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SPANISH MINING TERMS Rel
REJO, (1) pointed iron bar or spike ; (2) rim of iron put round the frame
of a door to strengthen it ; (3) Col. rope made of raw hide, used for
tying cargoes to mules, and for other purposes, comp. u. reata.
RELAMPAGO, Mex. met. the brightening of the silver button during
cupellation, see vuelta (3).
RELAMPAGUAR, met. to brighten, see relampago.
residue left in a batea after
RELAVE, second washing of ores ; relaves,
a washing-test ;
in the patio process, material remaining after washing
the torta, e.g., in Guan. heavy ore, abounding in pyrites, remaining
attached to the amalgam, and which is hand-washed in large bowls,
and then ground up again in an arrastre (3)
it yields a silver amalgam
rich in gold (St. Clair Duport) ; the heavier and coarse matter deposited
in settling-tanks, after treatment in tinas or vats, the lamas being the
lighter slimes, and appears to be equiv. to the cabecilla (1) and polvillo
(3) from the arrastres (3) ; Chile, residues left after the Chilian
process of amalgamation.
RELECES, Col. mineral left behind by former working as being un-
profitable.
RELEJE, Peru, supporting of mines, see fortificacion.
RELEJEAR, Peru, to support mines, see fortificar.
RELEVO, shift or core, or change of shift or core, (Cornw.) relief, e.g.,
r. de la tarde, afternoon shift or core, back shift ; relief of wheelbarrowmen
(Molina) ; syn. campana (3), Mex. cuarto (3), entrada (2), Jornada
(3), jornal (3), parada (2), equiv. Fr. journee, poste, Ger. Schicht, see
dobla, doblar, endoble, nocheros, pueble (3), punta (1), turno.
RELIZ, (1) Mex. the bounding-plane between the vein and the " country "
the wall proper (respaldo) ; there may be several of these forming
"
walls within walls," or " "
walls beyond walls" ; se ven los relices
que constituyen los respaldos, adheridos a algunos fragmentos mas
6 menos voluminosos, en lo general esteriles, con alguna frecuencia
mezclados con particulas de mineral muy diseminadas en la masa, y
en algunos casos, ricos " (Ramirez) the same author speaks of the
filling being compact, or " cargada de relices " ; according to Louis
Carri6n == faces of separation of the different branches [cuerpos (3)]
of a lode ; (2) Mex. land-slide, see derrumbe (2).
RELLENA,
see u. fractura.
RELLENAR, to stow attle or deads, syn. ativar, see echar (2).
RELLENO, (1) mech. packing of pistons, pumps, etc., see empaquetado ;
(2) stowing or packing, filling-in or filling-up, filling, syn. ativacion,
explotacion por rellenos, sistema por relleno, equiv. Fr. exploitation
par remblais, remplissage a decombres, Ger. Versatzung, comp. retaque ;
(3) attle-packing, waste, gob or goaf used in (2), syn. ativado, Sierra
de Cartagena, Sp. atoro, atracado, rezago, Mex. trincha (2), equiv.
Fr. remblais, Ger. Versatz, Bergversatz, see loritos, comp. desecho (3) ;
(4) r. de un filon, filling of a vein, syn. caja (14), Mex. cuerpo (4),
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