- 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 pot or ladle supported by a chain from a crane; used for pouring molten metals into molds.
Industry:Mining
A pot or tank in which either a water solution of a salt or a fused salt is reduced electrolytically to form free metals or other substances.
Industry:Mining
A potash or soda syenite with quartz as an accessory, hence on the borderline between syenite and granite.
Industry:Mining
A pourable or pumpable mixture of water, cement, and fine sand-- having the consistency of a thick liquidlike heavy cream.
Industry:Mining
A powder loader for loading horizontal drill holes with a diameter of more than 2 in (5.1 cm). It is intended for AN-prills and oil, and is also employed to blow sand into the holes for stemming.
Industry:Mining
A powder made from chalk, bone meal, or similar nonsiliceous material, suitably waterproofed, which is applied to a pattern to ensure a clean strip from the molding sand.
Industry:Mining
A powdered metal-alloy band encircling a reaming shell in which diamonds are inset mechanically.
Industry:Mining
