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ADIT
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A
horizontal passage into a mine, usually made in the side of a hill. The
ADIT is particularly valuable for extracting ore and waste rock, as it can
hold truck and railway lines. An ADIT emerging at the bottom of a valley will
be useful in draining a mine.
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BARYTES
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(pronounced
Bar – eye – teas) The mineral Barium Sulphate, also known as BARYTE
(pronounced Bar-ite). It is much denser than
other light coloured minerals. Barium Sulphate is used in making paint and
paper, and the Barium meals given before X rays in hospital.
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BUDDLE
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Device
used to separate lead ore from waste by using a flow of water.
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COUNTRY
ROCK
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The
rock surrounding a mineral vein. At Snailbeach the COUNTRY ROCK is the
Mytton Flags, Stiperstones Quartzite etc.
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DEADS
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Waste
rock, often stacked underground in worked out areas.
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DRESSING
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Sorting
the useful ore from other minerals. It may be done by hand and eye, or by
machine, such as the BUDDLE
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FLAT
RODS
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Horizontal
beams for transmitting the motion from a steam engine or water wheel to a
shaft, as used in Wagbeach Level
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FOOT
WALL
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Where
a mineral vein dips steeply, the FOOT WALL of a STOPE marks the lower side
of the vein.
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GALENA
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Lead
Ore, Lead Sulphide
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GIN
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Mechanical
device, an engine.
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HALVANS
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Ore
bearing rock mixed with waste rock. The Halvans Company reworked the old
tips to obtain discarded useful lead ore and Barytes.
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HANGING
WALL
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Where
a mineral vein dips steeply, the HANGING WALL of a STOPE marks the upper
side of the vein.
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JIGGER
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Or
JIG, a mechanical device for separating ore.
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KIBBLE
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Barrel
shaped iron bucket used to haul lead ore out of a mine.
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LEVEL
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Horizontal
underground passage in a mine, usually with rail tracks for carrying ore
and waste rock out of the mine
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LODE
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Ore
bearing rock
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MYTTON
FLAGS
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Thinly
bedded sandstones and shales in which mineral veins are found. They can easily
be split along bedding planes to make flagstones.
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OUTCROP
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The
place where a particular rock or mineral is found at the surface
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SHAFT
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Vertical
entrance to a mine
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STOPE
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Worked
out ore bearing vein, left as an underground cavity. An OPEN STOPE is one
which reaches the surface. STOPING is removing the wanted ore from a vein.
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SUMP
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The
lowest part of a mine, where water usually collects and which needs to be
drained.
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VEIN
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Sheet
like mineral formation within rock.
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WINZE
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Underground
shaft driven downwards
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