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Mineral mining
The extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth for economic interests.
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Mineral mining
settling sump (undesirable usage)
Mining; General mining
An excavation through which mine water is conducted in order to reduce its velocity, thus allowing sediment to settle and to be cleaned out from time to time.
face shovel equipment
Mining; General mining
An excavator base machine fitted with boom and bucket for excavating and loading material from an exposed face above track level.
grabbing crane
Mining; General mining
An excavator consisting of a crane carrying a large grab or bucket in the form of a pair of half-scoops, so hinged as to scoop or dig into the earth as they are lifted.
continuous-bucket excavator
Mining; General mining
An excavator consisting of a series of buckets attached to a continuous chain, guided by two or more ladders. The buckets are drawn against the bank face, taking a cut of constant depth, while ...
ladder ditcher
Mining; General mining
An excavator that digs ditches by means of a chain of traveling buckets supported by a boom.
dredger excavator
Mining; General mining
An excavator working on the same principle as the bucket-ladder dredger but designed to work on land.
nitrosulfuric acid
Mining; General mining
An exceedingly corrosive mixture of one part by weight of nitric acid and two parts by weight of sulfuric acid. Used in the manufacture of nitroglycerin.
