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German to English Mining & Minerals / Gems Translation Glossary

German term		English translation
Reißraupe		track-type tractor / tracked vehicle / dozer with ripper
Restloch		mining lake
Schachtweitungsbau		shaft enlargement
Schüttgewicht		(apparent) density
Schüttlage		Fill layer
Schießschwaden		afterdamp, black damp
Schlangen-Jaspis		snakeskin jasper
Schleiftrog		grindstone trough	Teresa Reinhardt
Entered by: Teresa Reinhardt
Schutzwallschüttung		protection embankment fill
Schweben einiger Abbaue		the roofs of several workings
Schwertwäsche		log washer
Schwimmgreiferanlagen		floating grab dredgers	Ted Wozniak
Entered by: Ted Wozniak
Setzen des Ausbaubogens		putting the stope support in place
Setzlast		setting load
Silvias Seele (Please read the context)		the quintessence of Silvia / heart and soul
Steinbesatz		stone settings/set (gem)stones
Steinbruchs-Berufsgenossenschaft		statutory accident insurance organisation for the quarrying industries	Steffen Walter
Entered by: Steffen Walter
Steinfasser		gem setter
Stollen		drift or gallery	Hannah Gunasingh
Entered by: Hannah Gunasingh
Streblänge		face length
Sturzabbau		debris avalanche mode quarrying
Tagebauabschnitt		excavation segment in open cast mine
Tagebaulöcher		open cast (mining) pits
Tagebaurestloch		abandoned quarry/opencast mine
Tageriss		quarry plan
Teckel		kiln car
translozieren		move, translocate
Trockenschnitt		dry average	Ken McKerrow
Entered by: Ken McKerrow
Ulmen		tunnel side walls	Steffen Walter
Entered by: Steffen Walter
Versatz im Salinar		stowed in salt
Verstärkungsladung		booster charge
von ca. 150m auf Geländehöhe		from approx. 150m to ground level
vor der Hacke ist es dunkel		dig at your own peril /no one knows where the pickaxe might lead
Vorsatzfernrohr		telescope adaptor
wahrhaftig durchs Feuer gegangen		have literally been through fire
Wendelkristallen		spiral crystals
Wetterüberhauen		Ventilation raises	Emily Plank
Entered by: Emily Plank

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