a. See: bailer; calyx. b. Tubular container equipped with auger or other-type cutting edges used to make borings in earthy or soft formation by rotary methods. Long c. An open-top can, equipped with a bail, used to hoist broken rock or water and to lower supplies and equipment to workers in a mine shaft or other underground opening. Long d. One of the conveying units on a bucket conveyor that lifts the material from a boot or bin when passing over the lower sprocket and is dumped on passing over the upper sprocket. The bucket is often made of perforated metal so that water entrapped will pass through the perforations and back to the boot. Zern e. A part of an excavator that digs, lifts, and carries dirt. Nichols, 1 f. The dipper or scoop at the end of the arm of a bucket dredge. Webster 3rd Source: Dictionary of Mining, Mineral, and Related Terms
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