General mining

General mining

General mining related terms and definitions in minerals and related activities.

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single consignment

Mining; General mining

A quantity of coal that is to be sampled to a specified accuracy. It is used in contradistinction to the sampling of a coal received regularly at a given point.

batch

Mining; General mining

A quantity of material destined for or produced by one operation.

commercial quantity

Mining; General mining

A quantity of oil, gas, or other minerals sufficient for production in paying quantities.

A quantity represented by the acceleration due to gravity times the difference in the curvatures in the two principal planes; i.e., g(1/p 1 - 1/p 2 ) where p 1 and p 2 are the radii of curvature of ...

wave velocity

Mining; General mining

A quantity that specifies the speed with which a wave travels through a medium.

bulled hole

Mining; General mining

A quarry blasting hole, the bottom of which has been enlarged or chambered to receive a heavy explosive charge.

hillside quarry

Mining; General mining

A quarry cut into and along the hillside; may comprise a single face or a series of benches. If the depth of face is not more than about 30 ft (9 m) it can be worked in one cut, but deeper faces are ...