- 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 ...
A remote sensing device that is capable of recording data in the ultraviolet, visible, and infrared portions of the spectrum.
Industry:Mining
A remote sensing device that is capable of recording data in the ultraviolet, visible, and infrared portions of the spectrum.
Industry:Mining
A removable lens in the tube of a polarized-light microscope used to converge light to form an interference figure.
Industry:Mining
A removable self-contained mine lamp, designed for marking the rear end of a train (trip) of mine cars.
Industry:Mining
A repairer who cleans and erects supports in old workings in the bord-and-pillar method of coal mining.
Industry:Mining
A representation on a horizontal plane, and according to a definite system of projection, of a portion of the navigable waters of the Earth, including the shorelines, the topography of the bottom, and aids and dangers to navigation; it may be derived from hydrographic, topographic, or aerial surveys, or a combination thereof.
Industry:Mining
A reservation or exception of the minerals in a tract of land conveyed is a separation of the estate in the minerals from the estate in the surface, and it makes no difference whether the word used is excepted or reserved.
Industry:Mining
