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  • CIM
    Measurements of Colloidal Forces between an AFM Probe and Nanoparticles Deposited on a Substrate

    By J. Drelich

    We report structural forces measured for 10 nm silica particles deposited on alumina substrate and 5-80 nm alumina particles on mica using atomic force microscopy technique. For nanoparticles forming

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SME
    Part 2: Advanced Coal Cleaning

    By Roe-Hoan Yoon

    INTRODUCTION In 1960, coal accounted for 49% of the world energy consumption, an amount that was reduced to 29% in 1973 because of the availability of cheap oil. At that time, it seemed that oil wo

    Jan 1, 1991

  • AUSIMM
    Characterisation of Microstructure and Mechanical Properties of Structural Mortar of Glass Insulators Employed in Transmission Lines

    By C K. Suzuki, J A. Yanaguizawa, D M. F de Santana, L R. P Leite, A H. Shinohara

    In the present work, the microstructure and mechanical properties of structural mortar from glass insulators were studied by X-ray fluorescence, X-ray diffraction, infrared spectroscopy, microhardness

    Jan 1, 2008

  • AIME
    Coal - Petrologic Methods for Application to Solid Fuels of the Future

    By J. M. Schopt

    COAL petrology is the study of the lithologic composition and texture of coal and includes megascopic as well as microscopic differentiation. Coal petrography is a quantitative study, principally (but

    Jan 1, 1957

  • SME
    Interaction Between Wall Rock Closure, Cemented Backfill Load, and Reinforcement Bolt Load in an Underhand Stope at the Lucky Friday Mine

    By D. Denton, C. Peppin, D. Tesarik, D. Bayer, J. B. Seymour

    Hecla Mining Company and NIOSH cooperated in a study to document the safety of rock support supplied by reinforced cemented paste backfill at the Lucky Friday Mine. Data are presented on backfill modu

    Jan 1, 2001

  • NIOSH
    RI 5187 Preliminary Investigation Of The Takilma-Waldo Copper District, Josephine County, Oreg. ? Introduction

    By R. J. Hundhausen

    The Takilma-Waldo copper district in Josephine County, Oreg., was studied by the Bureau of Mines from September 1950 to April 1.951 and from December 1953 to April 1954. Funds for the investigation we

    Jan 1, 1956

  • AUSIMM
    The Future Of Thick Seam Mining-A European View

    Among the various methods of thick-seam mining already well-tried in practice longwall caving with extraction of a single slice, as thick as possible, abandoning the top and/or the bottom coal, se

    Jan 1, 1976

  • AIME
    Institute of Metals Division - Martensitic Transformation in Binary Titanium Alloys

    By Y. C. Liu

    Both the habit plane of martensite and the orientation relationship between the matrix and martensite platelets of different habit planes have been investigated in binary titanium alloys with molybden

    Jan 1, 1957

  • SME
    11th Annual MEMS Conference - Reshaping the Minerals and Metals Industry

    By Lisa Morrison

    The 11th Annual Mineral Economics and Management Society (MEMS) conference was held April10-12, 2002, in Montreal, Quebec. It consisted of a series of technical sessions. Each paper addressed the ec

    Jan 1, 2002

  • AUSIMM
    Past Achievements and Future Challenges in the Underground Coal Sector

    By B Robertson

    Over the 40 years that the author has been engaged in the Australian underground coal mining industry, there has been a continuous improvement in safety performance as the sector has grown in size and

    Jul 1, 2013

  • RMCMI
    Preservative Treatment of Mine Timber at Primero Mine

    By F. T. Baker

    The Primero mine, operated by the Colorado Fuel & Iron Company, is located 17 miles west of Trinidad, Colorado, in Las Animas County. Unusually bad roof conditions, along with heavy side pressure and

    Jan 1, 1926

  • AUSIMM
    The Halloysite Clays of Northland, New Zealand (8b1b7779-6b27-407c-8df6-0530480970df)

    By Townsend MG, Evans RB

    In Northland, New Zealand, localised large deposits of halloysite clay have been produced by in-situ alteration of rhyolite volcanics of Pliocene or Pleistocene age, which were erupted through pre- Pl

    Jan 1, 1990

  • SAIMM
    Practical ergnomics in mechanized mining

    By P. C. Schutte, J. R. Smith

    The objective of ergonomics is to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency with which human tasks are carried out. Furthermore, the objective is to improve desirable human values. This can be achieved

    Sep 1, 2001

  • CIM
    The Strength and Flow Performance of Glassfill Technology

    By Euler De Souza

    Backfilling in Canadian mines has been practised for close to 100 years and evidence anticipates the application of mine fill technology at an increasing rate during the foreseeable future. The evolut

    Apr 1, 2005

  • AIME
    Regulations And Restoration Of In Situ Uranium Mining In Texas

    By Dick Whittington, W. R. Taylor

    GENERAL In mid-1974, a representative of ARCO Petroleum Company walked into our Austin offices and asked for a permit for ARCO's first Clay West Mine site. This was the first in situ uranium m

    Jan 1, 1979

  • NIOSH
    RI 4488 Investigation Of Rush Creek Zinc District Marion County, Ark.

    By Louis C. Brichta

    The Rush Creek district of Marion County, Ark., has had a more or less continuous record of zinc production over the past 40 years. The ore has come from many small mines working on oxidized and semi-

    Jan 1, 1949

  • AIME
    Reservoir Engineering-General - Discussion on A Study of Forward Combustion in a Radial System Bounded by Permeable Media

    By F. Selig, E. J. Couch

    The following points serve to supplement the interesting theoretical study on forward combustion by Thomas, and may be of some general interest. The mathematical model presented by the author can b

  • AIME
    Identification of Sulphide Minerals by Selective Iridescent Filming (cad09b23-d11d-4a7a-8c39-22001ef66488)

    By A. M. Gaudin

    THIS paper presents, with the help of colored photomicrographs, the new method of mineral identification termed "selective iridescent filming." This method pertains to the field of determinative miner

    Jan 1, 1938

  • SAIMM
    Geostatistical Simulation of a Commercial Polymetallic Nodule Mining Site

    By J. -M. Chautru

    A geostatistical simulation of a typical mining site for polymetallic nodules in the North Pacific Ocean is presented. This is the first stage in the design of an industrial mining system. Two varia

    Jan 1, 1987

  • AIME
    Production - Domestic - Oil and Gas Development in New York in 1943

    By C. A. Hartnagel

    The year 1944 marks the eightieth anniversary of the discovery of petroleum by drilling in New York State. It was in 1864 that a half dozen shallow wells were drilled at Limestone in Cattaraugus Count

    Jan 1, 1944