Description | Term |
In a mine shaft, the device, similiar to an elavator car, that is used for hoisting workers and materials | |
A machine for crushing rock or other materials | |
A machine, usually used in coal, that is used to cut 10 to 15 cm slots | |
A measurement outlining the angle of incline of a vein measured from a horizontal surface and at right angles to the strike | |
Plant facilitating ore treatment that allows for the recovery and removal of metals | |
A mineralized mass whose characteristics have been determined and deemed commercailly valueable | |
To place explosives in a drill hole | |
An entry used exclusively for personnel to travel from the shaft bottom to the working section | |
The horizontal transport of ore, coal, supplies, and waste | |
A break in the earth’s crust caused by tectonic (plate) movement that has forced rock to split in different directions | |
Course screening or scalping device that prevents oversized bulk material from entering a material transfer system | |
That part of any underground working upon which a person walks or upon which haulage equipment travels | |
A naturally occurring, homogeneous inorganic solid substance having a definite chemical composition and characteristic crystalline structure, color, and hardness | |
A plant where concentrate is chemically reduced in order to extract the metal or metals it contains | |
A secondary inclined opening, drivin to connect levels, usually used for haulage | |
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