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Dictionary of Spanish Mining Terms - 1ORO1.COM

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Ace A DICTIONARY OF<br />

guadabazaritc, but see riolita, see cinabrio ; (3) Mex. stephanite ; for<br />

petlanque a., see u. petlanque ; (4) Potosi, Bol. jamesonite, a. bianco,<br />

a. lejizo, and a. zebroso are whitish, slaty and fibrous varieties respec-<br />

tively (M. Roberts), sze paja (4) ; (5) Mex. grey copper ore, or any grey<br />

steely ore (Dwight) for plata azul acerada, see u. plata (2) ; (6) Arg.<br />

sulphide <strong>of</strong> silver mixed with iron in notable proportions (Hoskold).<br />

ACERDESA, wad or bog manganese (Fr. acerdese), see manganesa (2).<br />

ACERILLO, Peru, galena in small crystals <strong>of</strong> a granular structure, see<br />

galena.<br />

ACERO, steel ; a. afinado or refinado, charcoal steel, shear steel ; a. colado<br />

or fundido, cast steel ; a. de lupia, bloom steel ; a. de rosa, rose steel ;<br />

a. soldable or paracalzar, welding steel ; a. trabajado, wrought steel;<br />

a. vejigoso, blistered steel (Ponce de Leon).<br />

ACHAPARERA, Mex. long-handled adze (Dwight), see azuela.<br />

ACHICADOR, Mex. orig. workman employed in removing the water in<br />

leather buckets [cubos (1)], and conducting them to piletas (1) or wooden<br />

cisterns [cajas (2)] <strong>of</strong> the shaft (Gamboa), syn. achicinque ; see atecas ;<br />

any one who bails a mine.<br />

ACHICAR, to bail water out <strong>of</strong> a mine, to clear it <strong>of</strong> water, to drain it.<br />

In Mexico botas are still sometimes used for this purpose. See atecas,<br />

baldear, chicar, desagiie (2), jamurar.<br />

ACHICARRONADA, see u. tosca (4).<br />

see achicador.<br />

ACHICHINQUE,<br />

ACHIQUE, bailing water out <strong>of</strong> a mine, see achicar.<br />

ACHUA, Chile, a small earthenware dish used in making<br />

tests in the<br />

patio process, see chua, u. ensayador, comp. u. tentadura (1).<br />

ACHUPALLA, Peru, a shrub used as fuel in smelting in rudimentary<br />

furnaces.<br />

ACIDO, (1) acid ; a. carbonico, carbonic acid, see bochorno (1), humpe ;<br />

(2) a. negro, Pachuca, Mex. in the patio process, spent mother-liquor<br />

from the crystallising vats.<br />

ACODADO, tubo a., bent tube or tube with an elbow (codo), see also u.<br />

eje.<br />

ACODALADA, timb. stayed (Ponce de Leon).<br />

ACODALAMIENTO, timb. propping, staying (Ponce de Leon).<br />

ACODAR, to square timber or stone.<br />

ACOMODANA, Peru, ore-deposit (Dwight), see deposito (1).<br />

ACOPE, timb. the inclination given to leg-pieces in frames or sels.<br />

ACOPIOS, waste heaps or dumps (Chalon), see vaciadero.<br />

ACOPLADO, adj. fitted, adjusted, mech. coupled, see u. homo (2).<br />

ACOPLADURA, carp, and mech. coupling.<br />

ACOPOLADO, (1) metal a., Sain Alto, Zac. Mex. fine yellow tinstone<br />

obtained by washing the tierras (4), s' estano (2) ; (2) Sultep?o, Mex.<br />

ore containing fifty to sixty ounces <strong>of</strong> silver per ton.<br />

ACOSTADO, see v. monton (3).<br />

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