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  • NIOSH
    RI 9269 - Noise Test Report: Handheld Pneumatic Rotary Drill

    By Robert R. Stein

    Using an automated drill test fooure, the U.S. Bureau of Mines measured the sound power levels produced by a small, pneumatic, rotary roof drill. A series of tests was conducted to determine (1) the r

    Jan 1, 1989

  • NIOSH
    IC 7327 Processes For Making Barium And Its Alloys ? Introduction

    By W. J. Kroll

    Despite the fact that barium minerals are plentiful and widely distributed in nature, this element is one that we do not yet know how to prepare cheaply in metallic form. This is due to its chemical a

    Jan 1, 1945

  • NIOSH
    IC 6892 Review Of Literature On Effects Of Breathing Dusts With Special Reference To Silicosis - Part III-B - Chapter 5. Economic And Legal Aspects Of Dust Disease In Industry (Sections 3 And 4)

    By D. Harrington

    Part III-B, presented in this circular, completes the series reviewing the literature on effects of breathing dusts with special reference to silicosis; it includes data on the status and cost of comp

    Jan 1, 1936

  • SME
    A Stability Classification System for the Dragline Dump Slope "Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2021)"

    By Ashutosh Kumar Bharati, Rajesh Rai, B. K. Shrivastva, Arunava Ray

    Opencast mining method is one of the most productive mining methods available at present, which is generally associated with the removal and handling of a huge amount of overburden material. Hence it

    Feb 15, 2021

  • ISEE
    Flyrock: A Continuing Blast Safety Threat

    By Harry Verakis

    Flyrock is the second leading cause of all blasting related injuries in surface coal, metal and nonmetal mining operations. It is also a primary cause of property damage, monetary losses and “near mis

    Jan 1, 2011

  • NIOSH
    RI 5574 Hydrogenating Shale Oil And Catalytic Cracking Of Hydrogenated Stocks ? Summary

    By C. M. Frost

    Two Federal Bureau of Mines recycle hydrogenation experiments to prepare catalytic cracking feed stock were made at 3,000 pounds pressure with crude shale oil retorted from Green River (Colo.) shale i

    Jan 1, 1960

  • IMPC
    The application of selective flotation to obtain a high-arsenic or ?dirty? concentrate and its sub-sequent treatment by the alkaline leaching process is suggested.

    By S. Castro

    The aim of the present paper is to review the current technologies for arsenic removal in the copper metallurgical industry, and to show the progress made with some promising emerging strategies, invo

    Jan 1, 2014

  • NIOSH
    Carbonizing Properties - Eastern Kentucky Coals From Elkhorn No. 1, Elkhorn No. 2, Leatherwood, And Harlan Beds ? Introduction And Summary

    By J. D. Davis

    THIS report gives results of an investigation of the carbonizing properties of the following eastern Kentucky coals: Elkhorn No. I bed, No. 28 mine, Wayland, Floyd County; Elkhorn No. 2 bed, Turner No

    Jan 1, 1952

  • SME
    In Situ Assessment of the Effectiveness of an Undisturbed Single Driving Entry’s Relief Borehole in Coal Burst‑prone Seam - Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration (2021)

    By Qingwen Shi, Gang Xu, Shuwen Wang, Brijes Mishra

    Pressure relief borehole is one of the most effective methods to treat coal burst in deep-buried coal seams. However, due to the large amount of randomly distributed fractures in the coal body and the

    Oct 19, 2021

  • NIOSH
    RI 7379 Continuous Heavy Liquid Concentration Of Spodumene

    By R. B. Tippin

    To study continuous operation of the heavy liquid separation (HLS) of minerals, the Bureau of Mines concentrated spodumene from a typical ore. The studies included heavy liquid concentration, removal

    Jan 1, 1970

  • NIOSH
    OFR-64-76 Noise Control In Surface Mining Facilities: Chutes And Screens

    By E. E. Ungar

    The ways in which noise is generated and radiated by chutes and screens are described and corresponding noise control concepts are discussed. The amounts of noise reduction produced by applicable nois

    Jan 1, 1975

  • NIOSH
    RI 9169 - Coal Particle Pyrolysis Mechanisms and Temperatures

    By Martin Hertzberg

    This Bureau of Mines report analyzes diverse observations of the rates and mechanisms for the pyrolysis and devolatilization of coal and polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA). New data are presented for PMMA,

    Jan 1, 1988

  • IMPC
    Optimization of the design of AG Mill shell liners at the Gol-E-Gohar concentration plant

    By S. Banisi, A. Haji-Zadeh, H. Asadi, M. Maleki-Moghaddam

    One area in AG/SAG milling field which has received a great attention is the optimization of liner design for any application to increase the availability of mills. The Gol-E-Gohar iron ore concentrat

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Effects of mine strata thermal behavior and mine initial temperatures on mobile refuge alternative temperature

    By P. T. Bissert, L. Yan, M. D. Klein

    "Since 2008, the U.S. Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA) has required the installation of refuge alternatives (RAs) in underground coal mines (MSHA, 2008). MSHA requires that RAs provide an

    Apr 1, 2017

  • NIOSH
    RI 6482 Correlation of ASTM and Micum Coke Test Methods

    By G. W. Birge, D. E. Wolfson, J. G. Walters

    An investigation was conducted to determine the relationship between ASTM and Micum tumbler data and to develop equations that would enable the conversion of data from one test method for comparison w

    Jan 1, 1964

  • AIME
    20. The Geology and Ore Deposits of the Tri-State District of Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma

    By Paul R. Dingess, Edward H. Hare, Douglas C. Brockie

    Mining in the Tri-State district of Missouri, Kansas, and Oklahoma has been nearly continuous from about 1848 until the present day, although the major activity was from about 1880 to 1955. The distri

    Jan 1, 1968

  • CIM
    Roasting and Flotation Practice in the Lake Shore Mines Sulphide Treatment Plant: The Development of the Process, 1936-1946

    By J. E. Williamson

    Introduction 1. Factors on Which the Design of the Roaster Plant was Based The roasting operation at Lake Shore, it was realized from the outset, would be profitable only if costs and losses cou

    Jan 1, 1947

  • CIM
    A Review of the Geological Characteristics of 'Gold-Only' Deposits in the Superior Province of the Canadian Shield

    By C. Jay Hodgson, P. J. MacGeehan

    "Of the 135 current or past-producing 'gold-only' mines in the Superior Province of the Canadian Shield which have produced more than 100,000 tons of ore, the 33 mines which have produced one million

    Jan 1, 1982

  • ISEE
    Success in Advanced Blasting on the Basis of Sonicity -or- What a Blaster Should Know about Wave Dynamics in Rock!

    By H P. Rossmanith

    This contribution addresses the advanced blasting technology which is based on wave propagation theory and fracture mechanics. The new concept of sonicity and the principle of maximizing sonicity in b

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SME
    Long‑Distance Advanced Pre‑grouting Layer Flexible Reinforcement Mechanism and Its Application in Large Mining Height Coal Face

    By Shaoyang Yan, Xinming Chen, Huazhe Jiao, Huaibao Chu, Chang Wang

    In terms of the technical problems of rib spalling in large mining height coal face, a long-distance advanced pre-grouting layer flexible reinforcement technology is proposed in this paper. Based on t

    Sep 27, 2022