- 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 ...
In geology, any or all of the processes whereby loose, soft, or liquid earth materials become firm and coherent.
Industry:Mining
In geophysical work, the use by surveyors of flags of cloth, paper, or plastic to mark instrument or shot locations.
Industry:Mining
In geophysics, a signal used to indicate the time of explosion in a shothole and successive intervals of time on the recording. Compare: time break
Industry:Mining
In geophysics, the process of making uninterrupted records or observations over selected periods of time.
Industry:Mining
In glassmaking, a long iron rod for either drawing out glass or twisting it to a fine thread.
Industry:Mining
In metal mining, a laborer who supervises the haulage and handling of ore, timber, and mining supplies at a shaft station.
Industry:Mining
In glassmaking, a sheet-iron cover to protect, from drafts, the glass articles in a leer.
Industry:Mining
In metal mining, a laborer who tends sluiceboxes (troughs) used in placer mining to separate gold from the sand or gravel in which it occurs; and removes wood and other obstructions to see that the gravel and water run freely through the sluices and that the riffles (cleats) are clear, so that the gold will be caught and held when settling to the bottom.
Industry:Mining
In glassmaking, a small opening over pots enabling workers to introduce or withdraw material required.
Industry:Mining
In glassmaking, a wavy appearance in glass, esp. flint glass, due to defective manufacture.
Industry:Mining
