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TIR GRANDS FOURNEAUX [1 record]
Record 1 - internal organization data 2000-09-13
Record 1, English
Record 1, Subject field(s)
- Blasting Work (Mining)
Record 1, Main entry term, English
- coyote blasting
1, record 1, English, coyote%20blasting
correct
Record 1, Abbreviations, English
Record 1, Synonyms, English
- coyote-hole blasting 2, record 1, English, coyote%2Dhole%20blasting
correct
- tunnel blasting 3, record 1, English, tunnel%20blasting
correct
- gopher hole blasting 4, record 1, English, gopher%20hole%20blasting
- gopher-hole blasting 5, record 1, English, gopher%2Dhole%20blasting
Record 1, Textual support, English
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
A term applied to the method of blasting in which large charges are fired in small adits or tunnels driven, at the level of the floor, in the face of a quarry or slope of an open-pit mine. 5, record 1, English, - coyote%20blasting
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 OBS
Coyote blasting is best adapted to faces from 80 to 175 ft. high, where the surface is irregular and where a large tonnage of rock is to be broken at one blast. In high banks, the use of supplementary churn drill holes, about one-third the depth of the face, gives a more regular line of break. 4, record 1, English, - coyote%20blasting
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 2 OBS
coyote-hole blasting: American term for quarry blasting in chambers. 6, record 1, English, - coyote%20blasting
Record 1, French
Record 1, Domaine(s)
- Travail aux explosifs (Exploitation minière)
Record 1, Main entry term, French
- sautage par coyote
1, record 1, French, sautage%20par%20coyote
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Abbreviations, French
Record 1, Synonyms, French
- tir par grands fourneaux 1, record 1, French, tir%20par%20grands%20fourneaux
correct, masculine noun
- abattage par grands fourneaux 2, record 1, French, abattage%20par%20grands%20fourneaux
correct, masculine noun
Record 1, Textual support, French
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 DEF
Méthode de sautage qui consiste à creuser une galerie à flanc de montagne, à y placer des explosifs et à procéder au sautage. 1, record 1, French, - sautage%20par%20coyote
Record number: 1, Textual support number: 1 CONT
Abattage par grands fourneaux.- Cette méthode consiste à creuser au pied de la carrière normalement à la paroi d'une galerie de 1 à 2 m² de section et d'une profondeur égale au moins à la moitié de la hauteur du front, et ensuite à l'extrémité de celle-ci et à angle droit, deux galeries de même section au fond desquelles on place des charges importantes d'explosif qu'on isole par des bourrages soignés [...] 2, record 1, French, - sautage%20par%20coyote
Record 1, Key term(s)
- abatage par grands fourneaux
Record 1, Spanish
Record 1, Textual support, Spanish
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