Dictionary of Spanish Mining Terms - 1ORO1.COM

Tre A DICTIONARY OF
RECHO (distance), trechos de lechuguilla, Mex. a certain length of small
rope made of ixtle (2), see u. saco (1) ; the cost of one trecho, 50 m.
long, twisted into a rope 33 m. long, is $5, and lasts three weeks
in a dry situation, and from twelve to fifteen days in a wet one
(S. Ramirez), see cuerda (1).
TREMADAL, TREMEDAL, marsh, morass, see pantano (1), tembladeros
elastic turf-bog, see turbera.
(2) ;
TREN, rail, train.
TREPANO (from F. trepan), bor. cutting-tool, see u. barrena (2), sonda
(1) ; t. compuesto, equiv. Fr. trepan compose ; t. de aleta, equiv. Fr.
trepan a teton, Ger. Meisselbohrer mit einer Zitze, see Fig. 16 ; t. de
cinta, worm auger, equiv. Fr. trepan rubane, Ger. Spiralbohrer t. de
;
cuchura, auger, open auger, auger-nose shell, open scoop, wimple
or wimble, gouge-bit, syn. barrena (4), cuchara (2), taladra, taladro
(5), equiv. Fr. tariere a glaise, cuiller, Ger. Schapper ; t. de horquilla,
equiv. Fr. trepan fourchu ; t. de orejas (1), bit or chisel with
wings, equiv. Fr. trepan a oreilles ;
t. simple or sencillo, straight
bit or chisel, equiv. Fr. trepan simple, Ger. Meisselbohrer.
TREPIDACI6N, see u. tina (1).
TRIANGULACI6N, surv. triangulation.
TRIANGULO (triangle), Mex. cog of a stamp (G. F. Lyon), comp. cama
(3), diente (2).
TRIBUNAL, t. de minera or de mineria, mining tribunal ; Mex. a Supreme
Council of Mines or " Real Tribunal del importante cuerpo de Mineria
de Nueva Espafia " was established in 1777 ; this was followed by
the publication of the Ordenanzas, and the creation of thirty-seven
Diputaciones (H. G. Ward).
TRIFACEADO, DA, adj. sistema trifaceada, el. three-phase system.
TRIFURCACI6N, see u. desvio (2).
TRILHO, Port, rail, see carril (3).
TRILLA, Mex. (1) heap of ore, see monton (1) ; (2) heap of slimes on the
patio (1), seetorta.
TRILLO, Span. Am. footpath, trail, see senda.
TRINCHA, (1) Span. Am. socket-chisel, cutting-gouge, see cincel (1),
gubia ; (2) Mex. piled waste [desecho (3)] used for walling levels, see
relleno (3) ; (3) Mex. coke-fork (Dwight), syn. horquilla (2), yelmo,
see cok.
TRINCHAR, Col. to construct trinchos, especially in the end of an adit
to dam.
(Uribe) ;
TRINCHERA, (1) trench, see trincho (1), zanja (1) ; (2) Mex. a roughly
stacked pile of rock or ore (Dwight), see monton (1).
TRINCHO, Col. (1) trench [trinchera (1)] or breastwork (parapeto or
pretil) (Uribe), see talabordon (2) ; (2) dam [dique (1)] of wood, earth
and stone, or of stone only, to detain or vary the direction of a current
of water (Urifce) ; alluv. m. in deep portions of a river, two rows of
beams (vigas), strengthened by large stakes (estacones) and interlacing
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