Dictionary of Spanish Mining Terms - 1ORO1.COM

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UNETA, chisel [cincel (1)] with a wide straight or curved mouth, used
by stone-cutters (Acad.).
UNICA CONTRIBUCI6N, see u. contribution.
UNIDAD, mech. unit.
UNI6N, mech. coupling (of wire-rope, pipes, etc.) ; carp, clamping
joint ;
u. de gozne, hinged joint, see gozne (1).
UNIR, to join, couple, clamp, etc.
URANIO, (1) uranium ; (2) uranium ore, e.g.,
torbernite or uranmica
(Ger. Uranglimmer) ; see uranopicco.
URANOPICCO, uraninite or pitchblende (Ger. Uranpecherz), see uranio
(2).
URAO, Gay-Lussite [Na2 CO 3 , NaHCO,, 2H 20], a mineral resulting from
the spontaneous evaporation of waters containing carbonate and
bicarbonate, found in Lagunilla in Maracaibo = trona, found in
Fezzan and Barbary, and " summer soda " of Ragtown, Nevada,
U.S.A., comp. natron, tequezquite.
URGUE, Ant. Col. (1) clay, see arcilla ; (2) flucan or clay salband
separating the vein from the walls or " country," see cuarache, u.
guarda (1).
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tiTILES (utensils), Col. tools, see herramienta (1).
UTILIDAD, profit, see ganancia.
VACIA, geol. wacke ; vaciagris, grauwacke.
VACIADERO, dump, waste-dump, (Austral.) mullock-dump, c.m. spoil-
. bank, syn. acopios, Mex. boleo (3), caballero (Fr. cavalier de deblais),
Mex. desatierre (2), escombrera, terrera, Mex. terreros (3), equiv. Fr
halde de deblais, Ger. Halde, comp. botadera (2), cancha (3).
VACIADOR, (1) dumper of waste ; (2) one who dumps slag-pots (Dwight)
(3) moulder.
VACIAR, (1) to dump, to tip, equiv. Fr. vider, Ger. stiirzen ; (2) to cast,
to mould ; (3) to discharge (of rivers), see desaguar (2) ; hydr. to
sluice off (Ponce de Le6n).
freno al vacio, vacuum-brake.
VAClO, lA, empty ;
VACIO, (1)
molde.
vacuum, see u. vacio, ia ; (2) mould for casting metal, see
VACISCO (or bacisco, Acad.), Almaden, Sp. the fragments remaining
after breaking the ore (cinnabar) for charging the furnaces (Guim) ;
smalls or fines moulded into adobes for the furnaces (Acad.) ; small
ore, see menudo, comp. china (2), metal (4), requiebro (2) ; baciscos,
pebbles or fragments of gangue, containing some useful mineral, syn.
gandingas (2) (Ezquerra).
VADERA, VADO, ford (of a river), syn. botadero (1), see u. pasa (4).
VAG6N (from Engl.) wagon, see carro (2) ; v. de bascula, v. volcador,
volquete or de volquete, dumping-car or tipping-wagon, comp. basculador
;
v. de pico, front- or side-tipping wagon.
VAGONERO, trammer, see carretero ( 1 ).
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