- 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 worker who works behind the coal-cutter as it moves along the face. Duties may include cleaning the cuttings from behind the machine and setting props to support the roof or overhang of coal. Compare: coal-cutter team
Industry:Mining
A worker whose duty it is to repair tracks, doors, brattices, or to reset timbers, etc., under the direction of a foreman.
Industry:Mining
A worker whose duty it is to repair tracks, doors, brattices, or to reset timbers, etc., under the direction of a foreman.
Industry:Mining
A working cycle of a piston in an internal combustion engine consisting of two strokes, in which the piston during the first stroke compresses the fuel mixture on one side while receiving the expansive thrust of previously compressed gases on the other side, and during the second draws in a fresh charge on one side while expelling burnt gases on the other.
Industry:Mining
A working in which excavation is performed from the surface. Commonly called open pit. Compare: strip mine
Industry:Mining
A working in which excavation is performed from the surface. Commonly called open pit. Compare: strip mine
Industry:Mining
A working in which excavation is performed from the surface. Commonly called open pit. Compare: strip mine
Industry:Mining
A working place in a coal mine which is being pushed forward, as distinct from an old or disused place.
Industry:Mining
A working place in a coal mine with adverse geological or other conditions and in which the miner is unable to earn a wage, based on the pricelist, equal to or above the minimum wage. A term generally associated with stalls or pillar methods of working.
Industry:Mining
