BACK: the roof of a horizontal opening such as an adit, drift or crosscut.

BONANZA: a rich body of ore.

BEDROCK: uppermost layer or segment (portion) of rock in place.

BREAST: the end, heading or working face of an adit, drift or crosscut.

CHIMNEY: a vertical ore body, tubelike in shape.

CHUTE: (ore) chute for transferring broken rock in a mine; usually from a stope to a haulage passage.

COBBING: hand sorting of ore.

COLLAR: top of a shaft or winze; the timbers or concrete at the upper end.

COLOR: a particle of free gold.

CONCENTRATOR: a device for separating and concentrating mineral from rock by mechanical means.