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At 13:54 17/08/2003 -0400, Lyle wrote: >A couple of terminology questions. What exactly are buddling and >killas? I've not been able to unequivocally work out their meanings >from the contexts. Buddle - device used with water to concentrate fine ore - see http://www.geocities.com/teammanley/Mineterms/DefinitionsB.htm Killas - Cornubian mineral province local term for rock that wasn't granite - principally Devonian sedimentaries - slates and shales - see http://www.cornwall.gov.uk/Environment/Geography/ab-ge01.htm John John Colby [log in to unmask] Lecturer, School of Computing, Faculty of Computing, Information and English F328a Feeney Building, University of Central England, Franchise Street Perry Barr, Birmingham B42 2SU phone +44 (0)121 331 6937 [log in to unmask] website http://www.colbyweb.co.uk