- 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 trough to retrieve melted brass that may be spilled in pouring from a crucible into a flask.
Industry:Mining
A trough with corrugations formed into the bottom to assist coal travel on steep grades or under wet conditions.
Industry:Mining
A troughing idler in which the troughing roll shafts are in a vertical plane separate from but parallel to a vertical plane through the shaft of the center roll or rolls.
Industry:Mining
A trough-shaped ore deposit formed between sedimentary beds in the troughs of synclinal structures.
Industry:Mining
A trough-type roller or wheel conveyor consisting of two parallel rows of rolls or wheels set at a 90 degrees included angle, with one row providing a sloped carrying surface and the other acting as a guard.
Industry:Mining
A truck of such size, weight, or dimensions that it cannot be used on public highways.
Industry:Mining
A truck or trolley wheel having a flange or flanges at the edge to keep it from leaving the rail.
Industry:Mining
A truck used for transporting shortwall mining machines. Track-mounted trucks are necessarily limited in use to sections employing track. Crawler-type trucks are capable of transporting the cutting machine without need of track and without benefit of ropes.
Industry:Mining
