Mining Rights in the Western States and Territories; Lode and Placer Claims Possessory and Patented, Statutes, Decisions, Forms, Land Office and Surve (9781230234120)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can usually download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1900 edition. Excerpt: ... GLOSSARY OF MINING TERMS. Acequia. A ditch. Spanish. Adit. A horizontal drift or other passage used as an opening or drain to a mine; applied to no level except one opening on the surface. Latin., Adventurer. A shareholder. Alluvium. The sediment of streams and floods. Latin. Amalgam. The mechanical combination of quicksilver with gold or silver. Andesite. A dark porphyritic lava, composed of black crystals imbedded in a mass of light colored feldspar. Andesite Breccia. Fragmental andesite united into a compact rock by silica and other natural cementing materials. The main eruptive rock of the Cripple Creek district. Andesite Tuff. Andesite in minute fragments, finer than breccia. John Wellington Finch. Apex. The top of a vein. Latin. Arastra. A circular mill for grinding quartz by trituration between stones attached loosely to cross arms. Spanish. Arch. A part of the gangue left standing for support. Argentiferous. Silver bearing. Latin. Ascension Theory. That referring the filling of fissures to matter from below. Von Cotta, 71. Assay. A test of the mineral contained in a larger mass by extracting and weighing the product of a sample. See p. 3I2. Assessment Work. The annual labor ($100) required to hold a claim. See p. 80. Attle. Waste rock. Cornish. Auriferous. Gold bearing. Latin. Back. The roof of a drift, stope or other working. Bal. A mine. Cornish. Bank. The surface at the pit's mouth. Banket. Term applied to the ore of the Rand Reefs. Banksman. The man at the shaft-mouth who handles the bucket. Cornish. Bar Diggings. Gold washing on river bars. Barriers. Masses of unworked gangue or coal left to prevent drainage from mine to mine. Base Bullion. Pig lead containing its gold and silver unseparated. Base Metals. All metals except...

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• Format Paperback
• Dimensions 189 x 246 x 9mm | 313g
• Publication date 12 Sep 2013
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• Language English
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• ISBN10 1230234128
• ISBN13 9781230234120

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