- 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 series of flat or shaped wheelless carriers propelled by and attached to one or more endless chains or other linkage.
Industry:Mining
A series of hopper-shaped or pointed boxes for separating mineral-bearing slimes according to fineness, in which the width of each box is double that of its predecessor, while the lengths increase by arithmetical progression. As used in flotation, it is the froth-separating compartment of mechanical-agitation-type flotation machines.
Industry:Mining
A series of hopper-shaped or pointed boxes for separating mineral-bearing slimes according to fineness, in which the width of each box is double that of its predecessor, while the lengths increase by arithmetical progression. As used in flotation, it is the froth-separating compartment of mechanical-agitation-type flotation machines.
Industry:Mining
A series of horizontal or inclined connecting rods, running up upon rollers, or supported at their joints by rocking arms, to convey motion from a steam engine or water wheel to pump rods at a distance.
Industry:Mining
A series of integral drill-steel sizes consisting of starter and follower bits, necessary for drilling a hole to a certain depth. The length increment is usually determined by the wear of the bit and the feed length of the feeding device.
Industry:Mining
A series of iron molds on an endless-belt conveyor to receive and cast molten pig iron into form as it comes from a furnace.
Industry:Mining
A series of limestone strata, belonging to the Oolite group (Upper Jurassic) on the Isle of Portland, Dorsetshire, England. Most of the building stone used in London is from these quarries.
Industry:Mining
A series of mills, one after the other, each successive mill approaching more nearly the size of the finished piece.
Industry:Mining
A series of molds for iron pigs, made in a bed of sand. Connected to each other and to the taphole of the blast furnace by channels, along which the molten metal runs.
Industry:Mining
