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Dictionary of Spanish Mining Terms - 1ORO1.COM

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Enc A DICTIONARY OF<br />

ENCRUZAMENTO, Port, crossing (<strong>of</strong> two roads, etc.), see cruzamiento.<br />

ENCUNAR, (2) to break rock with a wedge [curia (1)] (Ezquerra).<br />

ENGATILLADO, tie-rods strengthening outer walls <strong>of</strong> furnaces, etc.<br />

ENGRENAGEN, Port. = Span, engranaje.<br />

ENMADEIRAMENTO, Port, timbering, see enmaderado, entibacion.<br />

see enmaderado.<br />

ENMADERAMIENTO,<br />

ENSAIADOR, ENSAIAR, Port, assayer, to assay ; balanc,a d'ensaio, assaybalance.<br />

ENSECCADOR, ENSECCADEIRA, Port, dam in a river, see cerco (5).<br />

ENTIVAAO, Port, timbering, see entibacidn.<br />

ENTRADA, (9) c. m. entry, Port, entrada.<br />

ENTULHO, Port, waste rock or attle (R. B. Johnston), see desecho (3).<br />

ENXADA, Port., see endchada.<br />

ERECAO, Port, erection, see erection.<br />

EROSAO, Port. geol. erosion, see erosion.<br />

ERRAR FOGO, Port, blast, to miss-fire, Span, dar mechazo.<br />

ESCADA, Port, ladder, see escala (1); endless chain (cadeia sem fin) <strong>of</strong><br />

buckets in a dredge (draga) ;<br />

e. mobil, man-engine.<br />

ESCALAO, Port. (1) rung, see escalon (1) ; (2) stope, see escalon (2).<br />

ESCAL6N, (4) escalones, riffles (E. I. Duenas), see tendidos (5).<br />

ESCOMBREROS, = desechadores.<br />

ESCOMBROS, (4) Fr. Guiana, alluv. m. overburden [montera (3)] <strong>of</strong> red<br />

and yellow variegated clays containing pebbles, etc. (L. Levat).<br />

ESCORA, Port. timb. inclined stay (R. B. Johnston), see tornapunta (1).<br />

ESCOTADURA, met. hole in the dam-plate for the issue <strong>of</strong> slag (Barinaga).<br />

ESCURRIMIENTO, (2) Mex. surface deposit formed by chapopote escaping<br />

from a well, and sometimes covering a considerable extent <strong>of</strong> ground.<br />

ESFOLIACI6N, geol. foliation.<br />

ESMAGADOR, Port, crusher ;<br />

e. a. maxillares, stone-breaker.<br />

ESMALTE, met. smalt, see azur (suppl.).<br />

ESMERIL, (3) Mex. arsenical pyrites, see u. bronce (3).<br />

ESMERIL, Port. (1) emery, see esmeril (1); (2) Minas Geraes, Braz.<br />

specular iron ore, see u. hierro (4) ; alluv. m. sands e.g. magnetite,<br />

limonite, hematite, titaniferous iron, zircon, white, violet, yellow and<br />

opalescent quartz, garnets (rare) and tourmalines (rare) ; e. negro,<br />

black-sand.<br />

ESPALDAR, met. lower back wall <strong>of</strong> a shaft-furnace, opposite the pecho (1<br />

ESPATHO, Port, spar ; e. pesado, heavy spar, see espato.<br />

ESPECIMEN, Port, specimen, Span, ejemplar, muestra.<br />

ESPESEDOR, met. (cyanide process) thickener.<br />

ESPESSURA, Port, thickness (Span, espesor), see anchura (1).<br />

ESPETAO, Port. met. tapping-bar, see espetdn (1).<br />

ESPET6N, (3) met. (iron) tool used in puddling (Barinaga).<br />

ESPIGA, (4) pump-rod (Hermosa), see tirante (3) ; e. maestra, main-rod.<br />

ESPOLVOREAR, met. to put quicklime, etc., on roasted ore, in order to<br />

solidify it rapidly (Sanchez).<br />

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