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
The process of removing small traces of gold and ore which can be found in the cracks and crevices of the mine stope, which can be high grade material.
About Precious Metals.com 2005