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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 ...
In a mineral claim where the apex law applies (United States), neighboring mine owners may come to a sideline agreement to adjust or limit the law as it affects their respective properties.
Industry:Mining
In a mining camp, a person selected to keep a record of all mining claims and properties.
Industry:Mining
In a puddling furnace, the hole through which the rabble is introduced.
Industry:Mining
In a reverberatory furnace, flues under the hearth and fire bridge through which air is forced to avoid overheating.
Industry:Mining
In a revolving shovel, a shaft that transmits engine power to the walking mechanism.
Industry:Mining
In a revolving shovel, one of several tapered wheels that roll on a circular turntable and support the upper works.
Industry:Mining
In a round of shots planned for sequential firing when shaft sinking or tunneling, holes fired after cut holes and before lifters and slippers.
Industry:Mining
In a saturated solution of an electrovalent compound having limited solubility, the product of the ionic concentrations, at the exponential value shown in the stoichiometric equation for its dissociation, is constant at a given temperature.
Industry:Mining
In a shaft furnace, the different portions (horizontal sections) are called zones, and are characterized according to the reactions that take place in them, as the zone of fusion or smelting zone, the reduction zone, etc.
Industry:Mining
In a shaft, a sinking plant consists of the headframe, hoisting equipment, air-compressor for drills, concrete-mixing equipment, and suitable pumps. It may be temporary or permanent.
Industry:Mining
