The Old Mine is currently entered through an upper adit as the main is no longer accessible.
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Adit — Ad it, n. [L. aditus, fr. adire, ?aitum, to go to; ad + ire to go.] 1. An entrance or passage. Specifically: The nearly horizontal opening by which a mine is entered, or by which water and ores are carried away; called also {drift} and {tunnel}.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
adit — index access (right of way), entrance, entry (entrance) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
adit — (n.) entrance, c.1600, from L. aditus approach, entrance, a going to or drawing near, from pp. stem of adire to approach, from ad to (see AD (Cf. ad )) + ire to go, from PIE root *ei to go (see ION (Cf … Etymology dictionary
adit — [ad′it] n. [L aditus, pp. of adire, to approach < ad , to + ire, to go: see EXIT] an approach or entrance; specif., an almost horizontal passageway into a mine … English World dictionary
Adit — Gated entrance of an abandoned adit near Medford, Oregon, USA … Wikipedia
ADIT — Agence pour la diffusion de l information technologique L Agence pour la diffusion de l information technologique, couramment abrégée par l acronyme Adit, est une entreprise publique française d intelligence économique et stratégique, créée en… … Wikipédia en Français
Adit — Agence pour la diffusion de l information technologique L Agence pour la diffusion de l information technologique, couramment abrégée par l acronyme Adit, est une entreprise publique française d intelligence économique et stratégique, créée en… … Wikipédia en Français
Adit — Aditya Putra Wijaya (conocido artísticamente como Adit, nacido en Semarang, en Java Central, el 3 de noviembre de 1984) es un cantante indonesio, uno de los finalistas de la competencia de canto Indosiar Fantasy Academia (AFI) , de la segunda… … Wikipedia Español
adit — /ad it/, n. 1. an entrance or a passage. 2. Also called entry. Mining. a nearly horizontal passage leading into a mine. 3. an approach or access. [1595 1605; < L aditus an approach, equiv. to ad AD + i (s. of ire to go) + tus suffix of v. action] … Universalium
Adit Nunatak — (coord|65|54|S|62|48|W|) is a nunatak 3 miles (4.8 km) west northwest of Mount Alibi on the north side of Leppard Glacier, in Graham Land. Surveyed by Falkland Islands Dependencies Survey (FIDS) in 1955. Named adit (an entrance) by United Kingdom … Wikipedia
