Mining Dictionary

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The principle explosive equipment is nitro-glycerine or specially sensitised ammonium nitrate -E- Earth : The solid matter of the globe in distinction from water and air; to the ground; the firm land of the earth's surface Efficiency : The ratio of work output to work input Environment : The aggregate of all the surrounding conditions, influences, or force affecting a locus sedimentation Excavation : Digging and removing soil Explore : To search, develop or prospect -F- Fault : Breaking plane of a vein or seam Fault line : The intersection of a fault surface or a fault plane with the surface of the earth or with any artificial surface of reference Feldspar : One of a group of rock-farming minerals which includes microline, orthoclase, plagioclase and anorthoclase Filtration : A process for separating solids from the liquid Firedamp : Mixture of methane and air Flint : A variety of quartz, a cryptocrystalline substance composed of silica Flocculation : The gathering of suspended particles into aggregations -G- Gallery : An excavation carried from the shaft horizontally to reach the orebody Gateway : A gallery driven horizontally to follow a seam or a vein Geological reserve : An unknown reserve but the geological information indicating the possibility of such reserve Grinding : Size reduction of ore and other materials into idatively fine particles -H- Hand picking : Manual removal of ore from the soil Haulage : Transportation of cars and miners horizontally Headframe : Steel or concrete tower to carry the hoisting forces Helmet : A covering which protects the head Hoisting : Lifting something upwards from the earth Humidity : The quantity of moisture in the air Hydraulic Transport : Transportation of ore from the working places to the processing plant in pipes -I- Inclination : The angular depth of vein, bed and etc...