A Glossary of Terms Used in Coal MiningE. & F.N. Spon, 1883 - 296 sider |
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... weights attached to the drum of a winding engine , to assist the engine in lifting the load out of the pit bottom , and in helping it to slacken speed when the cage reaches the sur- face . It consists often of a bunch of heavy chains ...
... weights attached to the drum of a winding engine , to assist the engine in lifting the load out of the pit bottom , and in helping it to slacken speed when the cage reaches the sur- face . It consists often of a bunch of heavy chains ...
Side 10
... weight up to 15 or 20 cwt . BALLSTONES ( N. S. ) Ancient term for ironstone . BALNSTONE ( N. ) . Stone or rock forming the roof . BAND ( S. S. ) . 1. A winding rope or chain . 2. A seam or thin stratum of stone , & c . , often inter ...
... weight up to 15 or 20 cwt . BALLSTONES ( N. S. ) Ancient term for ironstone . BALNSTONE ( N. ) . Stone or rock forming the roof . BAND ( S. S. ) . 1. A winding rope or chain . 2. A seam or thin stratum of stone , & c . , often inter ...
Side 15
... weight = 2 cwt . occa- sionally used in East Lancashire . BASKETS ( S. S. ) . Shallow pans into which small is raked by fillers for loading into tubs . BASS . Black carbonaceous shale . BASSET . 1. Outcrop , which see . 2. Shallow or ...
... weight = 2 cwt . occa- sionally used in East Lancashire . BASKETS ( S. S. ) . Shallow pans into which small is raked by fillers for loading into tubs . BASS . Black carbonaceous shale . BASSET . 1. Outcrop , which see . 2. Shallow or ...
Side 22
... weight . BLOWER . 1. A sudden emission or outburst of fire- damp in a mine , the gas generally coming out of the coal . They frequently continue to blow ( 2 ) for many days or weeks . The pressure of the gas is at first not unfrequently ...
... weight . BLOWER . 1. A sudden emission or outburst of fire- damp in a mine , the gas generally coming out of the coal . They frequently continue to blow ( 2 ) for many days or weeks . The pressure of the gas is at first not unfrequently ...
Side 27
... weights in a pit . Fig . 20 . Fig . 19 . An appliance for raising heavy BOTTOM . The bottom of the shafts and roadways , & c . , near the shafts . BOTTOMER . The person who loads the cages at the pit bottom , and gives the signals to ...
... weights in a pit . Fig . 20 . Fig . 19 . An appliance for raising heavy BOTTOM . The bottom of the shafts and roadways , & c . , near the shafts . BOTTOMER . The person who loads the cages at the pit bottom , and gives the signals to ...
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apparatus bank bars beds blasting borehole boring rods brattice butty cage carried chain clay cloth Clunch coal measures coal seam Coal-field colliery constructed crown 8vo cylinder débris diameter drift driven drum edition empty engine plane explosion face fault feet fire fire-damp fixed floor furnace goaf ground haulage heading hole horse inbye inches inclined plane iron iron pyrites ironstone kind Kirving length load long-wall lower machinery minerals mines P. L. SIMMONDS pillar of coal pipe pit bottom pit-shaft plates prop pulley pumps raised rock roof running safety lamp sandstone seam of coal self-acting shale short side sinking pit slack solid coal sprags stall steam stone strata stratum surface thickness thin timber tool trams Treatise tubs underclay underground road upcast shaft ventilation vertical wagons wall wedging crib weight wheels winding engine winding rope wooden yards
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