Dictionary of Spanish Mining Terms - 1ORO1.COM

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PARAMILLA, Chile, low range of mountains, comp. cordillera.
PARAMO, flat, elevated and desert country, open to all winds, without
cultivation and inhabitants (Acad.), syn. Peru, Bol. puna, see jalea,
comp, llano.
PARAPETO, breastwork, see 11.
pretil, trincho (1).
PARAR, to stop ; p. la bateria or el molino, to stop the battery or mill,
comp. colgar (4).
PARARRAYO, PARARRAYOS, lightning-rod or conductor.
PARCHE, geol. patch of rock (Gamba).
PARCIONERO, partner in a business ; Mex. partner in mines, or in a
mining contract.
PARDO, DA, adj. of the colour of the earth, intermediate between black
and white, and with a yellowish red tint, darker than grey (Acad.) ;
for plata parda, see u. plata (2).
pardo blanquizco, silver-grey ;
PARDO, Mex. oxidised or surface ore (Dwight), see colorados.
PARED, (1) wall of stone, brick, etc. syn. muro (1) ; p. medianera,
party- wall, see tabique (1) ; (2) wall or side of a level, drift or shaft,
see costado ; (3) side or wall of a vein or bed, see hastial (1), respaldo ;
(4) Col. sides of earth, very compact and resisting,
in excavations of
Indian graves or guacas. -
PAREDERO, waller (Ponce de Leon).
PAREJA, pair, couple ; pare of men, see cuarteo (2), parada (3).
PARIHUELA, hand-barrow, see carreta (2), carro (4) ; (2) litter or
stretcher, see Camilla.
PARRAG6N, assay, standard silver, see u. burilada.
PARRILLA, (1) grate of a furnace, see rejilla (3) ; (2) parrillas (gridiron),
mech. prep, sizing-bars or grizzly, see u. criba, u. grella, reja (1), rejilla
(1), u. tamiz, zaranda (2).
PARTIDANOS, Cartagena, Sp. men who work manganiferous iron ore
by opencast, or by a number of shallow shafts, to a depth of 20 m. only
(Fuchs and Delaunay).
PARTIDO, (1) district [distrito (1)] of a province, see provincia ; (2) Mex.
division of ore, (a) among partners (socios), (b) by barreteros of what-
ever they get over and above the tequio (2), which is the portion they
have to deliver in so many hours, see rescate (3) ; (3) Mex. portion of
ore (a) paid by the miners to the owner of the adit or of the desagiie
general for taking out waste (desmontes), ores and for pumping
(Gamboa), (b) paid to the miners ; in Pachuca the tutworkmen are
paid one-eighth of best ore (primera) which they sort out underground,
over and above the contract price, or tributers are paid one-eighth
of all ore which they sort out, besides $0.50 per day, and each pare
of two barreteros is allowed two peons paid by the mine, with necessary
candles. The " avio " of the barreteros is for their own account, but
materials, as lime, mocheta, etc., iron-work and necessary tools are
provided by the mine (Bol. de I. G. deM.), see campo (2), huachacas,
machete (1), u. parada (3), comp. cuarteo (3) ; (4) Pachuca, Mex. timb.
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