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A DICTIONARY OF<br />

TAPA, (2) ro<strong>of</strong> <strong>of</strong> caliche (1), a compact and resisting mixture <strong>of</strong> sand<br />

and clay, cemented by gypsum and salt, comp. congelo (suppl.).<br />

TAPANARIZ, nose-stopper (pneumataphore), comp. pinzanasal (suppl.).<br />

TAQUETEROS-CORTADURAS, Almaden, Sp.<br />

dor (1).<br />

onsetters, see engancha-<br />

TAREA, (4) Santo Domingo, about -1565 acre. The mine taxes are<br />

$10 per 100 tareas ; (5) Cent. Amer. mech. prep, duty <strong>of</strong> stamps.<br />

TARIMA, Mex. vent, horizontal brattice in levels (Hermosa), seetabique (3).<br />

TARUGO, (2) t. solido, bor. core, see nucleo (2).<br />

TATIJS (armadillos), Port. Braz. vulg. labyrinth-like workings.<br />

TECTO (ceiling), Port, hanging-wall or ro<strong>of</strong>, see techo (1), alta.<br />

TEJA, (4) tejas, met. (lead) channels, outside the furnace, down which the<br />

slag runs before being caught in vessels, see reguera (2) (suppl.).<br />

TELHEIRO, Port. (1) shed; (2) t. de preparaQao de minerio, mill, see<br />

taller (3).<br />

TEMPERA, Port, temper, or tempering, see temple.<br />

TEMPLADO, (1) tempering, syn. templadura, see temple ; (2) templados,<br />

Mex., in the patio process, finely scattered silver ores (Hermosa).<br />

TEMPLAR, acero templado a toda agua, or a todo temple, steel tempered<br />

at the maximum temperature.<br />

TEMPLILLO, met. tymp-stone, see timpa.<br />

TENDERSE, Mex. to become sub-divided or floured (<strong>of</strong> mercury, in the<br />

patio process) (Hermosa), syn. empanturrarse, see lis.<br />

TENDIDO, (8) Mex. in the patio process, drain or conduit from the tinas,<br />

see carcamo (1), poza (1) (suppl.).<br />

TEPETATE, (6) Cent. Am. " hard-pan " at surface, similar to caliche (4)<br />

(H. E. West).<br />

TERMINAR, Port, see u. acular (suppl.).<br />

TERRA, Port, earth, etc. ; t. aluminosa, alum-earth, see tierra.<br />

TERRENO, Port, ground, geol. formation ; t. movedic.o, running ground ;<br />

t. hulheiro, coal formation, see terreno (2).<br />

TERRONES, (1) mech. prep, lumps formed in grinding ores, syn. grumos ;<br />

(2) Arg. large rocks formed <strong>of</strong> conglomerates, and nearly loosened by<br />

erosion.<br />

TERROSO, SA, adj. menas terrosas, Cartagena, Sp. ores containing<br />

sulphates and carbonates <strong>of</strong> lead (Barinaga).<br />

TESTIMONIO, Mex. certified copy <strong>of</strong> a public document, the original <strong>of</strong><br />

which is written in the protocol (register) <strong>of</strong> a public notary.<br />

TIACHT, Apurimac (Dep.), Peru, washing ore in small pits with a current<br />

<strong>of</strong> water, which carries away the light slimes ; after picking out the<br />

gangue, the rest is cobbed and treated in quimbaletes (A. Jochamowitz).<br />

NOTE. From Quichua word meaning to settle (asentar).<br />

TIERRA, (3) t. dehierro azul, Arg. a var. <strong>of</strong> vivianite (Dr. G. Bodenbender) ;<br />

t. roya, see rubiales (suppl.).<br />

TIESTEROS, Potosi, Bol. men who make the tests or assays <strong>of</strong> ore before<br />

amalgamation (Lemuhot), see ensayador (2).<br />

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