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SPANISH MINING TERMS Pir<br />

hacen pintar la veta," Chanarcillo, Chile, certain beds which make<br />

the veins metalliferous, see u. manto (1) ; '(2) see emboquillar,<br />

PINTISTA, see catero.<br />

PINULA, surv. sight <strong>of</strong> an instrument, see mira (1).<br />

u. tumbe.<br />

PINZAS, (1) bor. pinchers or tool for extracting small objects that have<br />

fallen down the borehole, equiv. Fr. accrocheur a pinces, syn. tenazas<br />

(3), see tirabuzon (1) ; (2) mech. pincers, see tenazas (2).<br />

PIOCHA, pick used for digging (pico de cavar), and is either single- or<br />

double-pointed [con una 6 dos puntas (3) 6 bocas (6)], see pico (2).<br />

PIPAS, piedra de, meerschaum, see u. piedra.<br />

PIPERA, see u. pipos.<br />

PIPOS, Serrata de Lorca, Sp. (sulphur mines) temporary blindness<br />

produced by bad ventilation, gases, etc., " quedandose pipos los picadores<br />

" ; the pipera or blindness disappears naturally by remaining in<br />

pure air for some hours in the dark (Molina).<br />

PIQUE, (1) bottom or ground ; (2) a pique, Mex. vertical ; clavo a pique,<br />

see u. clavo (2) ; trabajar a pique (or a pico), Mex. to sink in a vertical<br />

direction ; (3) Chile and Peru, shaft, see pozo (2) ; p. maestro, main<br />

shaft ; (4) pique torno, Chile, horse-whim, see malacate (1).<br />

PIQUEADOR, blast, the man who strikes the drill, the striker, comp.<br />

borneador.<br />

PIQUEAR, blast, to strike the drill, comp. bornear.<br />

PIQUERA, met. tap-hole <strong>of</strong> a blast-furnace, etc. syn. Mex. piqueta (3),<br />

puerta (6), see sangradera (2).<br />

PIQUETA, (1) mattock or pickaxe, see zapapico ; (2) p. con cabeza, pollpick<br />

(having one end formed into a hammer), equiv. Fr. pic-a-tete,<br />

pic-a-roc, Ger. Hammerhaue, Hammerpickel ; (3) Mex. met. tap-hole,<br />

see piquera.<br />

PIQUETE, (1) a small cata (4) ; (2) piquetes, quarr. wooden pegs used in<br />

breaking down rock ; piquetes conicos, conical wedges used in spilling<br />

in quicksand, equiv. Fr. picotages, see curia (1), comp. pilote (2) ; (3)<br />

surv. stake, seeestaca (1) ; (4) depiquete, Mex. said <strong>of</strong> magistral, when<br />

a handful, held in cold water, in less than half a minute gets so hot<br />

that one has to open the hand, not generally liked by azogueros.<br />

PIQUETERO, boy who carries the picks or mattocks [piquetas (1)] to<br />

the workmen in mines (Acad.), comp. abajador (1).<br />

PIQUETILLA, mas. small pickaxe (zapapico), having wide and sharp<br />

mouth, and used for making small holes in thin walls (Acad.).<br />

PIR, Chile, lead-amalgam in the state <strong>of</strong> powder, composed <strong>of</strong> equal<br />

parts <strong>of</strong> lead and quicksilver, sometimes added in the patio process<br />

to reduce chloride <strong>of</strong> silver.<br />

PIRCA, Chile and Peru, dry stone wall ;<br />

at Hualgayoc, Peru, pircas are<br />

used in supporting underground workings (Santolalla), see mamposteria.<br />

PIRCADOR, Chile, hedger (Henwood).<br />

PIRCAR, Chile, to enclose a residence with a dry stone wall (Acad.)<br />

Peru, to erect a dry stone wall as a support.<br />

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