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The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) was the primary United States Government agency conducting scientific research and disseminating information on the extraction, processing, use, and conservation of mineral resources.
Founded on May 16, 1910, through the Organic Act (Public Law 179), USBM's missions ...
On a dredge, steel tubes pointed at the bottom and provided with lifting tackle at the top that are used to hold and to move the dredge.
Industry:Mining
On a dump truck, a heavy metal shield extending up from the front wall of the body and forward over the cab.
Industry:Mining
On a fault, the distance between two formerly adjacent points on either side of the fault, measured on the fault surface or parallel to it. It defines both the direction and relative amount of displacement.
Industry:Mining
On a revolving shovel, the brake that stops and holds the drag (digging) drum.
Industry:Mining
On a temperature-composition diagram, the locus of points in a system at temperatures above which solid and liquid are in equilibrium and below which the system is completely solid. In binary systems without solid solutions, it is a straight line; in binary systems with solid solutions, it is a curved line or a combination of straight and curved lines; in ternary systems, it is a flat plane or a curved surface.
Industry:Mining
On a wagon drill, a guide to hold the starting steel in proper alignment.
Industry:Mining
On account of shear strain, the longitudinal tensile or compressive bending stress in wide beam flanges diminishes with the distance from the web or webs; this stress diminution is called shear lag.
Industry:Mining
On an inclined belt conveyor system, a brake that comes automatically into use in the event of power failure, thus preventing the loaded belt from running downward and piling up rock.
Industry:Mining
