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Dictionary of Spanish Mining Terms - 1ORO1.COM

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SPANISH MINING TERMS Cal<br />

Zancudo mine, Ant. Col. a clayey material which forms the contact<br />

between the coal formation and hornblencUc schists (Gamba) ; (14) c.<br />

del tiro, Mex. shaft compartment (Dwight), see compartimiento (1) ;<br />

(15) shoot for ore, see paso (2) ; (16) drain ; (17) see forro (2) ; (18) por<br />

cajones (or por trozos de corona), method <strong>of</strong> taking down the foundation<br />

rock [banqueta (2)] below the wedging curb [rodete (3)], when the<br />

<strong>of</strong> a wall<br />

solidity <strong>of</strong> the rock is questionable, see Fig. 19 ; (19) portion<br />

between buttresses, etc. (Acad.).<br />

CAJONERO, Mex. (1) shaft's mouth (Lyon), see boca (2) ; (2) lander or<br />

banksman (c. exterior), see amainador ; (3) man in charge <strong>of</strong> a mala-<br />

cate (1).<br />

CAL, (1) lime, c. apagada or muerta, slaked lime ; c. viva, quick<br />

slaked lime ; pared de c. y canto, wall <strong>of</strong> rough stone and mortar, see<br />

or un-<br />

cal y canto ; ahogar la c., to slake lime ; (2) piedra de c., c. en piedra,<br />

chalk or limestone ; (3) c. de estano, calx <strong>of</strong> tin (i.e., oxide <strong>of</strong> tin).<br />

CALA,<br />

see u. cata.<br />

CALABAZA, see guaje.<br />

CALABROTE, see u. esparto ;<br />

CALADO, draught <strong>of</strong> vessels.<br />

c. del malacate, whim-rope (Ponce de Le6n).<br />

CALADORA, see u, pefia (4).<br />

CALAFATEADURA, CALAFATEO, calking.<br />

CALAMACO, Mex. large piece <strong>of</strong> rock difficult to break up (Dwight), syn .<br />

calavera (skull).<br />

CALAMINA, (1) (U.S.A.) calamine, (G. Brit.) electric calamine, syn. c.<br />

silicea, piedra calaminar, cadmia ; (2) (U.S.A.) smithsonite, (G. Brit.)<br />

calamine, syn. c. blanca ; (3) Peru, zinc ro<strong>of</strong>ing ; smelted zinc.<br />

CALAMITA, (1) obs. loadstone, see iman (1) ; (2) compass-needle, see<br />

brujula (1) ; (3) siderite or spathic iron (Ponce de Leon), see siderosa.<br />

CALAVERA,<br />

see calamaco.<br />

CALAR, (1) to pierce, penetrate ; (2) mech. to wedge, see acunar ;<br />

(3) to draw (<strong>of</strong> vessels), see calado.<br />

CALAR, adj. calcareous, see calizo, za.<br />

CALCAR, to take a copy <strong>of</strong> a drawing ; to trace, see trazar (1).<br />

CALCE, (1) tire <strong>of</strong> a wheel, see llanta (1) ; (2) piece <strong>of</strong> iron or steel added<br />

to drills, picks, etc., when they are worn ; (3) a wedge, see cuna (1).<br />

CALCEDONIA, chalcedony ; piedra de moco is a very transparent variety<br />

<strong>of</strong> a white colour with black or brown spots in the form <strong>of</strong> plants<br />

mocha-stone or moss-agate, see cuarzo.<br />

CALCIN, Mex. roasting furnace (Dwight), see u. horno (2).<br />

CALCINA, concrete, see hormigon.<br />

CALCINACI6N, calcination, see chamuscar, quema (2), reverberation,<br />

torrefaction (1) ; comp. desecacion, tueste ; c. en pilar al aire litre,<br />

roasting in heaps (Ponce de Leon).<br />

CALCINAR, (l)to burn limestone,' etc., reducing it to quicklime<br />

calcine, syn. quemar"(2), see tases'comp. tostar.<br />

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