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United States Bureau of Mines
Industry: 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 ...
A pin-to-pin adapter used to connect a rod of one size to one of a larger or smaller size.
Industry:Mining
A pipe bend at the bottom of a shaft column or rising main fitted with a horizontal base sufficiently strong for the weight of the rising main to rest upon it.
Industry:Mining
A pipe bend at the bottom of a shaft column or rising main fitted with a horizontal base sufficiently strong for the weight of the rising main to rest upon it.
Industry:Mining
A pipe elbow with male threads on one end, female on the other.
Industry:Mining
A pipe for leading combustion gases from the mouth of a blast furnace to a hot-blast stove.
Industry:Mining
A pipe formed in sedimentary rocks, filled with sand.
Industry:Mining
A pipe inserted in a seal to relieve gas pressure from a sealed area.
Industry:Mining
A pipe laid on the surface before building a fill that buries it.
Industry:Mining
A pipe of sufficient length to lower the temperature of hot gases before the gases enter a furnace.
Industry:Mining
A pipe or flexible tube conducting cuttings-laden air or gas from the collar of a borehole to a point far enough removed from the drill rig to keep the air around the drill dust free.
Industry:Mining