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Dictionary of Spanish Mining Terms - 1ORO1.COM

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Fed<br />

A DICTIONARY OF<br />

sillar ; p. de cal, limestone ; p. de estanho, tinstone ; p. hume, alum,<br />

see terra (suppl.).<br />

PEDRARIA, Port, freestone, see u. pedra.<br />

PEDREIRA, Port, quarry, see cantera (1).<br />

PEDRERO, (2) Col. alluv. m. the upper bed <strong>of</strong> a mina de saca (5), con-<br />

taining pebbles and stones <strong>of</strong> all sizes and shapes (A. Demangeon), syn.<br />

mina empredada.<br />

PEDREIRO, Port. (1) stone-cutter, see pedrero (1) ; (2) pedreiros, Braz.<br />

masons who construct dry- walls in mines, see pedricero.<br />

PEGADO, Ant. Col. local and reduced deposit <strong>of</strong> auriferous pay-dirt<br />

[cinta (3)] (Uribe).<br />

PELAR, Ant. Col. alluv. m. to make the sands run in the ground-sluice<br />

[canalon (2)], so that a part <strong>of</strong> the latter remains as bed-rock [pena (4)]<br />

with gold and jagua (2) (Uribe).<br />

PELEPERCHES, see u. emparejar (3) (suppl.).<br />

PELO, (7) p. de venado, Chacas, Peru, stibnite in very fine needles (E. I.<br />

Duenas), see u. antimonio (2).<br />

PENEIRA, PENEIRACAO, PENEIRAR, Port. mech. prep, sieve or screen,<br />

screening, to screen, see criba, cribadura, cribar.<br />

PEQUENES, Catemu, Chile, met. heaps or piles [monton (1)] formerly<br />

used for roasting copper ores, with firewood as fuel (E. A. Sundt).<br />

PERICIAL, adj. piano p., plan by peritos (1).<br />

PERIQUILLO, for vueltas de p., see u. estero (3) (suppl.).<br />

PERNERA, Sierra Almagrera, Sp. ferruginous cap with red jasper (pedernal<br />

rojo), containing much native silver, and covering manganiferous<br />

iron ores (" Estad. Min. de Espana," 1908).<br />

PESCA (fishing), caja de p. (Ger. Durchlass), mech. prep, box in which small<br />

ore is retained after being clean washed in the cono (4) (suppl.) ; the<br />

two channels at the head <strong>of</strong> a labyrinth [laberinto (1)] for catching<br />

met. in pattisonaje, taking out<br />

coarse material accompanying slimes ;<br />

the lead crystals with the perforated ladle (espumadera).<br />

PESCARIA, Port. p. do cascalho, Braz. winning auriferous gravel with a<br />

hand-dredge.<br />

PESO, (5), Almaden, Sp. a weight = 20 arrobas, see u. solera (13)(suppl.).<br />

PESQUISADOR, Port, searcher or prospector, see cateador.<br />

PESSOAL, Port. = Fr. personnel, Span, personal.<br />

PETLANQUE, p. acerado, Mex. light ruby silver (Hermosa).<br />

PICADOR, (1) m. m. miner who works with a pick, or with hammer and<br />

gad, comp. barrenero (1) ; (4) ore-sorter, see apartador (1).<br />

PICAPORRO, that <strong>of</strong> Almaden, Sp. is a straight pick, 14 to 18 in. long,<br />

from 13 to 14 Ib. in weight, and having a handle 3 ft. long ; it is used<br />

for obtaining flags for arches, and as a punterola (Ezquerra).<br />

PICAR (1) m. m. to work with a pick, or with hammer and gad.<br />

PIQARRA, Port. geol. slate, see pizarra.<br />

PICOTA, (3) Chile, pick, see pico (2).<br />

PIEDRA, (1) p. carbonera, limestone impregnated with coal; p. de<br />

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