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SPANISH MINING TERMS Mas<br />

MACIZO, (7) Cerro de Pasco, Peru, native silver, syn. barra (11) (Raimondi);<br />

(8) met. mantle, outer stack or building <strong>of</strong> a blast-furnace ; (9) met. a<br />

large block <strong>of</strong> masonry containing coke-ovens (one or two batteries) ;<br />

(10) = Fr. massif.<br />

MADEIRA, MADEIRAR, Port, timber, to timber, see madera, ademar.<br />

MADRASTAS, cast-iron bars for supporting camisa <strong>of</strong> blast-furnaces, etc.<br />

MADRE, (8) Cerro de Pasco, Peru - Mex. espeque (1).<br />

MAESTRANZA, Bol. workshop, see taller (1).<br />

MAJUELO, waste obtained in hand-jigging, comp. embaste (suppl.).<br />

MALACACHETA, Minas Geraes, Braz. fine s<strong>of</strong>t mica, <strong>of</strong> a yellow and<br />

brown earth, in which topazes are found (Spix and Martius), comp.<br />

massa branca u. massa (suppl.).<br />

MALACATE, (1) m. de farol, Chile, mule-whim; (3) Nicar. rope, see<br />

cable (1).<br />

MAMONA, Port, oleo de m., castor oil, used in lamps in Braz.<br />

MANANCIAL, Port, spring, see manantial.<br />

MANEA, Huamachuco (Prov.), Peru, timb. = abrazadera (5).<br />

MANGUEIRA, Port, hose, see manga (8).<br />

MANIJA, (2) handle <strong>of</strong> a winch, see cigiiena (1).<br />

MANO, (9) see ciarzulo (suppl.).<br />

MANTO, (7) mantos, Maravatio, Michoacan, Mex. deposits formed<br />

from weathering <strong>of</strong> lode outcrops, occurring, with fragments <strong>of</strong><br />

slates, in surface depressions, and containing some gold (J. D. Villarello) ;<br />

(8) Chanaral, Chile, mantos, horizontal cleavage crossing lodes (L.<br />

Sundt).<br />

MAO, Port. (1) m. d'obra, hand labour, see u. mano (1) ; (2) pestle, see<br />

maja ; (3) stamp, see pi!6n (4) ; (4) muller, see mano (3).<br />

MAQUILERO, (3) corn-mill used, in Malaga, Sp., for grinding jabon-<br />

cillo(l).<br />

MARCADOR (marker), Port. (Braz.) quarr. <strong>of</strong>ficial who marks holes to be<br />

bored (P. Ferrand), see ponedores (suppl.).<br />

MARCO, (6) Chile, hoist, pulley-frame, see horca.<br />

MARCO, Port, landmark, seemoj6n (1)<br />

MARITATA, (2) see u. necle (suppl.).<br />

MARMORE, Port, marble, see marmol.<br />

MARQUILLA, Rio Tinto, Sp. a weight equiv. to 13 k. (Barinaga).<br />

MARRANO, (5) see cuesco (3) (suppl.), morro (2), lobo (2) (suppl.).<br />

MARRAO, MARRETA, Port, blast, sledge-hammer, see maza (3).<br />

MARTELLO, Port, hammer, see martillo.<br />

MARUMB6, Rio Abaete, Minas, Braz. a hydrophosphate <strong>of</strong> barium and<br />

aluminium (Florence), occurring in rolled pieces, the size <strong>of</strong> a broad<br />

bean (fava), <strong>of</strong> a brown colour (Dr. E. Hussak), see bagageira<br />

(suppl.).<br />

MASILLA (glaziers' putty), Potosi, Peru, squeezing amalgam <strong>of</strong> tin and<br />

lead between two stones, until it can be formed into a ball ;<br />

the pucheros<br />

cagchas add tin or Jead amalgam to the small heaps (puchos), after the<br />

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