- 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 ...
An elevation of the sea floor, 1000 m or higher, either flat-topped (called a guyot) or peaked (called a seapeak). Seamounts may be either discrete, arranged in a linear or random grouping, or connected at their bases and aligned along a ridge or rise.
Industry:Mining
An elevator bucket designed to contain material on vertical lifts and scrape material along a trough on horizontal runs. Discharge is effected by gravity.
Industry:Mining
An elevator for removing and draining the reject from a washing appliance.
Industry:Mining
An elevator for removing and draining the reject from a washing appliance.
Industry:Mining
An elevator that removes material for further treatment or for disposal as an inferior product.
Industry:Mining
An elongate, relatively depressed crustal unit or block that is bounded by faults on its long sides. It is a structural form that may or may not be geomorphologically expressed as a rift valley. Etymol: Ger., ditch. Compare: horst
Industry:Mining
An elongate, relatively uplifted crustal unit or block that is bounded by faults on its long sides. It is a structural form and may or may not be expressed geomorphologically. Etymol: German: no direct English equivalent. Compare: graben
Industry:Mining
An elongated recess in an intake airway of a mine for servicing locomotives. It contains two or three rail tracks (with pit space under one), good lighting, lifting equipment, oils, 1833 benches, and tools. Where battery locomotives are used, the garage will serve as a charging station.
Industry:Mining
An elongated recess in an intake airway of a mine for servicing locomotives. It contains two or three rail tracks (with pit space under one), good lighting, lifting equipment, oils, 1833 benches, and tools. Where battery locomotives are used, the garage will serve as a charging station.
Industry:Mining
