Talk:Pinge

Halde mounds

This sentence in the section headed 'Types' makes no sense to me: "The Pinge is usually surrounded by a ring-shaped mound (German: Halde) as a result of the subsidence of the surface of the terrain" How exactly does subsidence cause a mound? Surely the mound is debris thrown up by miners around the rim of the hole being excavated - as witnessed in many a former British mining landscape. cheers Geopersona (talk) 08:11, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

Thanks for asking. The statement is sourced and there are other sources making the same point without, however, elaborating on it. So more research is needed. Bermicourt (talk) 12:15, 22 July 2020 (UTC)

In fact the given reference (6) states (in German): Die ringförmigen Halden bildeten sich aus der Ablagerung von taubem Gestein. which Google translates as 'The ring-shaped heaps were formed from the deposit of deaf rock.' - no mention of connection with collapse/subsidence. One imagines that 'deaf' in this context is an incorrect translation - I'd venture it should be rendered as 'waste' - the original German word may be a typo, unless a German scholar knows better. I note that halde translates as 'dump' or stockpile - very much supporting my suggestion. What are the 'other sources' you refer to? Geopersona (talk) 13:43, 23 July 2020 (UTC).

'Deaf' is a literal translation of taub. In a mining context, it refers as you suggest, to the 'waste' material that doesn't contain any ore.

I suspect the original German in the statement in question is worded incorrectly; I think it is intending to use an adjectival phrase i.e. Die durch die abgesenkte Oberfläche Pinge ist in der Regel mit einer ringförmigen Halde umgeben. Either way, I've re-ordered the English to make sense. Thanks for spotting this. Bermicourt (talk) 17:58, 23 July 2020 (UTC)

Most welcome. thanks Geopersona (talk) 06:37, 24 July 2020 (UTC)