Dictionary of Spanish Mining Terms - 1ORO1.COM

Est A DICTIONARY OF
ESTRANGULADO, see u. vapor (1).
ESTRATIFICACI6N, geol. stratification.
ESTRATIFICAR, geol. to stratify.
ESTRATIFORME, adj. disposed in strata.
ESTRATO, geol. stratum, layer, bed, syn. hebra (3), lecho (2).
ESTRECHAMIENTO, e. del filon, nip or squeeze of the vein, see estrechez,
comp. agotamiento (1).
ESTRECHARSE, to thin or become narrow (of a lode or agotar (1).
vein), comp.
ESTRECHEZ, ESTRECH6N, ESTRECHURA, narrowness of a vein or
bed, syn. angostura (1), see comp. ensanche.
estrangulacion, estrechamiento, estrellarse,
ESTRECHO, (1) geog. strait ; (2) narrow pass [paso (4)].
ESTRELLARSE LA VETA, Peru, to " peter
"
out or become lean,
especially by scattering (Dwight), see estrechez.
ESTRIADOR, ore-sorter, see apartador (1).
ESTRIAR, to sort (mineral), see apartar (1).
ESTRIBACION, see estribo (1).
ESTRIBADERO, prop, stay, see apoyo.
ESTRIBADO, timb. longitudinal timber common to a row of props, and
on which the latter rest, comp. carrera ESTRIBO, (1)
(8).
lateral ramification of a sierra or mountain chain, spur
(Barcena), syn. contrafuerte (3), espolon, estribacion ; (2) buttress,
abutment, arch, pillar ; buttress in a mine, see contrafuerte (1),
entibo (3), estantal (1) ; (3) bor. stirrup, see cabeza (7) ; (4) Sevilla,
Sp. timb. long timber joining or binding together the leg-pieces of
door-frames (Molina) old rails are sometimes used for this purpose ;
(5) see bastidor (3) ; (6) any stirrup or iron
hoop ; e. de guia, guide -stirrup for holding
the end of a wire-rope.
ESTRIO, e. de mineral, sorting, see apartado (1).
ESTRUCTURA, structure ; e. bandeada, banded
structure, see cinteado, da ; e. concreccionada,
concretionary structure ; e. amigdaloidea,
amygdaloid structure, see Fig. 41.
ESTRUJAR, to press or squeeze (amalgam, etc.).
ESTRUJ6N, Mex. in the patio process, amalgam
strained from the mercury condensed in the
quemadero (1) ; it is more pasty than pella
(2) (Chism).
ESTUCHE,
see tubo-estuche.
ESTUFA, a stove ; Mex. in the patio process, a
chamber with flues under the floor for heating
the torta.
EVAPORACI6N, evaporation ; (after Moucada).
for that of salt, see charco (2), pila (3) ;
e. del oro, Ant. Col. retorting of amalgam, see quema (3).
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