Miner (disambiguation)
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A miner is the principal occupation in mining of mineral resources.
Miner may also refer to:
Biology
- Miner, Australian birds of the genus Manorina in the honeyeater family
- Miner, South American birds of the genus Geositta in the ovenbird family
- Leaf miner, the larva of an insect that lives in and eats the leaf tissue of plants
Places
- Miner, Missouri, a city in Missouri, US
- Miner County, South Dakota, US
Arts and entertainment
- The Miner, a novel by the Japanese author Natsume Sōseki
- The Miner (film), a 2017 film
- Miners (poem), a poem by Wilfred Owen
- The Miner, an abbreviated name for the Arizona Miner
People with the surname
- Cyrus Miner (1827–1899), American politician
- Dorothy Miner (historian) (1904–1973), American art historian
- Dorothy Miner, American lawyer
- Eunice Thomas Miner, executive director of the New York Academy of Sciences
- Harold Miner, American professional basketball player
- Horace Mitchell Miner, American anthropologist
- Jack Miner, Canadian conservationist
- James Harvey Miner (1830–1913), American politician and lawyer in Wisconsin
- Jan Miner, American actress
- Jay Miner, American circuit designer, "father of the Amiga"
- Myrtilla Miner, American educator and abolitionist
- Rachel Miner, American actress
- Robert Graham Miner (1911–1990), American diplomat
- Roger Miner, American federal judge
- Ross Miner (born 1991), American skating coach and figure skater
- S. Isadore Miner (pen name, "Pauline Periwinkle"; 1863–1916), American journalist, poet, teacher, feminist
- Steve Miner, American film and television director
- Zach Miner, American baseball player
- William Henry Miner, American industrialist
- Worthington Miner, American film producer and director
Other uses
- Ballarat Miners, Australian basketball team
- Kongsberg Miners, Norwegian basketball team
- Mining (military), an occupation in tunnel warfare
- UTEP Miners and Lady Miners, the Athletics teams representing the University of Texas at El Paso
- George Miner Elementary School, US
- Miner, an entity that performs cryptocurrency mining, for example bitcoin mining
Distinguish from
- Minor (disambiguation)
- Myna, a bird of the starling family (Sturnidae)