Dictionary of Spanish Mining Terms - 1ORO1.COM

SPANISH MINING TERMS Pac
OROYA, Span. Am. hanging- basket or sling for carrying passengers
and goods over rope-bridges ; it is generally made of leather (Velazquez),
see u. puente (1), tarabita.
OSARIOS, Ant. Col. Indian remains found in clay vases, etc., comp. guaca.
OTERO, top. isolated hill in a plain, comp. cerro (1).
OTORGADO, grantee.
OTORGANTE, grantor.
OTORGAR, leg. to declare, execute, grant.
OURO, Port, gold, syn. oiro ; o. amoedado, coined gold ; o. em po, gold
dust ; o. lavado, wrought gold ; o. preto, Braz. black gold or gold
discoloured by ferric oxide, see oro negro u. oro.
OYAMEL, OYAMETL, Mex. white pine (Chism), syn. abeto it is the chief
;
wood used for timbering in the mines of Pachuca ; abeto comun =
Norway fir ; abeto de California = Douglas pine (Ponce de Leon).
OYE ! (O-O-O-O-YE !), Mex. word used to call attention in a hoisting-
shaft up to 200 feet deep, comp. bueno !
PA, Port, shovel ; pa de ferro, iron shovel, see pala, shaula. F ''
PABELL6N, p. de entrada, vent, large chamber leading to the inner
opening [oido (2)] of a fan (ventilador) such as Ratteau's.
PABILO, wick of a candle, see torcida.
PACA (from Engl. pack), com. bale, pack, package.
PACHAMANCA, horno (2) de p., Peru, a small reverberatory furnace,
of ancient origin, with a shallow basin like that of a cupelling-furnace
(O. F. Pfordte), see u. senorial.
PACHAPAMPA, Hualgayoc, Peru, ore picked out of the waste, the size
of a walnut, see granado (3) and nuzco.
PACOS, (1) Peru, silver ores, with oxide of iron, generally of a reddish
colour ; red ores, rich in oxides, which take the name of llampos, if
they are earthy, and pedernales,
r^i
if formed of a siliceous sand im-
on an average
pregnated with oxide of iron (Fuchs and De Launay) ;
they contain about 500 grammes of silver to the ton (De Launay),
syn. cascajos (4) P. F. Chalon divides the silver ores of ; Span. Am.
into two classes :
PACOS. Minerais de plata blanca, galenes, cuivre gris, pyrites et
limonites. Minerais calidos, chlorures, bromures, iodures et
antimoniures.
PAVONADOS. Minerais frios. Sulfures et rosiclers.
In certain districts of Peru paco occurs in limestone, and is rich in
oxide of iron and silver, mixed with raw sulphide low in silver it fluxes
the ore and furnishes silver for the matte (R. T. Mason) ;
see colorados
(1), comp. bronces (6), frios (4), mulatos (1) and (2), pavonados, pecos ;
to the sili-
pacos y cascajos, Cerro de Pasco, Peru, general name given
ceous, ferruginous and argentiferous mass of rocks having a detritic
aspect ; (2) Chile, silver ores in which chlorides predominate, forming
a gray and ochreous earth, see u. calido, da, colorados (1).
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