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GALERIE ROCHER [1 record]

Record 1 2015-02-20

English

Subject field(s)
  • Mine Passages
DEF

A drift excavated in rock, as from the surface down to a coal seam.

OBS

drift: ... horizontal openings in or near an ore body, parallel to the course of its long dimension ...

PHR

Dipping stone drift, rising stone drift.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Galeries et soles (Mines)
CONT

Les galeries en couche sont tracées dans la couche entre toit et mur. Une galerie au rocher n'est pas creusée dans la couche. Une galerie au rocher peut être tracée dans les terrains du mur d'une couche dont le toit est trop mauvais [...]. Les galeries au rocher coûtent plus cher de creusement que les galeries en couche, mais demandent moins d'entretien.

PHR

Galerie montante au rocher.

Key term(s)
  • montant au rocher

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Galerías (Minas)
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