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Record 1 2011-08-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
  • Ore Extraction and Transport
DEF

A machine for loading broken rock (ore or waste) at a working place in a mine.

CONT

Scoop trams are employed using a drawpoint to extract the ore from the stope. After a majority of the ore is extracted at the drawpoint, a remote controlled scoop tram directed by the operator from outside the excavation, enters the stope to muck the remaining ore.

OBS

[The scooptram] nowadays, tends to be trackless.

OBS

A tram with a scoop. From "tram", a truck (trackless) or car (on tracks) to carry loads in mines, and "scoop", the bucket of a dredge designed to load coal, earth, etc. [From the Gage Canadian Dictionary, the Webster's Dictionary and the Random House Dictionary.]

PHR

Scooptram operator.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
  • Extraction et transport du minerai
DEF

Camion ou wagon muni d'un godet et servant au chargement du minerai dans une mine en vue de son transport vers l'affinerie.

OBS

On dit «wagon à godet» si le véhicule est sur rail, «benne à godet» s'il est autonome. Un «godet» est la pelle d'une drague ou d'une excavatrice.

PHR

Conducteur de wagon à godet.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y herramientas (Explotación minera)
  • Extracción y transporte de minerales
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Record 2 2005-06-14

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mining Equipment and Tools
  • Ore Extraction and Transport
DEF

A wheeled vehicle used for the conveyance of coal or ore along the gangways or haulage roads of a mine.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Outillage et équipement (Exploitation minière)
  • Extraction et transport du minerai
DEF

[Petit chariot] qui sert au transport des schistes ou du charbon dans les galeries.

CONT

Les produits abattus sont évacués jusqu'au puits d'extraction [...] par convoyeurs, par trains de berlines, ou par camions [...]

OBS

On écrirait mieux «charriot».

OBS

charriot : Cette graphie, puisée des Rectifications de l'orthographe recommandées par le Conseil supérieur de la langue française, est attestée dans le Petit Robert (2004).

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Equipo y herramientas (Explotación minera)
  • Extracción y transporte de minerales
DEF

Vagón pequeño, generalmente basculante, que se emplea para el transporte de [...] minerales [...]

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