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Dictionary of Spanish Mining Terms - 1ORO1.COM

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A DICTIONARY OF<br />

QUADRILHA, Port, gang, see cuadrilla (1).<br />

QUADRO, Port. timb. frame, see cuadro (1).<br />

QUEBRA, Port. (1) fault, see falla (1); (2) refuse <strong>of</strong> gold or silver in<br />

melting (Elwes).<br />

QUEBRADA, (7) q. del hilo, interruption <strong>of</strong> the lode (Demangeon).<br />

QUEDA, Port. (1) fall, inclination ; (2) waterfall, see caida (3), salto (3).<br />

QUEMAZ6N, (3) see u. paces (suppl).<br />

QUESOS, (2) Cerro de Pasco, Peru, pressed amalgam-cakes (0. F. Pfordte),<br />

seebollo (1).<br />

QUICIO, (5) Col. mech. prep, plank resting on the mortar-blocks (Deman-<br />

geon).<br />

QUIJO, quijos pacos, Potosi, Bol. ore containing native silver, with very<br />

little oxide <strong>of</strong> iron, copper and lead the gangue being calcite, heavy<br />

spar and quartz (Lemuhot) ; quijos negrillos, yellow, ashy or black,<br />

see almadaneta (suppl.) ; Cerro Negro, Famatina, Arg. quartz with<br />

inclusions <strong>of</strong> native silver and various silver ores, or <strong>of</strong> galena, in fine<br />

grains and highly argentiferous (P. Vateau).<br />

QUINCHA, Peru, a wall <strong>of</strong> clay and canes, see desquinchar (suppl.).<br />

QUINUAL, Peru = Polylesis racemosa, should be kept damp or under<br />

water (E. I. Duefias).<br />

QUINTAL, Almaden, Sp. orig. weight <strong>of</strong> ore (30 to 40 Ib.) contained in an<br />

ordinary espuerta terrera (Ezquerra).<br />

QUINTALEROS, Corocoro, Bol. native lessees, who treat copper ore in<br />

quimbaletes or bimbaletes.<br />

QUINTO, (2) Linares, Sp. met. (lead) one operation in the boliche (5)<br />

furnace (Barinaga), comp. vuelta (4) (suppl.).<br />

QUITAMIEDOS, timb. vulg. lagging (Ezquerra), see u. revestimiento (1).<br />

RABERA, Almaden, Sp. met- (mercury) second inclined plane <strong>of</strong> a Bustamante<br />

(aludel) furnace, syn. segundo medio plan. That nearest the<br />

charged is called the cabeza (7) or primer medio plan (Barinaga).<br />

RAIA, Port, streak or stain in a stone, rock or mineral, see vena (4).<br />

RAJO, trabajo a r., Bol. a primitive method <strong>of</strong> working tin-ore deposits<br />

in chambers ; rajos, Chile, opencast workings, see tajo (2).<br />

RAMAL, (5) branch <strong>of</strong> a mine-working, etc.<br />

RAMALEOS, La Luz, Guan. Mex. irregular seams <strong>of</strong> quartz and calcite<br />

found near the veins, much curved and twisted, and subject to sudden<br />

increases in thickness the result <strong>of</strong> crushing (John A. Church).<br />

RAMOS, see u. veta (2) (suppl.); (6) see linuelo (suppl.).<br />

RAMPLA, pique r., Peru, inclined shaft [pozo (2)], see rampa (3).<br />

RAMPL6N, (2) Mex. beater [batidor (2)] <strong>of</strong> a tina (1) (Hermosa).<br />

RASGO, (2) r. abierto, Arg. opencut, trench ; (3) rasgos, top. features.<br />

RASPAR, (3) Ant. Col. alluv. m. to take out the small amount <strong>of</strong> gold<br />

still remaining in a placer already washed (Uribe) ; see u. timpina (suppl. ).<br />

RASTRA, (3) Potosi, Bol. = arrastre (3) (Lemuhot).<br />

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