Dictionary of Spanish Mining Terms - 1ORO1.COM

Ave A DICTIONARY OF
to Lock " a slide of loose ground containing alluvial gold " ; (3) aven-
taderos, Arg. shallow placers of Quaternary age including (a) placers
in loco formed by the degradation in place of the vein material,
(&) bottoms of present valleys and beds of rivers, (c) abandoned beds of
actual rivers in the drift- terraces of the valleys (V. Novarese), comp
venero (3).
AVENTADOR, (1) pump, leather valve in upper part of suction-
of Cornish lift
tube (Acad.), corresponds to clack-valve (chapeleta)
(2) blower, fan ; a. de agua, trompe, see trompa ; (3) see placer.
AVENTURERO, adventurer, see u. socavon (1).
AVETADO, DA, adj. veined, seamed.
AVIADO, DA, pp. of aviar, see u. aviador.
AVIADO, Span. Am. one supplied with money or other articles to work a
silver-mine (Velazquez).
AVIADOR, RA, adj. see aviadoras. .
AVIADOR, Span. Am. (1) one who pays the cost of mine workings (Acad.) ;
(2) a person who "habilitates" a mine, i.e.. who furnishes the money
for working it by a contract with the proprietors (R. E. habilitador.
Chism), syn.
AVIADORAS, Span. Am. barras a., shares paying assessment ; barras
aviadas, or viudas, shares paying no assessment, limited liability shares.
AVIAR, Span. Am. to lend money or effects for working a mine.
AVINGE, Ant. Col. a tree which yields a very strong wood for construction
(Uribe).
AVIO (1) preparation, provision ; (2) Mex. advances originally made, at
the dis?retion of the Tribunal, to mining proprietors, who required
funds in order to complete their works (Ward), see also u. rescatador (1) ;
contrato de a., habilitation [habilitacion (1)] or funds advanced for the
working of mines ; banco de avios, a bank which advances funds for
the working of mines ; (3) hereditary lease ; (4) avios, mine implements,
but see u. partido (3) ; mine materials, as powder, fuse, candles, etc.,
comp. apero.
AVISADOR, a machine for giving notice, see indication
AVISAR, rail, to s'gnal.
AVISO, (1) rail, signal ; a. de alarma de Shaw, vent. Shaw's apparatus
signalling
; (2) Mex. announcement on the Bulletin Board, outside
the Mining Agency, of applications for claims, etc. ; Col. notice of
denouncement given before an Alcalde.
AYATE, Mex. thin fabric made of the thread of the agave (Acad.) ; coarss
fibre-cloth for carrying ore, dirt, etc. (Dwight).
AYEMADO, see u. pinta (1).
AYUDA, (1) metal de a., ore containing lead used to assist the smelting
of other ores ; ferruginous ores are sometimes so named, syn. metal
de jugo, see fundente, u. soroche (2) ; (2) Mex. a small bonus to tributors
who fail to make expenses (Dwight).
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