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  • NIOSH
    RI 5426 Practical Evaluation Of Electrical-Resistivity Surveys As A Guide To Zinc-Lead Exploratory Drilling. Badger-Peacock Camp And Vicinity, Cherokee County, Kans. - Summary

    By L. C. Brichta

    During a study of the Badger-Peacock area from October 1950 to June 1953, the Federal Geological Survey and the Federal Bureau of Mines completed nearly 98 miles of resistivity profiling and drilled 9

    Jan 1, 1958

  • SME
    Comparing Tracer Gas Sampling Methods In Underground Mines Using Solid-Phase Microextraction (SPME) Fibers

    By R. Patterson

    Tracer gas sampling methods are useful for monitoring ventilation systems, especially in remote or inaccessible areas, and can be utilized for analysis of the ventilation system immediately following

    Jan 1, 2011

  • AUSIMM
    Improvement strategies for accurate underground drilling and blasting effectiveness at the Barrick Kibali Gold Mine

    By F M. Senda

    This paper highlights strategies used at the Barrick operated Kibali Gold Mine (KGM) to improve the drilling accuracy and blasting effectiveness for longhole open stoping. The mine currently uses Solo

    Mar 29, 2023

  • AUSIMM
    Recovery Improvement Project for the Ridgeway Concentrator at Newcrest's Cadia Valley Operations

    By F Cesnik

    The past few years has seen a concerted effort to improve the recovery of gold along with its co-product copper from the æhigh-gradeÆ Ridgeway concentrator at Newcrest Mining LtdÆs Cadia Valley Operat

    Jan 1, 2007

  • NIOSH
    RI 3268 Progress Reports - Metallurgical Division - 10. Mineral Physics Studies

    By R. S. Dean

    "Applied Mineral Physics, by R. S. Dean.- This is an introduction to the seven papers that follow. It discusses the practical aspects of mineral physics and outlines the theo¬retical viewpoint underly

    Feb 1, 1935

  • SME
    Remediation of the Falls of Ground in a Water Conveyance Tunnel - NAT2024

    By Amir Karami, Scott Munro

    This paper focuses on remediation of a 3.6 km long water conveyance tunnel that suffered two large falls of ground (FoGs), one of which subsequently progressed to the ground surface, resulting in full

    Jun 23, 2024

  • DFI
  • AUSIMM
    A Review of Spontaneous Combustion Incidents

    Heatings, fires and explosions in New South Wales (NSW) and Queensland coal mines since 1972, are reviewed. Geological and mine settings are outlined. Where available, gas analysis and critical decisi

    Jan 1, 2005

  • NIOSH
    Identifying sources of respirable quartz and silica dust in underground coal mines in southern West Virginia, western Virginia, and eastern Kentucky

    By Steven J. Schatzel

    Prior research has suggested that the source of respirable silica dust in underground coal mines is typically the immediate top or bottom lithology adjacent to the mined seam, not mineral matter bound

    Jan 1, 2009

  • AUSIMM
    Required Cooling System Capacities for Extended Longwall Panels at a Bowen Basin Mine

    By M S. Kizil, T OÆConnor

    It is predicted that underground coal mines in the Bowen Basin will have a significant rise in heat problems as mines aim to increase production, depth of extraction and length of longwall panels. At

    Jul 1, 2013

  • ABM
    Estudo Sobre A Nucleação E Crescimento De Nódulos De Grafita Em Ferros Fundidos Nodulares

    By André de Albuquerque Vicente

    Foram estudadas três corridas comerciais de ferro fundido nodular. Para produção das corridas, partiu-se do mesmo metal base e utilizou-se a mesma liga nodularizante. Cada uma das corridas foi feita c

    Aug 17, 2017

  • AIME
    Production - Domestic - Petroleum Development in Oklahoma in 1936

    By H. E. Rorschach

    Oil-field activities in Oklahoma made 1936 the best year since 1930. Approximately 2800 wells were completed, an increase of about 20 per cent over 1935. Purchasers' reports filed with the Corpor

    Jan 1, 1937

  • NIOSH
    RI 4918 Taconite Fragmentation

    By Vernon C. Davis

    In initial attempts to mine taconite by conventional open-pit methods, the material tended to break into tabular blocks that were too large to be handled by conventional shovel dippers and were unsati

    Jan 1, 1953

  • SME
    Investigation of Cobalt Sulfate Precipitation by Alcohol and Influencing Factors

    By M. Hakan Morcali, Onuralp Yücel, Haldun Gürcan, Serdar Aktas, Semih Özbey, Alper Keskin

    "This work presents a method for the precipitation of cobalt sulfate by alcohols, specifically ethanol and methanol. The effect of the initial concentration of cobalt, the volumetric ratio of alcohol

    Jan 1, 2015

  • AIME
    New York Paper - The Iron Mines of the Sierra Menera District of Spain

    By A. S. Callen

    These iron mines of Spain are located on the mountain ridge forming the boundary between the Teruel and Guadalajara provinces, called Sierra Menera. They form a property of 25 mines extending over an

    Jan 1, 1916

  • SME
    Evaluation Of Sulfuric Acid Baking And Leaching Of Enargite Concentrates (cd60e9ae-f80c-4398-aceb-8e04118636df)

    By M. S. Safarzadeh

    Over the last fifty years, the treatment of enargite concentrates has not received much attention, primarily because of the availability of other clean concentrates suitable for processing with existi

    Nov 1, 2011

  • ISEE
    Water Overpressure Monitoring during an Arctic Winter

    By Jeff Peterson, Alastair Grogan

    During the winter of 2001/2002, a number of seismic exploration projects were carried out in the Mackenzie River Delta area of the Northwest Territories, in Canada. The purpose of the seismic projects

    Jan 1, 2003

  • CIM
    Highwall mining technology— A review of current status and design methods

    By N. R. Thote, J. L. Porathur, C. P. Verma

    Highwall mining is a highly mechanized coal mining method associated with several advantages, such as a very high production rate (approximately 3,000 t/d) and low production costs. There is no requir

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Design Aspects Governing Disc Cutters and Cutterheads of Hard Rock TBM—A Review - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2024)

    By V. M. S. R. Murthy, Biswaraj Dash, Somnath Chattopadhyaya

    Tunnel boring machine (TBM) has been in focus for the last few decades and is currently the most preferred excavation method for metro, hydro and irrigation tunnels. Tunnelling in hard and abrasive ro

    Jan 31, 2024

  • AUSIMM
    Coalmine Pillar Design and Performance during Mechanised Pillar Extraction in India

    By I D. Gregson, A S. Garcia, K M. MacAndrew

    The design work undertaken by Rock Mechanics Technology (now part of Golder Associates (Golder)) has played a major part in successfully establishing mechanised room and pillar working in Indian coalm

    Nov 5, 2014