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Gas rig
A borehole drill, either rotary or churn-drill type, driven by a combustion-type engine using a combustible liquid, such as gasoline, or a combustible gas, such as bottle gas, as the source of the motivating energy.
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- Part of Speech: noun
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- Industry/Domain: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
- Product: Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, & Related Terms - 2nd Edition
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