Mineral Point tribune. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1854-1858, 1855-03-07
Mining Vocabulary.

tons, which we copy from the Galena -Adrertiser
will undoubtedly be interesting to portion our
readers
Adit-Adit- level-A horizontal excavation or
gallery through which the mine is drained The
aditevel is usually commenced from the bottom
of the lowest neighboring valley, and extended
through the working of the mine
Airmachine Apparatus for ventilating a
mine by Withdrawing the foul air from it, or by
forcing in pure air from the surface
Arch-A piece of ground left unworked near
a shaft.
Atte.-Rnbbsh; rock containing too little ore
to be worth working.
Back-The back of lode is that part of it
which is nearest the surface In relation to any
portion of the workings of the mine; thus the
back of the level is that part of the lode which
is above.
Bar-Term applied in Cornwall to a vein of a
different description of mineral crossing the lode
country.
Beat away-To excavate; term usually APP
piled to hard ground.
Bet-A seam or horizontal deposit of ore
Black jack.-Blende, sulphuret of zinc.
Blast.-The air introduced by the blowing APP
paratus into the furnace.
Branch.-A small vain which strikes out from
the main lode, or branches from it.
Budding -separating the ore from the mix
ture of earthly substance by means of 4 wooden
frame or cistern filled with water
Bunch "A small quantity OF ore in a compact
mass in the vein
Champion lode-The principal lode of a mine.
Cob-To break up the ore with hammers so
as to sort out the valuable portion of it.
Cockle.-Schor or block tourmaline
Comb-Ihe arrangement of the mineral con-
tents of the lode in parallel, crystalline masses
Countrywide strata or rock which the vein
traverse the rock in the neighborhood of the vein
Course-The direction of the vein
Cross course-A lode or vein which in.ersects
another at considerable angle, and which fire.
quently throws the first out of its course
Cross course spar-Radated quartz
Cross cut-A level driven at right angles with
another to intersect the lode.
Crop-The best ore.
Crop QUITO come to the surface refer
ring to strata.
Crush.-To grind the ores without water.
Cul.-To intersect by driving sinking
Coferng -Securing the shaft from the influx
of water by ramming clay, &c, around the sides
of the timber
Dead work-Work where the vein is not pro-
ductve, OF work which is done without obtaining
any ore.
Deads-Rubbish attic; veinstone barren Of
ore.
Dialling-Mining engineering; surveying
mine
Dropper-A branch which leaves the main lode.
Driving in horizontal direction:
opposite to sinking or excavating In a vertical
direction.
Drift-Horizontal excavation.
Dress-To clean the ore by breaking off frag-
ments of the gangue from the valuable ore
ngine-shaft-The shaft by which the water
is drawn from the lowest porting of the mine
Feeder.--A branch falling into the main lode
Fault-A sudden interruption of the continuity
of strata in the same place, accompanied by crack
or fssure of width varying from mere line to
several feet.
Flucan.-Decomposed, clayey matter, accom-
panying the slides and cross courses, and some-
times the lode itself
Foolwall.-The wall on the lower side of the
Lode
Gangue.-The n-metallierous portion of the
lode; the mineral substance accompanying the ore
Gad.-A pointed wedge of peculiar form hay-
ing its sides of parallel figure.
Gossan-Oxide of iron, intermxed with quartz.
generally found near the surface, in the lode or
accompanying it.
Ground-The rock which is adjacent to the
lode; the in which the lode occurs.
Gluph of ore.-A very large deposit of ore in
the lode.
Hanging wall.-The wall or side above the lode
contradistnction to the foot-wall.
Heave-The horizontal dlslocation which oc-
ours when one lode is intersected by another hav-
ing different direction
Horse The dead ground between two branch
es of a lode.
jogging thaie-Inclined board, and which is
made to move with sudden and quick motion,
used in washing the
Jig.-To separate the with riddle or wire
bottomed seive, the heavier substance sinking to
the bottom of the seiVe.
Junction-Pont where two VEINS or different
rocks unite
Kibble The bucket in which the ore and at
tie are sent to the surface.
Lander.-The man who attends at the mouth
of shaft to receive the ores as they are sent to the
surface.
Leader-A branch of the main vein.
Levels-GalleTes driven on the lode at various
depths generally at intervals of ten fathoms
Lifters-Wooden beams TO which the stamp
heads are fastened
Lode.--Regular vein producing ore
Needle.-A long taperng piece of copper used
in tamping the hole for blasting in order to leave
a cavity for inserting the saety-fuse
Pair.-Gang, or path of men.
Parcel.-A heap of ore ready for sale
Pass.-An opening left for letting down stuff to
the level
Peach-Chlorite
Pillar.-A piece of ground left to support the
hanging wall
of pumps and the drainage
PitWcrk The pumps and other apparatus of
the engine shaft
Point of the horse.-The spot where the lode
splits or divides in two parts
Back.-An inclined plane on which ores are
washed
Riddle-A sieve for washing the ores.
Run of Lode.-Its direction
Sett.-The portion of ground taken on lease for
mining purposes.
Shaft.-A vertical or inclined excavation in the
lode or through the country
Shelf-The solid rock
Shoding-Tracing the situation of a lode bv
means of the loose masses of ore and veinstone
which have been separated from it and scattered
IN lis neighborhood.
Sinklng--Excavating downwards in the shaft
SiIde-A vertical disocation of the lode.
Stockwork.-An assemblage of small irregular
strings of ore, which has regular form like a
true vein, but in which the seems to have been
disseminated through the assures in the rocks.
SpalIng-Breakngu up the rock into small pie.
ces for the purpose of separating the ore
StamP.-Io break up the and gangue by ma