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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 cement produced by grinding together portland cement clinker and a pozzolana, or by mixing together a hydrated lime and a pozzolana.
Industry:Mining
A central interchangeable pluglike portion of a noncoring bit protruding or leading the outside portion of such bits.
Industry:Mining
A central meridian on which a rectangular grid is based; specif. one of a pair of coordinate axes (along with the base line) used in the U.S. Public Land Survey system to subdivide public lands in a given region. It consists of a line extending north and south along the astronomic meridian passing through the initial point and along which standard township, section, and quarter-section corners are established. The principal meridian is the line from which the survey of the township boundaries is initiated along the parallels.
Industry:Mining
A centrifugal fan in which air enters the impeller at one side only.
Industry:Mining
A centrifugal fan, invented by Samuel Davidson in 1898, with 64 narrow blades curved forward, mounted at the periphery of a braced, open drum. It is a high-speed, smalldiameter fan, usually direct driven. It was a popular fan in Great Britain for many years.
Industry:Mining
