Cross-course
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Cross-course is a noun meaning (mining) A vein or lode that crosses the main lode, sometimes accompanied by a change of course in the main lode.
Meaning
(mining) A vein or lode that crosses the main lode, sometimes accompanied by a change of course in the main lode.
Example Sentences
The north section of the mine has also a crossback or cross-course, but the result at the crossing is so completely reversed that one is struck with astonishment to see the opposites in the same formation.
In this end the main part of the lode is probably missed, but the branch on which it is driving has a rather silver character; and as the cross-course is approached, it is not improbably that the silver may be met with here.
Williams's lode heaves the cross-course 4 feet towards the left-hand; the cross-course then intersects Trathan's lode, and at some levels heaves it towards the right-hand; and lastly, it heaves the Black lode 11 feet towards the left-hand.
Word Forms
- cross-courses
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include crossvein, leader, crossunder, cross-tunnel, mainline, cross channel.
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