- 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 mechanically operated auger for exploring and testing deposits that are not very hard. The drilling rig may be mounted on a lorry or on continuous tracks when greater depths may be reached.
Industry:Mining
A mechanically operated, sloping table by which heavy and light materials are separated. The end motion imparted to the table tends to drive all minerals up the slope of the table, but a flow of water carries the light materials down faster than the mechanical motion carries them up. The heavy materials settle to the bottom and finally reach the upper end and are delivered into a proper receptacle. The Gilpin County, Imlay, and Golden Gate concentrators are the chief types.
Industry:Mining
A mechanically operated, sloping table by which heavy and light materials are separated. The end motion imparted to the table tends to drive all minerals up the slope of the table, but a flow of water carries the light materials down faster than the mechanical motion carries them up. The heavy materials settle to the bottom and finally reach the upper end and are delivered into a proper receptacle. The Gilpin County, Imlay, and Golden Gate concentrators are the chief types.
Industry:Mining
A mechanically powered wrench used to make up or break out a drill rod, casing, or pipe string.
Industry:Mining
A mechanically raked muffle furnace having three hearths with combustion flues under the lowest hearth.
Industry:Mining
A mechanically raked, roasting, straight-line-type furnace with a series of longitudinal combustion flues placed under the hearth.
Industry:Mining
A mechanically vibrated screen through which a returning drill fluid is passed to screen out larger chips, fragments, and drill cuttings before the drill fluid flows into the sump.
Industry:Mining
A mechanically vibrated screen through which a returning drill fluid is passed to screen out larger chips, fragments, and drill cuttings before the drill fluid flows into the sump.
Industry:Mining
A mechanically vibrated screen through which a returning drill fluid is passed to screen out larger chips, fragments, and drill cuttings before the drill fluid flows into the sump.
Industry:Mining
A mechanism (as an external-combustion or an internal-combustion engine) for converting heat energy into mechanical energy.
Industry:Mining
