- 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 subordinate pump in the bottom of a shaft, worked by an attachment to the main pump rod.
Industry:Mining
A subsidiary gate road to a conveyor face as opposed to a main gate. The tailgate commonly acts as the return airway and supplies road to the face.
Industry:Mining
A subsidiary gate road to a conveyor face as opposed to a main gate. The tailgate commonly acts as the return airway and supplies road to the face.
Industry:Mining
A subsidiary gate road to a conveyor face as opposed to a main gate. The tailgate commonly acts as the return airway and supplies road to the face.
Industry:Mining
A substance (usually inorganic) that inhibits flotation of the mineral. Compare: activator
Industry:Mining
A substance added to a permitted explosive to cool the explosion flame and thus reduce the risk of igniting mine gases. The agent may be sodium chloride and sodium bicarbonate.
Industry:Mining
A substance capable of changing the rate of a reaction without itself undergoing any net change.
Industry:Mining
A substance composed of extremely small particles, ranging from 0.2 to 0.005 mu m, which when mixed with a liquid will not settle, but remain permanently suspended; the colloidal suspension thus formed has properties that are quite different from those of the simple, solid-liquid mixture or a solution.
Industry:Mining
