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Dictionary of Spanish Mining Terms - 1ORO1.COM

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SPANISH MINING TERMS Apa<br />

ANQUERIA, Peru, silver ore looking like cubical galena (Dwight).<br />

ANTA, Peruvian word for copper ; a. chacra, copper mine. [Huinboldt<br />

thought the name Andes came from this word, but Raimondi<br />

derive? it from Anti, the name <strong>of</strong> a tribe <strong>of</strong> Indians.]<br />

ANTECRISOL, met. fore-hearth <strong>of</strong> shaft-furnace, comp. reposador exterior.<br />

ANTEPECHO, see banco (2).<br />

ANTIGOS, Braz. " old man " or old workings, comp. antiguos.<br />

ANTIGUO, see u. trabajo (1) ; antiguas, antiguos, Mex. Indian or <strong>Spanish</strong><br />

mines or mines <strong>of</strong> Colonial times, comp. antigos.<br />

ANTIMONIAL, for plata a., see u. plata (2).<br />

ANTIMONIO, (1) antimony (metal), syn. alcohol (2) ; (2) ore <strong>of</strong> antimony ;<br />

a. bianco, valentinite ; a. gris, grey antimony ore or stibnite, syn.<br />

diente (4) ; a. rojo, kermesite ; see antimonioso ; noli, u. pint a (1).<br />

ANTIMONIOSO, metal a., Huitzuco, Guerr. Mex. livingstonite, an ore<br />

<strong>of</strong> antimony and mercury [2Sb2S3HgS], comp. hebrudo, see mer-<br />

curio (2).<br />

ANTORCHA, torch made <strong>of</strong> the branches <strong>of</strong> resinous pine, sometimes<br />

used in mining, see hacha (2), mecha (3).<br />

ANTRACITA, anthracite, syn. hulla brillante, hullita.<br />

ANUNCIO, advertisement ; com. statement, advice ; Col. announcement<br />

<strong>of</strong> a denuncio by publication in the <strong>of</strong>ficial gazette (periodico<br />

<strong>of</strong>icial).<br />

APAGAR, to quench, extinguish ; mech. to make dead, deaden ; a. la cal,<br />

to slake lime ;<br />

a. un horno, to blow out a furnace, see descarga (4).<br />

APALANCAR, (1) to move with a lever ; (2) to get ore, see arrancar.<br />

APARATO, apparatus, appliance, engine, machine ; a. de alimentation,<br />

st. eng. feed apparatus ; a. de caida libre or corredera, bor. free-falling<br />

apparatus, see u. junta (5) ; a. de caida libre por reaction, de punto de<br />

apoyo, and corredera por presion de agua (Fr. coulisse a pression<br />

d'eau) are three free-falling appliances invented by L. Dru ; a. de<br />

distribution, distributing apparatus <strong>of</strong> a water-pressure engine<br />

de extraction, hoisting engine ;<br />

; a.<br />

a. soplante, met. blower, see, soplante ;<br />

aparatos, see jaula (2).<br />

APAREADO, coupled in pairs, e.g., cilindros apareados or conjugados,<br />

cylinders in couples.<br />

APAREJAR, to furnish, rig or tackle ; to prepare timber or stones for<br />

a building ; a. la madera, carp, to dress.<br />

APAREJO, (1) tackle, block and fall, syn. polipastos ; a. diferencial,<br />

differential pulley ; (2) harness for beasts <strong>of</strong> burden, see arnes (1) ;<br />

(3) pack-saddle, syn. albarda, basto (1), see enjalma ; (4) mas. bond<br />

(Ponce de Le6n), see trabazon ; (5) aparejos, tools, implements or<br />

materials, see apero, comp. arnes (2).<br />

APARINAR, S. Am. to disclose indications <strong>of</strong> pay-ore (Lucas).<br />

APARTADERO, rail, siding or turnout, see desvio (2) ; c.m. pass-bv (Fr.<br />

voie d'evitement) ; widened space in canals-<br />

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