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Dictionary of Spanish Mining Terms - 1ORO1.COM

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Rum A DICTIONARY OF<br />

RUMBO, (1) rhumb, a point <strong>of</strong> the compass, equiv. Port, rumo ; (2)<br />

road, route, way, see camino (1) ; (3) strike or direction, syn. arrumba-<br />

miento, corrida (2), direction (1), hilo (1), equiv. Fr. direction, Ger.<br />

Streichen ; r. de la veta, line or direction <strong>of</strong> the vein ; (4) Almeria,<br />

Sp. round-buddle (Venator), see gandinguera.<br />

RUMB6N, Col. (1) automatic inclined plane, see piano (3) ; (2) inclined<br />

shoot for ore or timber, syn. rumbadero, see paso (2) ; (3) casual<br />

crumbling away or mouldering (desmoronamiento) <strong>of</strong> the ground or<br />

formation (Uribe), comp. derrubio.<br />

SABADO (Saturday), Sonora, Mex. a piece <strong>of</strong> mineral or ore <strong>of</strong> high<br />

grade, called so because gatnbucinos (1) were allowed to search waste<br />

piles on Saturdays.<br />

SABALERA, met. iron grate or perforated arch for fuel in reverberatory<br />

furnaces (Acad.), see rejilla (3).<br />

SABANA, (1) Span. Am. an extensive natural pasture plain, savannah,<br />

see llano ; (2) Ant. Col. an alluvial mine on the banks <strong>of</strong> a river, above<br />

the surface <strong>of</strong> the water, comp. aventadero (1), cerro (2), saca (5),<br />

sobresabana.<br />

SABANERA, Col. diorite (diorita), comp. guaracu.<br />

SACA, (1) exportation, syn. exportation ; renta de sacas, duty on<br />

exports, see u. derecho ; (2) extraction, see extraction (1) ; extraction<br />

<strong>of</strong> the pay-dirt or <strong>of</strong> gold from auriferous sands, etc. ; (3) Mex. ore<br />

raised from a mine in a given time, or output, see extraction (2) ; (4)<br />

Mex. ore-sack, syn. costal, see saco (1) ; (5) mina de s., Col. an alluvial<br />

mine in which the pay-dirt is below the level <strong>of</strong> the neighbouring<br />

waters, so that pumps driven by hand or by water-wheel are necessary,<br />

or the water is taken out with bateas (jamuracion), syn. mina<br />

baja or de labor, comp. sabana (2).<br />

SACABARRO, blast, scraper, see cuchara (4).<br />

SACABOCADO, SACABOCADOS, hollow punch, comp. punzon (3).<br />

SACADOS, Ant. Col. filled-up stopes, comp. chorrera (1), salon (2).<br />

SACAMUESTRAS, mech. prep, sampler ; s. automatic, automatic<br />

sampler.<br />

SACAR, (1) to extract ore, etc., from a mine, see extraer (1) ; s. piedra,<br />

to quarry, see tajo (3) ; (2) s. agua, to draw water, pump, syn. sacar<br />

con bomba, see desaguar (1), extraer (2) ; (3) s. una letra, com. to draw<br />

a bill <strong>of</strong> exchange ; (4) s. la barredura, see u. barredura.<br />

SACATE,<br />

see zacate.<br />

SACO, (1) sack or bag, see bilca, bota, botilla, costal, manta (1), saca (4),<br />

talega, tenate, zaca, zurron. NOTE. One saco de ixtl or ixtle (2)<br />

(fibre <strong>of</strong> the lechuguilla) will hold 5 to 6 arrobas <strong>of</strong> ore, see u.<br />

trecho ; (2) criaderos en s., irregular sack-like deposits" (Molina) ;<br />

minas en s. or de s., Ant. Col. irregular deposits [montones~(3)]\>f 'ore<br />

which fill superficial crevices or *<br />

cavities, especially^ in cretaceous<br />

formations,<br />

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