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  • SME
    Arsenic Removal From Dilute Waste Streams

    By A. E. Isaacson, T. H. Jeffers

    The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) is investigating arsenic removal from dilute waters using a biological precipitation/chemical adsorption system. The method includes (1) inoculating water with ferrous

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME
    238U, 234U and 230Th In Uranium Miners’ Lungs

    By McDonald E. Wrenn, Narayani P. Singh, Victor E. Archer, Ceno Saccomanno

    Fourteen uranium miners' lungs from Colorado plateau were collected at autopsy and the concentrations of 238U, 234U and 230Th were determined by radiochemical procedures utilizing solvent extract

    Jan 1, 1981

  • SME
    TREATING HEAVY METALS IN MINE AND Mill WASTE USING ENVIROBOND™

    By Ali Sogue, Steven Schurman, R. Jensen

    This paper presents the results of the remediation of the Gregory Gulch #1 Superfund site, an EPA Clear Creek Superfund project located in central Colorado. The Gregory Gulch #1 site was an historic g

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SME
    Treatment of Sutter Gold Venture's Mine Water to Remove Arsenic with Activated Alumina

    By Terrence Chatwin, Michael Sweeney, Steve Accardo

    Sutter Gold Venture excavated an exploration decline into a mineralized zone in the Sutter Creek gold mining district. Delays in obtaining the conditional-use permit resulted in 7 to 10 million gallon

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME
    Fundamentals of Solid-Liquid Separation

    By Donald A. Dahlstrom

    INTRODUCTION Solid-liquid separation is an important and many times a critical step (or steps) in a mineral or coal processing plant. Some examples of typical critical separations are as follows:

    Jan 1, 1986

  • SME
    Visualized Geostatistical Analysis Of Nome Offshore Gold Placer Deposit Using ARCGIS - A Case Study

    By Huayang Luo, Hui Li, Wei Zhou, Gang Chen, Scott Huang

    Abundant beach and offshore resources of gold deposits are demonstrated along the coast of Alaska, and Nome is one of the richest places. Considerable amounts of mineral resources data were collect

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Excavation And Support Of Gatineau Shaft

    By William C. Cox, Ronald E. Heuer, Jean-Michel Loignon

    The Gatineau shaft described in this paper was an excavation of about 38 m diameter and 21 m depth constructed in Gatineau, Quebec, across the Ottawa River just north of Ottawa, Ontario. A large sewag

    Jan 1, 1983

  • SME
    Bacterial Gasification As An Alternative To Methane Drainage And Subsequent Extraction Of Coal

    By A. Gupta, S. C. Srivastava, K. K. Saroj

    Bacterial degasification of methane and conventional methane drainage for generation of power have become accepted practice. Comparative economies of both the techniques have been described. Authors h

    Jan 1, 1993

  • SME
    Treatment of Coal Mine Drainage with Constructed Wetlands

    By Robert S. Hedin, David M. Hyman

    Acid mine drainage (AMD) is a common water pollution problem on active and abandoned coal mine sites in the eastern United States. AMD forms when surface mining brings unweathered pyrite-containing ro

    Jan 1, 1989

  • SME
    By-products Generated By One Industry - Useful Material To Another Industry: Use Of Calcium Silicate And Magnesium Oxide Generated By Northwest Alloys For Treatment Of Acid Mine Waters

    By Victor C. Storhok, Batric Pesic, Marlyn D. Ballain

    No1ihwest Alloys produces magnesium from dolomite by reduction with ferrosilicon and aluminum. This process produces alkaline by-products in quantities that allow their consideration for use as commer

    Jan 1, 1998

  • SME
    Fuzzy Reliability Based Bow Tie Analysis of Coal Mine Water Inrush Risks

    By Cong Zhang, Huaying Wang, Yixin Wei

    "Water inrush is a serious geological accident in underground coal mines. This paper focuses on the method of the bow tie analysis based on fuzzy reliability to assess the risk of water inrush in coal

    Jan 1, 2017

  • SME
    Recovery Of Gold And Silver From Massive Sulfide Deposits

    By Clement K. Chase

    Although flotation is the generally accepted process employed to recover gold and silver as well as copper, lead, and zinc from primary sulfide ores, the metallurgical requirements for the treatment o

    Jan 1, 1986

  • SME
    Geomechanics And Geohydrological Issues In Mine Sealing

    By K. Fuenkajorn

    Geomechanics and geohydrological considerations for the seal design for mine openings are presented. Design guidelines derived from laboratory and in-situ experiments are proposed. The results suggest

    Jan 1, 1997

  • SME
    Effects Of Wetting Agents On Heap Leaching At Gold Fields

    By James R. Arnold

    Over the past few years several commercial wetting agents and drying aids have been tested in the lab and in the plant at Gold Fields Mining's operations at Mesquite and Ortiz. The major goal was

    Jan 1, 1988

  • SME
    Lean Manufacturing Principles And Their Applicability To The Mining Industry

    By Jon C. Yingling

    Lean manufacturing, pioneered by Toyota, has been credited with the most significant improvements in production efficiency and product quality since the transformation from craft manufacturing to mass

    Jan 1, 1999

  • SME
    Western Coal - Mine To Market

    By A. E. Michon

    My comments today are directed toward western coal and its impact on Burlington Northern. I will be discussing three major topics. These are: location and extent of mining activities, the flows of thi

    Jan 1, 1978

  • SME
    Short Course - Surface and Underground Mine Modeling With Computers

    By Betty L. Gibbs

    A short course, held during the SME Annual Meeting in Phoenix, AZ in February, focused on software for surface and underground mine modeling. The objectives of the short course were to review techniqu

    Jan 1, 1992

  • SME
    Development Of In Situ Leaching Of Boron

    By G. J. Hartman

    The Fort Cady in situ borate mining project involves recovery of boron from a mineral deposit located over 1400 feet below the surface. The resource recovery method is being developed using in situ mi

    Jan 1, 1997

  • SME
    Eco-Potpourri

    By James C. Gilliand

    Leo-potpourri, was selected as the title to this paper for several reasons. First, it is a fascinating word--not looking like it sounds or sounding like it looks. It also allows for a great degree of

    Jan 1, 1972

  • SME
    Petrographic Analysis Of Northern Indiana Carbonate Aggregates

    By N. B. Aughenbaugh

    A study was made to determine those petrographic parameters that are correlative with carbonate-aggregate quality as indicated by the Los Angeles abrasion and absorption tests. Samples collected at 28

    Jan 1, 1966