten by man's foot; they hang far away from men, they swing to and fro.
He opens a shaft far from the visitor; they are forgotten by man's foot; they hang far away from men, they swing to and fro. As to the earth, out of it comes bread; and underneath it is turned up like fire. read more. Its stones are the place of sapphires; and it has dust of gold. There is a path which no bird knows, nor has the vulture's eye caught sight of it; the sons of pride have not walked on it, the lion has not passed by. He puts forth His hand on the flinty places; He overturns the mountains by the roots. He cuts out rivers among the rocks; and His eye sees every precious thing. He holds back the floods from overflowing; and the hidden thing, He brings to light.