Glossary of Mining Terms
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S
Sag Mill
Sample
Sampling
Satellite Deposit
Secondary Deposit
Shaft
Shrinkage Stoping
Sill
Slip
Sluicing/Sluice Box
Smelting
Spoil
Spot Price
Square Set Stoping
Stockpile
Stope
Stoping Width
Strake/Strake Table
Strike
Stripping Ratio
Sub-Level Caving
Sub-Level Stoping
Sub-Vertical Shaft
Sulphide Ore
Sump
Survey
Swap
Sweepings
Syncline
A shallow pit or shallow wooden box used for washing and concentrating alluvial gold ore in placer operations.
About Precious Metals.com 2005
