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The raised ground or platforms upon which the coal is sorted and screened at the surface.

1
We locked up our gold in the safe, and then started for Gravel Pit Hill.
The Gold Hunters' Adventures; Or, Life in Australia
2
Why, the miners are building fortifications on Gravel Pit Hill, and last night the sound of axes was heard from dark until light.
The Gold Hunters' Adventures; Or, Life in Australia