How did the invention of hydraulic mining allow for larger mining operations?

Mining is an economic activity of the primary sector represented by the exploitation or extraction of minerals that have accumulated in the soil and subsoil in the form of deposits. Depending on the type of ore to be extracted, the activity is divided into metallurgical mining (copper, gold, silver, aluminum, lead, iron, mercury, etc.) which are used as basic raw materials for the manufacture of a variety of industrial products. While non-metallurgical or also called quarry and construction mining (clay, quartz, sapphire, emerald, granite, marble, mica, etc.) are used as building materials and raw materials for jewelry, ornamentation, among other uses. Another type of mining is the extraction of energy minerals or fuels, mainly used to generate energy, such as oil, natural gas and coal or coal.