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Dictionary of Spanish Mining Terms - 1ORO1.COM

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A DICTIONARY OF<br />

CONMUTADOR, el. electric switch, telegraph key, cut-out, commutator<br />

(Velazquez), see cuadro (5).<br />

CONO (cone), (1) c. de extraction, Catalufia, Sp. a tool used in walling<br />

shafts in watery strata (mamposteria por humdimiento) ; it consists<br />

<strong>of</strong> a spiral, with one turn, having a rim [ala (3)], and pointed at the<br />

lower eni (punzon) ;<br />

the upper portion <strong>of</strong> the tool forms a cone for<br />

the reception <strong>of</strong> the debris (Molina), see Fig. 31 ;<br />

(2) c. de friction, mech. friction-cone, friction-clutch ;<br />

(3) c. truncado, conical drum, see tambor (1).<br />

CONOCIMIENTO, (1) com. bill <strong>of</strong> lading ; (2) com.<br />

identification paper ; (3) Am. a check for baggage.<br />

CONSIGNACI6N, com. consignment, cargo <strong>of</strong> goods.<br />

CONSIGNADOR, com. consignor.<br />

CONSIGNAR, com. to consign goods or merchandise to<br />

a foreign correspondent [consignatorio (3)] to be sold<br />

for account <strong>of</strong> the consignors (Velazquez).<br />

CONSIGNATORIO, (1) trustee, see tenedor (1) ; (2)<br />

mortgagee ; (3) consignee, see u. consignar.<br />

CONSOCIO, partner.<br />

CONSTRUIR, to build or construct, syn. edificar, eregir 3J<br />

(2), fabricar.<br />

Cono de extraccion<br />

CONSUMIDO, Mex. mercury chemically lost in the (after Molina).<br />

patio process, see u. lis, comp. perdida.<br />

CONSUMO, consumption (<strong>of</strong> fuel, etc.) ; expenditure, see gasto (1).<br />

accounts ; auditing,<br />

CONTABILIDAD, book-keeping, the art <strong>of</strong> keeping<br />

comp. teneduria.<br />

CONTABILISTA, accountant ; book-keeper ; auditor, comp. tenedor (2).<br />

CONTADO, al contado, with ready money, for cash see contante.<br />

CONTADOR, (1) accountant ; auditor (see reviser de cuenta) ; clerk ;<br />

purser <strong>of</strong> a ship ; see tenedor (2) ; (2) mech. counter, tell-tale ; indicator<br />

; (3) meter for measuring water, gas or electric current.<br />

CONTADURIA, (1) accountant's or auditor's <strong>of</strong>fice ; (2) auditorship.<br />

CONTANTE, adj. dinero c., ready money, cash, see contado.<br />

CONTENCI6N, c. de aguas, damming up waters.<br />

CONTINGENTE, call made on shares, etc.<br />

CONTRA, (1) see contracajonero ; (2) see u. malacate (1).<br />

CONTRABALANZA, see contrapeso.<br />

CONTRABALANZ6N, Mex. pump, balance-bob or pump-bob, syn. Sp.<br />

balancin de contrapeso, contrapeso (2), volante (2) de bomba,<br />

equiv. Fr. contre-balancier, Ger. Balancier, see u. bomba (1), com-<br />

pensador.<br />

CONTRABISAGRA, plate <strong>of</strong> a hinge (Ponce de Leon).<br />

CONTRACAJ6N, Mex. branch or <strong>of</strong>f-shoot <strong>of</strong> a vein or lode, see ramal (3).<br />

CONTRACAJONERO, Mex. the workman who carries away the stuff<br />

sent up the shaft (Lyon), syn. contra (1).<br />

CONTRACANA, counter-gallery (Ponce de Leon), see contracanon.<br />

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