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A GLOSSARY OF THE MINING AND MINERAL INDUSTRY.
By ALBERT H. FAY.
INTRODUCTION.
This glossary is published by the Bureau of Mines as a contribu-
tion to the mining literature in the belief that it will fill a long-felt
need. It contains about 20,000 terms; these include both technical
and purely local terms related to metal mining, coal mining, quarry-
ing, petroleum, and natural gas, and metallurgical works; names
of useful, important, and common minerals and rocks; and.geological
terms. It presents in one comprehensive volume the available
standard, technical terms relating to the mining and mineral in-
dustry, as well as provincialisms that have been or are now in use in
English-speaking countries.
The glossary also includes many terms relating to ceramics and
the clay industry, glass making, foundry practice, railway and build-
ing construction, electrical installation and power-plant equipment,
and chemical terms relating to metallurgical practice. Complete
lists of terms for each of these allied industries are beyond the scope
of this glossary. Paleontological terms, although closely associated
with geology, are far removed from mining and metallurgical opera-
tions, and for this reason have been omitted.
i a compilation of this magnitude, it is difficult, within a reasonable
time to verify all definitions as to the latest usage. Much verifying
was done and it is hoped that the best and latest definitions have
been used. Reference to the publications cited will enable the reader
to determine approximately the period when the definition was used.
Definitions in use by engineers of high national or international
reputation are given first preference. When definitions from different
sources are the same, credit is given to the earlier author as being
the original or nearest to the original source. Immediately following
each term the name of the locality wherein the word is presumed to
have originated or is widely used is given, where such information is
available. The name of the author or source from which the defini-
tion was obtained follows the definition, and serves as a key to the
publications listed. The terms selected from the various glossaries
and publications examined have been compared with the Webster,
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Fay, Albert H. A Glossary of the Mining and Mineral Industry, report, 1920; Washington D.C.. (https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc12304/m1/3/: accessed April 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, UNT Digital Library, https://digital.library.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.