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Shale
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Shaly
Resembling shale in structure
Petroleum
hydrocarbon and natural gas existing in its natural condition in strata, but does not include coal or bituminous shales or other shales or other stratified deposits from which oil can be extracted by destructive distillation. [Petroleum (Production)
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Niagara period
the Niagara epoch mostly limestones are extensively distributed and at Niagara Falls consist of about eighty feet of shale supporting a greater thickness of limestone which is gradually undermined by the removal of the shale See Chart
Kerosene
An oil used for illuminating purposes formerly obtained from the distillation of mineral wax bituminous shale etc and hence called also coal oil It is now produced in immense quantities chiefly by the distillation
oil bearing
containing oils of geological formations as oil bearing shale
Porcelanite
A semivitrified clay or shale somewhat resembling jasper called also porcelain jasper
Coal mine
is prohibited, and their employment above ground carefully regulated. The Act applies to mines of coal, stratified ironstone, shale, and fire-clay. See also the (English) Coal Mines (Weighing of Minerals) Act, 1905 (5 Edw. 7, c. 9),
Coke
hard, porous, and grey, and has a submetallic lustre. Any similar substance left as a residue when petroleum, shale oil, etc. are distilled to dryness.' When the Parliament used the word 'coke' in s. 14(i) of the
marshal
marshal 1 : a ministerial officer appointed for each judicial district of the U.S. to execute the process of the courts and perform various duties similar to those of a sheriff 2 : a law officer...
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