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batea U.S. Mining.|bæˈtiːə|
[a. Sp. batea tray, trough.]
A shallow wooden vessel used in the washing of ores in California and Mexico.
1864S. Mowry Arizona & Sonora 44 In the rubbish which was thrown out of the old mine a comfortable subsistence is gained by washing in bateas [ed. 1859, battas]. 1874Raymond Sixth Rep. Mines 315 In these they wash the gravel and earth, by means of wooden bowls or Bateas. 1897Engineering Mag. XVI. 51 Wooden bateas about eighteen inches in diameter (probably used to carry the ore out of the mine). |