- 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 cable-winding device anchored at the upper grade of an inclined face and having its cable attached to the head of the coal cutter or cutter loader to assist overcoming frictional resistance of the cutter or loader while in operation against the grade.
Industry:Mining
A cage containing two or more compartments or platforms to hold the mine cars supplies or workers. Every effort is made to keep the number of decks as low as possible for a given output in order to cut down the decking time and equipment at shaft top and bottom.
Industry:Mining
A cage so designed that the middle section of the floor drops a few inches when the cage is lifted from the keps. The mine car is thus kept stationary and secure.
Industry:Mining
A calcarenite that contains ooliths and fossil debris (such as bryozoan and foraminiferal fragments) and that has a quartz content not exceeding 10%. Type locality: Spergen Hill, situated a few miles southeast of Salem, Indiana, where the Salem Limestone (formerly the Spergen Limestone) is found.
Industry:Mining
A calcarenite that contains ooliths and fossil debris (such as bryozoan and foraminiferal fragments) and that has a quartz content not exceeding 10%. Type locality: Spergen Hill, situated a few miles southeast of Salem, Indiana, where the Salem Limestone (formerly the Spergen Limestone) is found.
Industry:Mining
A calcareous deposit formed inside pipes carrying waste water from collieries. It is composed of alternating dark and light bands corresponding to the day and night shifts and a broader light band corresponding to Sunday.
Industry:Mining
A calcareous, earthy, or strong substance that separates from seawater in boiling it for salt. See: striation.
Industry:Mining
A calcian variety of annabergite, (Ni,Ca)<sub>3</sub>(AsO<sub>4</sub>)<sub>2</sub>.8H<sub>2</sub>O, in which about one-third of the nickel is replaced by calcium; Pibble Mine, Scotland.
Industry:Mining
A calcium carbide method for the quick determination of moisture. A pressure gage is calibrated to give direct values of moisture content percent of soil samples.
Industry:Mining
A calcium-aluminum silicate produced by fusing or clinkering limestone and clay in a kiln so as to drive off carbon dioxide and produce an oxide glass. The clinker is ground very fine and, when mixed with water, will recrystallize and set. It is combined with aggregate to form concrete. The name is from a resemblance to the Portland limestone of England.
Industry:Mining
