A Glossary of Terms Used in Coal MiningE. & F.N. Spon, 1883 - 296 sider |
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... fire - man or deputy . ACREAGE RENT . Royalty or rent paid by the lessee for working and disposing of minerals at the rate of so much per acre . Very frequently this rent is calculated at so much per foot thick of the seam or mine per ...
... fire - man or deputy . ACREAGE RENT . Royalty or rent paid by the lessee for working and disposing of minerals at the rate of so much per acre . Very frequently this rent is calculated at so much per foot thick of the seam or mine per ...
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... fire - damp . Chiefly composed of carbonic gas . CO2 or carbon 27 per cent . + oxygen 73 acid gas . per cent . 2 AGENT . One to whom the general laying out and supervision of the workings is entrusted by the owner or lessee . He may ...
... fire - damp . Chiefly composed of carbonic gas . CO2 or carbon 27 per cent . + oxygen 73 acid gas . per cent . 2 AGENT . One to whom the general laying out and supervision of the workings is entrusted by the owner or lessee . He may ...
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... fire - damp . BACK - LYE ( S. ) . A siding or shunt on an under- ground tramway . BACK - OVERMAN ( N. ) . A man whose duty it is to see to the safety of a district of underground workings , and of the men working in it during the back ...
... fire - damp . BACK - LYE ( S. ) . A siding or shunt on an under- ground tramway . BACK - OVERMAN ( N. ) . A man whose duty it is to see to the safety of a district of underground workings , and of the men working in it during the back ...
Side 8
... fire - damp suddenly given off from the coal . BAG COAL . Coal put into coarse canvas bags and sold in small quantities . BAG OF FOULNESS ( N. ) . A cavity in a coal seam filled with fire - damp under a high pressure , which , when cut ...
... fire - damp suddenly given off from the coal . BAG COAL . Coal put into coarse canvas bags and sold in small quantities . BAG OF FOULNESS ( N. ) . A cavity in a coal seam filled with fire - damp under a high pressure , which , when cut ...
Side 13
... fire- damp may naturally be expected to be given off in the mine , causing risk of explosion , no work is carried on underground . BARREN GROUND . Strata unproductive of seams of coal , & c . , of a workable thickness . BARRIER . A ...
... fire- damp may naturally be expected to be given off in the mine , causing risk of explosion , no work is carried on underground . BARREN GROUND . Strata unproductive of seams of coal , & c . , of a workable thickness . BARRIER . A ...
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