drift

Serbian translation: hodnik, rov

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English term or phrase:drift
Serbian translation:hodnik, rov
Entered by: Ana_pg

22:33 Jan 4, 2014
English to Serbian translations [PRO]
Tech/Engineering - Geology
English term or phrase: drift
The deposit was explored from 1946 to 1967 by the method of exploration adits, drifts and raises. The ore body was opened by six exploration adits from the surface and two drift levels (1,045) and (1,114). Mining proceeded using the method of room and pillar. Waste rock was deposited freely on the ground surface in waste heaps with a thickness of several tens of meters.
Ana_pg
Local time: 11:52
hodnik, rov
Explanation:
drift - hodnik, ref. Rudarski rečnik, Rudarski Institut, Beograd

drift - hodnik ili rov po žili, u smeru ili paralelno sa žilom - ref. Rudarsko-geološki r., S. Verbič

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/171572/drift
All horizontal or subhorizontal development openings made in a mine have the generic name of drift. These are simply tunnels made in the rock, with a size and shape depending on their use—for example, haulage, ventilation, or exploration. A drift running parallel to the ore body and lying in the footwall is called a footwall drift, and drifts driven from the footwall across the ore body...
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hodnik, rov


Explanation:
drift - hodnik, ref. Rudarski rečnik, Rudarski Institut, Beograd

drift - hodnik ili rov po žili, u smeru ili paralelno sa žilom - ref. Rudarsko-geološki r., S. Verbič

http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/171572/drift
All horizontal or subhorizontal development openings made in a mine have the generic name of drift. These are simply tunnels made in the rock, with a size and shape depending on their use—for example, haulage, ventilation, or exploration. A drift running parallel to the ore body and lying in the footwall is called a footwall drift, and drifts driven from the footwall across the ore body...

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