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Mineral mining
The extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the earth for economic interests.
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Metal bath
Mining; General mining
A bath, such as of mercury or tin, employed for chemical processes requiring high temperatures.
Wind beam
Mining; General mining
A beam incorporated into a structure for the sole purpose of resisting wind pressure.
Trussed beam
Mining; General mining
A beam of timber or other material that is stiffened so as to reduce deflection.
Camber
Mining; General mining
A beam, bar, or girder bent like a bow, with the hump towards the strata.
Incompetent bed
Mining; General mining
A bed that, in a particular case of folding, has yielded to the lateral pressure by plastic adjustment and flow. This may result in the bedding being thrown into complex structures or in the ...
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