- 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 breccia formed essentially in situ by cataclasis, esp. along a fault. Compare: tectonic breccia.
Industry:Mining
A breccia in which rubble, sand, and silt plus clay each constitute more than 10% of the rock.
Industry:Mining
A breccia that is formed contemporaneously with the movement of a lava flow; the cooling crust becomes fragmented while the flow is still in motion.
Industry:Mining
A brick for tapping metal from the cupola, the primary object of which is to eliminate the tapping and botting up of the cupola tap hole each time metal is drawn off. With the syphon brick, the orifice from which the metal is drawn is continually open to the atmosphere, and the flow of metal is controlled by shutting the blast on and off. The case of control permits the use of quite small ladles at the cupola, so that there is no need for redistribution from large to small ladles.
Industry:Mining
A brick or concrete seal or stopping built into a roadway to close off an area against water. The convex surface is from the water side of the roadway. The construction is built well into the ground and all crevices cemented.
Industry:Mining
A bridge or roof truss that has parallel upper and lower chords and an arrangement of web members consisting of tension diagonals and compression verticals, with the vertical struts separating the panels. Also known as a Pratt truss.
Industry:Mining
A bridge where a return airway passes over (overcast) or under (undercast) an intake airway. It is generally constructed with concrete blocks, structural steel, and/or sheet metal, and is made airtight to prevent intermixing of the two air currents. The mining law requires an air crossing to be so constructed as not to be liable to be damaged in the event 71 of an explosion.
Industry:Mining
A bridge where a return airway passes over (overcast) or under (undercast) an intake airway. It is generally constructed with concrete blocks, structural steel, and/or sheet metal, and is made airtight to prevent intermixing of the two air currents. The mining law requires an air crossing to be so constructed as not to be liable to be damaged in the event 71 of an explosion.
Industry:Mining
A bridge where a return airway passes over (overcast) or under (undercast) an intake airway. It is generally constructed with concrete blocks, structural steel, and/or sheet metal, and is made airtight to prevent intermixing of the two air currents. The mining law requires an air crossing to be so constructed as not to be liable to be damaged in the event 71 of an explosion.
Industry:Mining
