Re: Loading from an ore bin (pics)
| January 28, 2016 01:52PM |
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Fritz Klinke Wrote:
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> Just for the heck of the semantics question, and
> not discounting Sam's earlier remarks, but I sat
> through a long town meeting Tuesday here in
> Silverton about the Gold King mine disaster with
> numerous mine owners, mining engineers, former
> miners, etc, and the word adit was frequently used
> to describe the surface opening of a mine tunnel
> and since I was tuned into the question, not once
> was the word tunnel used.
Fritz, in the places I worked, Adit was used freely, also. I have never lived or worked in Utah, which is Sam's bailiwick ..... there are always some regional variations in terms used (see my mention of Homestake Mine.)
If there are any Rabbis on here, please note that I am not "Anti-Semantic...."
Skip Luke
Switchman (ret): Grand Canyon Railway;
Engineer (ret): Georgetown Loop RR Inc., Sumpter Valley Ry., Monticello & Sangamon Valley;
Dispatcher(ret): Illinois Central, White Pass & Yukon, Burlington Northern Ry.
Mariner, Musician, Miner
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> Just for the heck of the semantics question, and
> not discounting Sam's earlier remarks, but I sat
> through a long town meeting Tuesday here in
> Silverton about the Gold King mine disaster with
> numerous mine owners, mining engineers, former
> miners, etc, and the word adit was frequently used
> to describe the surface opening of a mine tunnel
> and since I was tuned into the question, not once
> was the word tunnel used.
Fritz, in the places I worked, Adit was used freely, also. I have never lived or worked in Utah, which is Sam's bailiwick ..... there are always some regional variations in terms used (see my mention of Homestake Mine.)
If there are any Rabbis on here, please note that I am not "Anti-Semantic...."
Skip Luke
Switchman (ret): Grand Canyon Railway;
Engineer (ret): Georgetown Loop RR Inc., Sumpter Valley Ry., Monticello & Sangamon Valley;
Dispatcher(ret): Illinois Central, White Pass & Yukon, Burlington Northern Ry.
Mariner, Musician, Miner
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