US PATENT SUBCLASS 299 / 16
.~ Breaking down by direct contact with fluid

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299 /   HD   MINING OR IN SITU DISINTEGRATION OF HARD MATERIAL

10  DF  PROCESSES {7}
16.~ Breaking down by direct contact with fluid {1}
17  DF  .~.~> Jetting (e.g., hydraulic mining)

DEFINITION

Classification: 299/16

(under subclass 10) Process in which a source of fluid at above atmospheric pressure is applied directly to material to mine or disintegrate the material.

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13, for a process of mining or disintegrating material by a violently expansive chemical reaction.

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166, Wells,

305.1+, for a well process relating to placing fluid into or fracturing the formation. 405, Hydraulic and Earth Engineering,

248, for a method or apparatus for installing a pile in the earth utilizing fluid jets.