Dictionary of Spanish Mining Terms - 1ORO1.COM

Anc A DICTIONARY OF
ANCLA, anchor ;
hook.
ANCLAClON, Almeria, Sp. station on wire ropeway, the object being to
divide the rope into two lengths (Molina).
ANCLAR, see encallar.
ANC6N DE TIERRA, Mex. projecting or salient corner of a claim (Dwight).
ANDALUCES, miners from Andalucia, Spain, who are famous for the
excellent way in which they separate lead-ore underground (Molina).
They also manipulate the garbillo (1).
ANDAMIADO, ANDAMIAJE, scaffolding, see andamio.
ANDAMIO, scaffold, scaffolding, syn. andamiado, andamiaje, see alma
(3), almojaya ; a. colgante, a. volante, c.m. cradle, scaffold or walling-
stage, see descanso (4).
ANDAR, to act, applied to machines ; a. de una maquina, speed of an
engine ; a. en carguero, see carguero (1).
ANDARAJE, wheel of the noria (1) to which the rope is fixed which
carries the buckets or jars (arcaduces) (Acad.).
ANDARIVEL, wire -rope tramway or cableway, see u. via (3).
ferrocarril, and
ANDEN, (1) path of a horse or mule round the draw-wells, floor of a
horse-whim, etc. [see piso (8)] ; (2) side-walk (of a road) ; tow-path
of a canal ; bank of a railway ; (3) rail, platform, syn. desembar-
cadero (2).
ANEGADA, drowned out, see aguarse.
ANEMIA DEL MINERO, miners' ansemia.
ANEM6METRO, vent, anemometer or instrument for measuring the
velocity of an air-current.
ANGELAN, see u. candeia (2).
ANGOSTURA, (1) narrowness, see estrechez ; (2) narrow pass (of a
mountain or river), see paso (4).
ANGULO, angle or corner ; carp, cant or edge (Ponce de Leon).
ANILADO, cobre a., indigo -coloured ore of copper, see u. bronce (3).
ANILLA, buckle, loop or ring, see anillo (1).
ANILLO, (1) ring of metal [see abrazadera (1), anilla] ; link (eslabon) of
a chain ; bor. boring-bit or crown [see corona (1)] ; me?h. prep.
shell of crushing rolls ; a. del embolo, a. para piston, st. eng. piston
ring ; see argolla ; (2) anillos, Zac. and Pach. Mex. continuous frames
or rings of timber in a shaft, e.g., solid crib-timbering, syn. Guan.
marcos (3), see u. ademe ; (3) knobs in wire-ropes in Otto's system
of wire ropeways ; (4) a. de empaque, washer, see empaquetadura (2) ;
a. de empaquetado, see u. empaquetado ; (5) a. libre, bor. swivel ;
(6) each one of the two series of segments [camones (2)] forming the
rim or periphery of a water-wheel, syn. cerco (6) ; rim of any wheel,
see aro (3), pina (2).
ANiMA, see alma (1), maroma.
ANIME, Col. wood suitable for making boards-
ANODO, anode, comp. catodo.
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