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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 term used in mine transportation for the period during which the loads (loaded mine cars) are taken away and a fresh trip of empties is brought back. This period is known as trip change in contrast to car change. In this interval a great deal of potential loading time can be lost.
Industry:Mining
A term used in Patagonia for a swampy place where salts (esp. potassium nitrate) become encrusted in the dry season. Etymol: Spanish, saltpeter bed.
Industry:Mining
A term used in quarrying to describe the method of drilling and broaching for the primary cut. In this method, deep holes are drilled close together in a straight line by 1803 means of a reciprocating drill mounted on a bar. The webs between the holes are removed with a drill or a flat broaching tool; thus a narrow continuous channel cut is made.
Industry:Mining
A term used in South Africa for iron formation consisting essentially of iron oxides and chert occurring in prominent layers or bands of brown or red and black. This usage of the term ironstone is at variance with that applied in the United States and elsewhere.
Industry:Mining
A term used in South Africa for iron formation consisting essentially of iron oxides and chert occurring in prominent layers or bands of brown or red and black. This usage of the term ironstone is at variance with that applied in the United States and elsewhere.
Industry:Mining
A term used in South Wales for a train of personnel carriages, for use on the main slants at the beginning and end of each shift. The seats are so arranged that they are horizontal when the carriage is on the inclined slant.
Industry:Mining
A term used in southern Wales for a dark fissile shale, resembling slate.
Industry:Mining
A term used in Southwestern United States and in the Chilean nitrate fields for a salt flat or for a salt-encrusted depression that may represent the basin of a salt lake. Etymol: Spanish, to salt. Pl: salares; salars.
Industry:Mining
A term used in square-set mining methods to designate a set of timber using caps as posts, resulting in a set of timber shorter than the normal set.
Industry:Mining
