- 行业: Mining
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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 ...
One who operates the loading device of any type of conveyance equipped with a selfloading head for the mechanical underground loading of coal or other mineral.
Industry:Mining
One who or that which tempers; specif., a machine for mingling and thoroughly working potter's clay, brick clay, mortar, plaster, or other materials.
Industry:Mining
One who refines gold and silver in a type of reverberatory furnace known as a cupel.
Industry:Mining
One who removes coal left adhering to the floor by a coal-cutting machine.
Industry:Mining
One who studies clastic deformation, flow, and rupture of constituent materials of the Earth's crust and mantle to make deductions concerning the forces causing these deformations (changes).
Industry:Mining
One who studies seismic, gravitational, electrical, thermal, radiometric, and/or magnetic phenomena to investigate geological phenomena, such as structure and composition of the Earth, forces causing movement and warping of surface, origin and activity of glaciers and volcanoes, and the location and cause of earthquakes; charts ocean currents and tides; takes measurements concerning shape and movements of Earth, and acoustic, optical, and electrical phenomena in the atmosphere; and locates petroleum and mineral deposits.
Industry:Mining
One who supervises the feeding and maintenance of glass-melting furnaces (tanks), and the operation of reheating ovens (lehrs) for fire-glazing glass articles. Directs unloading and storage of raw materials and crushing and washing of waste glass (cullet) used as ingredients in the manufacture of new glass.
Industry:Mining
