- 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 short, cylindrical vessel or barrel, with solid ends turned to fit bearings, used for amalgamating battery accumulations and other material.
Industry:Mining
A short, electrically powered, lightweight elevating conveyor designed for use in working places, to facilitate the loading of large cars or to aid in shoveling long distances. The loader shovels into the hopper end and the conveyor carries the coal to the car.
Industry:Mining
A short, heavy iron pin used by surveyors to make a hole in frozen ground so that a wooden peg may be driven without breaking.
Industry:Mining
A short, narrow entry turned from another entry and driven into the solid coal, but not connected with other mine workings; a dead end.
Industry:Mining
A short, narrow entry turned from another entry and driven into the solid coal, but not connected with other mine workings; a dead end.
Industry:Mining
A short, stout, heavy hooked blade with a sharpened iron edge, attached to an axe handle; typically used by surveyors for cutting brush.
Industry:Mining
A shortwall coal cutter designed for light duty on longwall power-loaded faces and for subsidiary developments.
Industry:Mining
A shot in a delay round in which the charge has been wholly or partially exposed to the atmosphere by reason of the detonation of an earlier shot in the round.
Industry:Mining
