To extract a mineral resource from a deposit and bring it to the surface. The term encompasses the entire process of accessing, breaking, and recovering the ore or coal, rather than just the physical act of digging it.
Heard on the job
We expect to win about four thousand tons of high-grade copper ore from this stope before we've to backfill it.
Insider tip
"Winning" implies successful, economic extraction. You can mine a lot of rock without actually winning any profitable ore.