Usually means: Closer to the mine's entrance.
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  1. inby: Merriam-Webster
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Inby)

▸ adverb:  Alternative form of inbye [(mining) Pertaining to the direction towards the coal face.]

Similar:
inbye, bimeby, outbye, inly, by and by, byembye, Ind., withinforth, withinwards, thereaway, more...

Opposite:
outby, outward, away from center

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Similar:
inbye, bimeby, outbye, inly, by and by, byembye, Ind., withinforth, withinwards, thereaway, more...

Opposite:
outby, outward, away from center



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