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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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Mineral mining
Pneumatic cartridge loader
Mining; General mining
A cartridge loader widely used for underwater blasting, for blasting without removing the overburden, and for long-hole blasting. It is also being used increasingly for tunnelling and other sorts of ...
Erinoid
Mining; General mining
A casein plastic used for moulding many common objects and possibly for inferior gem imitations; sp gr, about 1.33; refractive index, 1.53 to 1.54.
Set casing shoe
Mining; General mining
A casing shoe set with diamonds. Often used for a one-shot attempt to drill casing down through overburden to bedrock.
Casing-shoe bit
Mining; General mining
A casing shoe set with diamonds. Often used for a one-shot attempt to drill casing down through overburden to bedrock.
Pressure water loader
Mining; General mining
A cartridge loader in which compressed water, rather than compressed air, is used for loading underwater.
Brine well
Mining; General mining
A cased drill hole penetrating a salt formation through which water is introduced and brine pumped to the surface.
