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  2. Ringtail - Wikipedia

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    Globally, it is listed as Least Concern on the IUCN Red List [1] but is a Conservation Strategy Species in Oregon [2] and Fully Protected in California [3] The species is known by a variety of names, such as ring-tailed cat, miner's cat, civet cat, and cacomistle (or cacomixtle), though the last of these can refer to B. sumichrasti.

  3. Joy Global - Wikipedia

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    Continuous miners – electric, self-propelled digging machines that cut material using carbide-tipped bits on a horizontal rotating drum. Longwall shearers – a material-cutting machine that moves back and forth on an armored face conveyor running parallel to the coal or other material being mined.

  4. Coal mining - Wikipedia

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    During servicing, the "continuous" miner moves to another face. Some continuous miners can bolt and rock dust the face, two major components of servicing, while cutting coal, while a trained crew may be able to advance ventilation, to truly earn the "continuous" label. However, very few mines are able to achieve it. Most continuous mining ...

  5. Singareni Collieries Company - Wikipedia

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    Thus, the SCCL became a Government Company under the Companies Act in 1956. It is named after the village Singareni in Khammam district , Telangana where the coal mines are first noticed . The manner of extending financial assistance for expansion of SCCL by the Govt. of A.P., and the Govt. of India during V plan period was agreed upon in the ...

  6. Wildcatter - Wikipedia

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    A wildcatter is an individual who drills wildcat wells, which are exploration oil wells drilled in areas not known to be oil fields. [1] Notable wildcatters include Glenn McCarthy, Thomas Baker Slick Sr., Mike Benedum, Joe Trees, Clem S. Clarke, and Columbus Marion Joiner; Joiner is responsible for finding the East Texas Oil Field in 1930.

  7. Roadheader - Wikipedia

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    A typical roadheader. A roadheader, also called a boom-type roadheader, road header machine, road header or just header machine, is a piece of excavating equipment consisting of a boom-mounted cutting head, a loading device usually involving a conveyor, and a crawler travelling track to move the entire machine forward into the rock face.

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  9. General Mining Act of 1872 - Wikipedia

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    "My claim, Sir!" A prospector defends his claim at the Comstock Lode, 1861.. Miners and prospectors in the California Gold Rush of 1849 found themselves in a legal vacuum. . Although the US federal government had laws governing the leasing of mineral land, the United States had only recently acquired California by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and had little presence in the newly acquired ...