Dictionary of Spanish Mining Terms - 1ORO1.COM

SPANISH MINING TERMS Peo
PELLETA, see pella (2).
PELO, (1) opaque streak in gems, etc. ; (2| split in metals ; (3) grain of
wood ; (4) cueros al p., see u. cuero (1) ; (5) Mex. in the patio process,
the surface of the ore-mud (torta), comp. suadero ; (6) p. de veta, Chile,
stringer or mere joint-plane.
PENA (Port, penha), (1) large stone or rock, unworked, in its natural
form and state ; p. desprendida, geol. boulder, see guijarro (1) ; p.
viva, stone not yet quarried, see puerta (5) ; (2) see penasco ; (3)
largest sledge-hammer used in a smithy (Guim), see martillo ; (4) Col.
alluv. m. bed-rock or bottom, see roca (6) ; p. hervida, picadora or
caladora, fissured and porous bed-rock, which has allowed gold to
enter the cracks and interstices ; p. mora, carmine-coloured bed-rock
with white and black spots ; p. subidora, soft, almost liquefied and
elastic bed-rock (Uribe), see ir a pena ; (5) Col. vein m. " country,''
country-rock, see roca (4) ; for p. boba, see carrancho (2) ; for p.
churumbela, see churumbela ; p. sarabiada, gneiss ; (6) p. falsa, alluv.
m. false bed-rock or bottom, fragments of ordinary bed-rock [pena
(4)], found between two layers of pay-dirt, syn. p. tapa, see roca (7).
PENADO, see penasco.
PENASCAL, rocky hill or mountain, see cerro (1), penon (2).
PENASCO, (Port, penhasco). a large rock ; a bare rock, without vegetation,
of very precipitous form and visible from a long distance ; an
escarpment of rock, syn. pena (2), penado, penol, penon (1), see cancho,
jorfe (2), risco (1), roca (1), teotines, tormo, torre-torre. NOTE. If
double = tetilla.
PENDIENTE, (1) top. slope or declivity, syn. declive (1), derrame, flanco,
inclinacion (2), ladera (1), recuesto (1), repecho, equiv. Port, encosta
(1), Fr. pente, penchant, Ger. Abschussigkeit, Abhang, see escarpe (1),
u. resbalo, comp. loma (2) ; mech. inclination, slope or steepness (of
an inclined plane) ; p. limite a la rodadura, p. limite al resbalamiento,
p. de equilibrio, p. de igual resistencia, limiting slope (or angle) or
rolling, of sliding, slope (or angle) of repose, slope (or angle) of
equal resistance, respectively ; (2) transp. grade, gradient, syn. cuesta
(2), declive (2), desnivel, inclinacion (3) ; (3) geol. dip, see echado ;
(4) hanging wall or roof, see alta (1).
PEND6N, reins of the leading mule, see u. guia (7).
PENDOR, Port, dip, see echado.
PENITENTES, penitents of the French, or men formerly employed to
explode fire-damp in a mine ; they were clothed in leather, and had
a hood of the same material (hence name).
PENOL, a large rock, sec penasco.
PENON, (1) a large rock, see penasco ; (2) rocky mountain, see penascal ;
(3) Huelva, Sp. a mixture of quartz, jasper, etc., which always contains
a considerable quantity of iron pyrites, found in manganese deposits.
PE6N, (1) native labourer or assistant, day-labourer, common labourer
see trabajador ; p. de albanil, hodman : p. suelto (U.S.A.) roustabout
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