- Branche: 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 cofferdam, with a double wall, consisting of steel sheet piling arranged in intercepting rings about 50 ft (15 m) in diameter. The space between the lines of piling is filled with sand.
Industry:Mining
A cogwheel (ratchet) with which a single pivoted catch (pawl) engages, thereby preventing any backward turning.
Industry:Mining
A cohesive and compressible clay of high plasticity, containing a high proportion of minerals that make it greasy to the feel. It is difficult to work when damp, but strong when dry. Compare: lean clay.
Industry:Mining
A coke oven consisting of a series of long, narrow chambers arranged in rows, and heated by flues in which are burned a portion of the combustible gases generated by the coking of the coal. All of the volatile products are saved and collected as ammonia, tar, gas, etc.
Industry:Mining
A coke with very high compressive strength at elevated temperatures, used in metallurgical furnaces, not only as a fuel, but also to support the weight of the charge.
Industry:Mining
A cold vulcanizing method for use underground. It is simpler and quicker than hot vulcanizing and there is no fire or explosion risk involved.
Industry:Mining
A collapse breccia formed where soluble material has been partly or wholly removed by solution, thereby allowing the overlying rock to settle and become fragmented; e.g. a breccia consisting of chert fragments gathered from a limestone whose carbonate material has been dissolved away.
Industry:Mining
