Re: [Tagging] quarries in engineering

2010-11-22 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/11/22 Richard Moss : > on 05/11/2010  Martin Koppenhoefer wrote >>> On 11/5/10 11:05 AM, Richard Mann wrote: Gravel/sand/clay come from river beds, generally. Quarries are when you blast half a hill away. But I'm not an engineer... >>> >>> gravel around here comes from excavatin

[Tagging] quarries in engineering

2010-11-22 Thread Richard Moss
on 05/11/2010 Martin Koppenhoefer wrote > 2010/11/5 Richard Welty : >> On 11/5/10 11:05 AM, Richard Mann wrote: >>> >>> Gravel/sand/clay come from river beds, generally. Quarries are when >>> you blast half a hill away. >>> >>> But I'm not an engineer... >> >> gravel around here comes

Re: [Tagging] quarries in engineering

2010-11-06 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/11/6 John Smith : > On 6 November 2010 05:05, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: >> quarry, or would that be missleading? I know that these are all >> open-cast mines, but the wikipedia entry for quarry seems somehow not >> precise enough when it comes to delimiting the usage. > > The main difference

Re: [Tagging] quarries in engineering

2010-11-05 Thread John Smith
On 6 November 2010 05:05, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: > quarry, or would that be missleading? I know that these are all > open-cast mines, but the wikipedia entry for quarry seems somehow not > precise enough when it comes to delimiting the usage. The main difference between quarry and open [cut|c

Re: [Tagging] quarries in engineering

2010-11-05 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/11/5 Richard Welty : > it might initially confuse someone who had never > considered the question before but then there's lots > of stuff in the osm wiki like that. while that is true, I still hope we can do better now and in the future. > the operative issue is that you're digging a hole

Re: [Tagging] quarries in engineering

2010-11-05 Thread Richard Welty
On 11/5/10 3:05 PM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: thanks for all your comments so far. could a clay pit that is used only to excavate clay be put under quarry, or would that be missleading? I know that these are all open-cast mines, but the wikipedia entry for quarry seems somehow not precise enou

Re: [Tagging] quarries in engineering

2010-11-05 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
2010/11/5 Richard Welty : > On 11/5/10 11:05 AM, Richard Mann wrote: >> >> Gravel/sand/clay come from river beds, generally. Quarries are when >> you blast half a hill away. >> >> But I'm not an engineer... > > gravel around here comes from excavating in the sides of hills > that are actually piles

Re: [Tagging] quarries in engineering

2010-11-05 Thread Richard Welty
On 11/5/10 11:05 AM, Richard Mann wrote: Gravel/sand/clay come from river beds, generally. Quarries are when you blast half a hill away. But I'm not an engineer... gravel around here comes from excavating in the sides of hills that are actually piles of debris left by glaciers in a previous ice

Re: [Tagging] quarries in engineering

2010-11-05 Thread Richard Welty
On 11/5/10 10:47 AM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: Are there any native english speaking engineers (or someone otherwise into this topic) on this list? 1. I would like to know (besides what wikipedia:en states), whether gravel pits are comprised in "quarry". I'm quite sure that "rubble" is inside "

Re: [Tagging] quarries in engineering

2010-11-05 Thread john
] quarries in engineering From :mailto:richard.mann.westoxf...@gmail.com Date :Fri Nov 05 10:05:01 America/Chicago 2010 Gravel/sand/clay come from river beds, generally. Quarries are when you blast half a hill away. But I'm not an engineer... On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 2:47 PM, M∡rtin Koppenh

Re: [Tagging] quarries in engineering

2010-11-05 Thread Richard Mann
Gravel/sand/clay come from river beds, generally. Quarries are when you blast half a hill away. But I'm not an engineer... On Fri, Nov 5, 2010 at 2:47 PM, M∡rtin Koppenhoefer wrote: > Are there any native english speaking engineers (or someone otherwise > into this topic) on this list? > > 1. I

[Tagging] quarries in engineering

2010-11-05 Thread M∡rtin Koppenhoefer
Are there any native english speaking engineers (or someone otherwise into this topic) on this list? 1. I would like to know (besides what wikipedia:en states), whether gravel pits are comprised in "quarry". I'm quite sure that "rubble" is inside "quarry", but am not sure for "gravel". 2. What ab