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Dictionary of Spanish Mining Terms - 1ORO1.COM

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SPANISH MINING TERMS Mor<br />

MONTERA, (1) outcrop (Moncada), see afloramiento, creston ; (2)<br />

Huelva, Sp. gossan, see colorados ; (3J alluv. m. overburden or cap,<br />

syn. Col. barros (3), Sandia, Peru, carga (11), cubierta (4), Ant. Col.<br />

desmonte (4), materia esteril, equiv. Fr. ciel, Ger. Ueberlagerung, see<br />

creminel, desmontar (2) comp. segullo.<br />

MONT6N, (1) heap or pile, see terrero (1), tinada ; Mex. small heap <strong>of</strong><br />

ore-mud for amalgamation, comp. lamero (2) ; pile <strong>of</strong> ore, syn. Mex.<br />

millon, mojon (2), Mex. pila (G) de mineral, pilada (2), Mex. trilla (1),<br />

see tequio (4), telera, torreras, trinchera (2), comp. tases ; (2) Mex. a<br />

weight varying from '75 to 1'62 tons (T. Egleston) ; in Bolafios =<br />

15 quintales, in Aguascalientes, Catorce, Fresnillo, Ramos and Sombrerete<br />

= 20 quintales, in Pachuca, Real del Monte, Sultepec and<br />

Tasco = 30 quintales, in Guanajuato = 32 quintales. NOTE. The<br />

metrical system is now compulsory. (3) Ant. Col. an irregular mass<br />

or deposit ;<br />

m. acostado, a mass intercalated in a sedimentary forma-<br />

tion ; m. recto, a wide vein between a stratified and non-stratified<br />

formation, see masa (3), saco (2) ; (4) montones entrelazados, stockworks<br />

(F. de P. Muiioz proposes the name estovercas for these), see u<br />

fibra (2), cumulo (2) ; (4) m. de lena, cord <strong>of</strong> wood, see cuerda (o).<br />

MONTURA, (1) see caballeria (1) ; (2) saddle and trappings, see silla (!)<br />

(3) see montaje.<br />

MONUMENTOS, Mex. landmarks or monuments ; in mining claims<br />

usually built <strong>of</strong> masonry, and put at each corner <strong>of</strong> the mine or<br />

individual claim, see mojon (1).<br />

MORA, Brit. Guiana and Hond., a tree, a species <strong>of</strong> fustic.<br />

MORADO, DA, adj. violet, see u. cobre (2), porfido (2).<br />

MORALLI6N, Boyaca, Col. inferior emeralds (esmeraldas), comp. canu-<br />

tillo (2).<br />

MORDAZA, (1) mordazas, nippers (alicates) or pincers, [tenazas (2)] ;<br />

(2) hoist, clamp used in looping up the end <strong>of</strong> a wire-rope, see abraza-<br />

dera (1) ; (3) fish-plate (Ponce de Leon), see eclisa ; (4) Mex. a mortise<br />

(Dwight), see muesca (1).<br />

MORILLO, (1) ashlar, rubble, rubble-stone, see mampuesto (1) ; (2) m.<br />

tallado, dressed ashlar, see sillar ;<br />

inches in diameter, see madera ; (4) m. de descanse, c.m. hoist, keps or<br />

(3) Mex. round timber, from 5 to 7<br />

keeps, see taquetes (1).<br />

MORO, RA, adj. colour <strong>of</strong> red wine, for pena mora, see u. pena (4).<br />

MOROMORO, Moquegua, Peru, argillaceous and impervious rock (H. C.<br />

Kurd).<br />

MOR6N, hill, hillock, see cerro (1).<br />

MORRAL, small corn-bag hung to the mouth <strong>of</strong> mules, comp. cebadera<br />

(1).<br />

MORRILLO, pebble, syn. morro (3), see guijarro (1).<br />

MORRO, (1) a more or less pyramidal or conical hill, headland.<br />

bluff, see promontorio (2) ; (2) met. furnace wall-accretions (Dwight),<br />

see pegadura (4) ; (3) pebble, see morrillo.<br />

MORRONGO,<br />

see zorra.<br />

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