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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 ...
Gr. Brit. In general, a colliery producing more than 1,500 st/d (1,360 t/d).
Industry:Mining
Gr. Brit. The sending of miners home because they cannot be usefully employed due to any reason outside the control of the management. In some cases, coal mining awards confine this right to certain occurrences, e.g., breakdown of plant or machines.
Industry:Mining
Grade so situated that the kinetic energy of a train (due to its speed at the foot of the grade) will enable the locomotive to haul the train to the top without a reduction of speed below 10 or 12 mph (16.1 to 19.3 km/h).
Industry:Mining
Graded mineral aggregate which contains a sufficient number of very small particles to reduce the void spaces in the compacted aggregates to a minimum.
Industry:Mining
Gradual subsidence of nonsoluble strata due to the solution of underlying rock.
Industry:Mining
Graduated scale marked on a rod or a metal plate, or on the masonry of a bridge pier or similar structure, from which the depth of water in a canal, dock, or river can be read.
Industry:Mining
Grahamite, a mineral asphalt, from the Cristo Mine, Huasteca, Mexico.
Industry:Mining
Grainer or solar salt produced in characteristic hollow-faced cubes by surface evaporation.
Industry:Mining
