Dictionary of Spanish Mining Terms - 1ORO1.COM

Bar A DICTIONARY OF
BARBACOAS, Peru, zigzag roads made with stalls (estemples) bearing
on these are longitudinal timbers of less
on the walls of the deposit ;
diameter on which small waste is put to form the piso (Santolalla).
" Estas barbacoas avanzan con los frentes de las galerias y communican
entre si, por maderos dispuestos segun los peldanos de una escalera,
que se apoyan en les cajas colocados a golpe de comba " (Santolalla).
BARCAL, Huelva, Sp. flat box strengthened with iron hoops, used instead of
espuerta(Acad.); thebarcal is no longer used in any mine in Spain (Molina).
BARCAZA, BARCAZO, large boat, barge, lighter, see barco, charlana.
are sometimes used
BARCO, boat or barge ; this and barcazo (barcaza)
in canal-levels.
BAREQUEAR, Ant. Col. alluv. m. to extract as much of the pay-dirt as
possible, without method, leaving the overburden untouched, syn.
Panama, burbuscar or gurguscar, mazamorrear.
BAREQUEO, Ant. Col. the extraction of the pay-dirt by crude means, syn.
Panama, burbusco, gurgusco, mazamorreo, see barequear.
BAREQUERO, Ant. Col. an itinerant and empirical stream-washer, who
occupies himself in crude methods of alluvial washing, syn. Panama,
burbusero or gurguro, mazamorrero, see barequear, lavadcr (1).
BARILLA, see barrilla ; for piedro de b., see u. piedra.
BARITEL, see malacate (1).
BARITINA, tarytes or heavy spar, see espejuelo (9), guijo (3).
BARNIZ, (1) varnish, b. de copal, copal varnish ; (2) Mex. mineral coating
a joint, syn. embije, embijete.
BARQUIN, BARQUINERA, large bellows used in ironworks (ferrerias)
(Acad.), see fuelle (1).
BARQUINA, S. Am. large furnace (Ponce de Le6n), see horno (2).
BARQUINERA, see barquin.
BARRA, (1) crow or crowbar, see alavanca, barren, descalzador ; b.
azuela, bar with a chisel-bit ; b. de punta or
b. pica, bar with a diamond-shaped point ;
b. de una, claw-bar for spikes (Dwight) (syn.
Mex. chiva) ; barras, Col. iron bars used in
gold-washing
; (2) quarr. jumper, equiv. Fr.
barre a mine, Ger. Steinbohrer ;
the method
of boring with the jumper is known as a la
barra, a la vizcaina, or barreno (3) de viento,
see u. barrena (1) ; (3) a bar or ingot of
gold, silver, copper, etc., see changete, u.
hierro (1), lingote, riel (1), metal en barras,
bullion ; plata en barra, silver bullion, comp.
oroche(l),^. oro, pina (3); barra de plata, FlG . ._!* (9) (after Mon .
Mex. in the patio process, a silver bar weighing cada). , pies derechos (nion-
135 marks or 1080 ounces (Lyon, 1828) or 75 tantes) : 6 > cruzde San Andres :
Ib. (Dahlgren), syn. plata de patio, plata de J^Te)* e?pi"deUcht cttos
pie, see ladrillera (2) ; (4) rnech. rod or bar, (pilaretes) ; /, muertos.
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