In message <006501c9036d$b0c6b1a0$95a37d5b@pc454784f98424>, Trevor
Dunkerley <[log in to unmask]> writes
>In mining terms a fathom is a unit of volume equal to 6 cubic feet used
>in measuring bodies of ore.
Trevor that is not entirely correct, fathoms stated in terms of stoping
contracts is more often the area of footwall expressed in square
fathoms. Although cubic fathoms were used in stoping wide lodes, a cubic
fathom is 216 cubic feet.
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Geoff Treseder
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