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SPANISH MINING TERMS Ata
ASPIRANTE, pump, wind-bore ; for snore-piece, see u. alcachofa ; see u.
bomba (1).
ASTA, (1) mech. shaft, spindle, see eje (2) ; (2) mas. curb-stone ; (3) a.
de bomba, pump, rod or spear, see tirante (1) ; (4) a. de bandera, flag-
staff.
ASTERIA, (1) asteria or asteriated sapphire or star-stone, see zafiro (1) ;
(2) cat's-eye, a variety of chalcedony (calcedonia).
ASTIAL,
see hastial.
ASTIL, (1) handle or helve, syn. cabo (1), mango (1), manija, manubrio
(1), see maceta (1), comp. asa ; (2) a. de balanza, beam of a balance, of
a steelyard, etc., see brazo (1).
ASTILLA, (1) chip of wood, splinter of timber ; a. de madera, batten or
scantling ; astillas grandes, see rachas ; astillas, Col. split polings ; (2)
astillas, Province of Pataz, Peru, particles of gold sometimes met with
in the mud accumulating in the gutters of the streets after heavy rains,
see oro ; (3) irregular fragment of flint, etc., comp. lasca.
ASTILLERO, Mex. place
in the forest where firewood is cut
(Acad.) ; open forest ; pastures for mules, etc.
ASTILLOSA, see u. pizarra.
ATABACADO, cobre a., Asientos, Aguas Calientes, Mex.
copper ore of the colour of tobacco (S. Ramirez).
ATACADERA, blast, tamping-bar, rammer, stemmer or
beater, syn. atacador, taco (3), Ant. Col. taqueador (2), equiv.
Fr. bourroir, Ger. Stampfer ; for a. de lodar, of Almaden,
Sp., see Fig. 11 (after Moncada).
ATACADOR,
see atacadera.
ATACDURA, blast, tamping, see ataque (1).
ATACAMITA, Atacama and Antofagasta, Chile, name given Atacadera de
to various combinations of cupric oxide and cupreous and lodar, as used
cupric chloride of a
copper. According to Dana atacamite is an
oxychloride of copper [CuCl., + 3CuO 2HJ, syn. cobre salino.
ATACAR, (1) blast, to tamp ; (2) Mex. to express mercury from a canvas
bag by beating it with a stick (Dwight).
ATAGUIA, hydr. eng. dam of watertight material, coffer-dam, see u.
represa (1).
see tahona.
ATAHONA,
ATAHONERO,
see tahonero.
ATAJADERO, sluice-gate, see compuerta (2).
ATAJADOR, Mex. (1) boy (mozo) who brings the mules or horses at the
change of a shift for the tahonas, mills and pumps (Gamboa, 1761) ;
(2) mule-driver who prepares the meals for the rest on the road, see
sangrero.
ATAJE, Ant. Col, alluv. m. a natural obstacle which obliges the water to
change its direction or velocity, forming an encierro or otherwise (Uribe).
ATAJO, short cut ;
trail.
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