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Mining removes rocks and minerals that contain useful metals from the Earth’s crust. Many mines are large surface excavations. Some mines are underground. Drilling cuts holes in metal-bearing rock where explosives can be placed. Explosions - or blasts - break metal-bearing rock into blocks and fragments. Metal-bearing rock broken by blasting is hauled to a crusher. Crushed metal-bearing rock - most pieces smaller than a baseball - is ready for processing that removes metals. * * Metals-2-1 Image: G. Plumlee, USGS Metals-2-2 Image: Kennecott Utah Copper Co. Metals-2-3 Image: US Bureau of Mines Metals-2-1 Metals-2-5 Image: US Bureau of Mines Metals-2-6 Image: US Bureau of Mines Metals-2-7 Image: Kennecott Utah Copper Co.