Stockwork

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stockwork \Stock"work`\, n. [G. stockwerk.]
     1. (Mining) A system of working in ore, etc., when it lies
        not in strata or veins, but in solid masses, so as to be
        worked in chambers or stories.
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     2. (Geol.) A metalliferous deposit characterized by the
        impregnation of the mass of rock with many small veins or
        nests irregularly grouped. This kind of deposit is
        especially common with tin ore. Such deposits are worked
        in floors or stories.
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