- Industry: Mining
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The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) was the primary United States Government agency conducting scientific research and disseminating information on the extraction, processing, use, and conservation of mineral resources.
Founded on May 16, 1910, through the Organic Act (Public Law 179), USBM's missions ...
Byproduct of manufacture of linseed oil. Flotation agent used as collector, emulsifier, or stabilizer for davidite, a uranium mineral.
Industry:Mining
CaBe<sub>4</sub>(PO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>(OH)<sub>4</sub>.1/2H<sub>2</sub>O , massive and encrusting, with moraesite from a locality in the Urals. Named from the alternative of beryllium-glucinum.
Industry:Mining
Cable designed for vertical suspension in a borehole or shaft and used for power circuits in the mines. (A borehole cable in mining may also be a cable containing signal, telephone, or control circuits.)
Industry:Mining
CaC<sub>2</sub>; produced commercially by heating quicklime and carbon together in an electric furnace. Used for the generation of acetylene and for making calcium cyanamide.
Industry:Mining
Cages in which the cars are generally fitted with end doors; the cage deck is pivoted, and a roller engages with a tipping guide at the surface. As the cage is lifted, toward the end of the wind the deck tilts, the end door is lifted, and the coal is discharged.
Industry:Mining
Caisson disease, brought on by too sudden return to normal pressure after working in a pressurized shaft or tunnel.
Industry:Mining
Calcination of limestone, dolomite, or magnesite to the point where associated clay vitrifies and reduces slaking quality.
Industry:Mining
