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Dictionary of Spanish Mining Terms - 1ORO1.COM

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SPANISH MINING TERMS Des<br />

rum), and cribas continuas (e.g., cribas filtrantes or cribas del Harz) ;<br />

see despajar, emparejar (3), pava (2), piston (4) (suppl.).<br />

CRIBADO, (2) Asturias, Sp. screened coal <strong>of</strong> over 45 or 50 mm. (Moncada),<br />

comp. galleta, granza (1), grancilla, finos (suppl.).<br />

CRIVO, Port. mech. prep, sieve or screen, see criba.<br />

CRUDIOS, Mex. met. iron matte (Hermosa), see hierro (5).<br />

CUADRO, (6) Bol. plat, see concavo ; (7)<br />

table or index.<br />

CUELLO, (5) short tube or neck by which air passes out <strong>of</strong> a fan.<br />

CUESCO, (3) cuescos, met. furnace accretions, syn. marranos (5).<br />

CUNA, (2) curias de esteril, Huelva, Sp. " horses," wedges or lenticles <strong>of</strong><br />

barren shale alternating with beds and lenticles <strong>of</strong> ore, see. caballo (5).<br />

CUNHA, Port, gad or wedge, see cuna (1 ).<br />

CURAR, (1 ) c. el circo de la calentura 6 de la frialidad, Cerro de Pasco, Peru,<br />

in the patio process, to add certain reagents, see u. curtir, frio, ia ; (2) c.<br />

las piedras, Huacho, Peru, to increase the weight <strong>of</strong> blocks <strong>of</strong> salt by<br />

spreading them out in the corte (18) (suppl.), and covering each with a<br />

layer <strong>of</strong> salt-water saturated with salt afterwards forms the whole into<br />

one (Raimondi), comp. ahogar (3) (suppl.).<br />

CUSTANEIRAS, Port. timb. slabs (R. B. Johnston), see costero (1).<br />

CUSTO, Port, cost, syn. gasto, despeza (1), see costo (2).<br />

CYANURAQAO, Port, tratamento por c., cyanide process, syn. cyanuretagao.<br />

CYLINDRO, Port., see corpo (1) (suppl) ; cylindros esmagadores, rolls.<br />

DECARBURACI6N, met. (steel) decarburising.<br />

DECLINAQAO, Port. d. magne'tica, declination, see declinacidn.<br />

DECLIVIDADE, Port, slope or declivity, see declive (1).<br />

DELANTERA, fore-stone <strong>of</strong> an ore-hearth [forja (1)], see u. piedra (2)<br />

(suppl.).<br />

DELEGADO, Peru, chief <strong>of</strong>ficial <strong>of</strong> delegacidn (mining district) or deputacion.<br />

DELINEADOR, (1) draughtsman ; (2) Almaden, Sp. mine surveyor.<br />

DEMASfA, Sp. free space between 2 or more concessions, less than 4<br />

hectares in Mexico (Code, 1910), may exceed 1 pertenencia.<br />

DEMORA, Chile, the time the Indians worked in the mines, without pay,<br />

varying from 6 to 8 months, see encomienda (2) (suppl.), mita (1).<br />

DEP6SITO, (11) oil vessel <strong>of</strong> a lamp, see candileja (2).<br />

DEPOSITO, Port, ore-bin, see deposito (5) ; (2) store-room, seealmacen (1).<br />

DERECHO, (2) In Mexico (Code, 1910), gold and silver ores pay as federal<br />

tax 3 per cent, <strong>of</strong> the assay value. Ores treated and refined in the<br />

country pay 2 per cent. A State tax may be levied not to exceed 1<br />

per cent, <strong>of</strong> gross value.<br />

DERRETIDO, Rio Tinto, Sp. met. fusion <strong>of</strong> calcined balls <strong>of</strong> cement copper<br />

(cascara) for black copper, see calentador (suppl.).<br />

DESABAMENTO, Port, fall (<strong>of</strong> ground in mines, etc.), see caida (6) (suppl.).<br />

DESANCHE, Port, see caes (2) (suppl.).<br />

DESAGUADEIRO, Port, gutter or drain, see desaguadero.<br />

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