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SPANISH MINING TERMS Ray<br />

RASCAR, to scratch (<strong>of</strong> buscones) on the surface <strong>of</strong> abandoned mines,<br />

see raspadores.<br />

RASGO, Tasco, Guerr. Mex. obs. length <strong>of</strong> underground workings along<br />

the strike (MS. 1793), see cuele (2).<br />

RASO, SA, adj. vulg. smooth (liso), applied to barrel <strong>of</strong> winch, etc.<br />

RASPA, (1) coarse file or rasp, see lima ; (2) Mex. in ores containing<br />

both gold and silver, when mercury is put in the arrastre (3), the<br />

amalgam, etc., obtained by scraping the bed, syn. raspadura. The<br />

scrapings are washed in a chuza.<br />

RASPADORES, Mex. name given to people who scrape or scratch on the<br />

surface <strong>of</strong> veins or other deposits (Brackel-Welda), syn. tepuqueros,<br />

see buscones, rascar.<br />

RASPADURA, scrapings, see raspa (2).<br />

RASPAR, (1) to scrape, to remove amalgam from the arrastre (3) by<br />

scraping ; to scale a boiler ; (2) Mex. to clean up an arrastre (3), see<br />

contraraspa.<br />

RASPOSO, Conianja, Jalisco, Mex. ore containing native silver, generally<br />

massive (en pegaduras), dendritic or in very small grains (Ramirez),<br />

see plata (2).<br />

RASTRA, (1) sledge, syn. narria, trineo ; acarreo por arrastre (1) or<br />

por rastra, conveyance or transport by sledging (Fr. trainage), see<br />

patin (1) ; (2) act <strong>of</strong> dragging along ; una r. de lena, a load <strong>of</strong> firewood<br />

(dragged by mules).<br />

RASTRERO, see u. cable (1).<br />

see u. rastro.<br />

RASTRILLO,<br />

RASTRO, rake used in mining loose deposits, comp. azadon (3) ; rastrillo,<br />

small rake for stirring ore in furnaces ; see raedera. rastrocriba.<br />

RASTROCRIBA, screen rake used in washing (Molina), see rastro.<br />

RASTR6N, Mex. a Chilian mill (Chism), see chileno.<br />

RATA (rat), Mex. candle-boy (Dwight), comp. abajador.<br />

RATO (he-mouse), sistema de r., Mex. ancient method <strong>of</strong> mining or<br />

burrowing.<br />

RAUDAL, torrent, rapid stream ; raudales, rapids <strong>of</strong> a river, syn. chorrera<br />

(4), rapidos, reciales, see cabezon (2).<br />

RAYA, (1) frontier, see frontera ; (2) Mex. day's pay (Dwight), see<br />

Jornada (2) ; (3) Mex. the time worked by the barreteros, and marked<br />

with circles, semicircles, strokes (rayas), and half-strokes, representing<br />

dollars, half-dollars (tostones), reales and medios (Dahlgren) ; the<br />

pay-roll, see memoria (1) ; (4) tienda de r.,<br />

RAYADO, DA, pp. <strong>of</strong> rayar ;<br />

see u. tienda.<br />

metal rayado, Peras, Oaxaca, Mex. greasy<br />

quartz with stains <strong>of</strong> oxide <strong>of</strong> iron in the form <strong>of</strong> bands, veins and<br />

zones (Ramirez) is gold-bearing, see oro, comp. u. acerado (1) and<br />

guija (2) ; paradas rayadas, see u. parada (3).<br />

RAYADO, Mex. day-labourer, see jornalero.<br />

RAYADOR, Mex. the grass-captain, clerk or accountant, who distributes<br />

candles, powder, tools, etc., and marks the raya (3), see capitan.<br />

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