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Tunneling In Saprolites -- Soil Or Rock?By Brenda Myers-Bohlke, Tor L. Brekke
INTRODUCTION In recent years several cities in the Eastern United States have constructed subway systems in deeply weathered igneous and metamorphic rocks. Portions of these transit tunnels and sha
Jan 1, 1985
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Determining The Amplitude Of Certainty For Empirical Rock Failure CriteriaBy K. Oraee
The empirical rock failure criteria play an important role in predicting the mechanical behavior of rocks, since affecting parameters on the behavioral properties of rocks are complex and numerous. Us
Jan 1, 2012
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Measurement and Analysis of Foundation Tilt Resulting From Mine Subsidence in Southern IllinoisBy Larry R. Powell
The Bureau of Mines, in cooperation with the Illinois Mine Subsidence Insurance Fund, is monitoring the response of two foundations to ground movements induced by subsidence from high extraction minin
Jan 1, 1986
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Subsurface Repository Ventilation DesignBy Edward Thomas
Yucca Mountain Overview The U.S. Department of Energy?s Yucca Mountain Project is a geologic repository project designed to receive, handle, package, transport, and emplace spent nuclear fuel and hig
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AUV and ROV magnetometer surveys, compensationBy Peter Kowalczyk
Magnetic surveying and map production is well established in land based mineral exploration. Magnetic data are routinely used to map geology in covered terrains, to estimate the depth to basement in o
Sep 1, 2014
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Communication : The missing link in the minerals industryBy Pat C. Hautala, J. R. Hoskins
This is a new era for the minerals industry. Never before has there been more need for effective communication. So said Robert Anderson, chairman and chief executive officer of Hanna Mining Co. He was
Jan 1, 1985
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U.S. Longwall Development Projected to IncreaseBy James F. Kvitkovich, George V. Weisdack
Editor’s note: This is the second part of a two-part series on longwall mining in the United States. Part one was published in the December 2005 issue of ME (pp. 21-26). It provided a history of lo
Jan 1, 2006
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Microcomputers and Mining : Geology and ExplorationBy Thomas C. Shapiro
This is the second in a series of articles on microcomputers and applications in the minerals industry. The first article (ME, Feb., page 129) discussed microcomputer terms and concepts. This article
Jan 3, 1984
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Improved Regulatory Coordination To Ensure Responsible Mining & Environmental Protection ? Issue? The economic health and national security of the U.S. depends on the continued availability of, and access to, reliable and affordable energy and mineral resources. However, America is hindered by a
Jan 1, 2011
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Feasibility And Implementation Of Shield Machine Tunnel Passing Through An Operating Airport RunwayBy Hongjie Yang
The No. 10 metro line of Shanghai city is 36 kilometers in length and will pass through the operating airport runway by using tunnel boring machine with earth pres-sure balance mode. Although there ar
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Solutions Management At Cerro VerdeBy O. Bernal, G. Velarde
Sociedad Minera Cerro Verde, majority owned by Phelps Dodge produces 200M lbs per year of LME Grade A copper from low cost leaching of secondary sulfides and SXEW processing. Central to the success of
Jan 1, 2004
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Public-Private Partnerships: An Efficient And Effective Means To Restore Abandoned Minelands In Western PennsylvaniaBy M. H. Dunn, T. P. Danehy, C. F. Denholm, S. L. Busler
The problems associated with abandoned minelands are so extensive that neither federal, state, or local governments nor the mining industry nor watershed groups can adequately address these problems i
Jan 1, 2002
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Effect Of Grinding Media Shapes On Breakage Distribution Function - Introduction - Preprint 09-128By H. Ipek
Industrial grinding machines used in the mineral processing industries are mostly of the tumbling mill type. These mills exist in various types: ball, rod, pebble, autogenous, and semi-autogenous. Bal
Jan 1, 2009
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Cost Estimating Standards For International Reporting Of Ore Reserves: What Are They? What Should They Be?By O. Schumacher
Guidelines for publication of information defining the amount and grade of resource material available in a deposit are well established in Australasia?s JORC Guidelines, Canada?s National Instrument
Feb 27, 2013
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124,000 Attend ConExpo-Con/Agg ’99 in Las VegasBy Steve Kral
More than 124,000 people involved in the mining and construction industries throughout the world poured into Las Vegas, NV in March for ConExpo-Con/Agg ’99. Show organizers said this triennial exhi
Jan 1, 1999
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Dust control in room-and pillar coal mining using continuous miners: Additional field evaluationsBy Y. P. Chugh
Additional field evaluations of a modified continuous miner using a new spray system and modified scrubbers have been conducted by the authors. In this demonstration, a comprehensive package for dust
Jan 1, 2009
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Preliminary Design of the Caldecott Fourth BoreBy Bhaskar B. Thapa, Michael T. McRae, Johannes V. Greunen
This paper describes the preliminary design of the fourth bore of the Caldecott Tunnels along State Route 24 in Oakland, California. The paper focus is on two major aspects of the project: initial sup
Jan 1, 2007
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Expanding The Limitations Of The MFire Simulation ModelIn 2002 the authors updated the MFire model developed by the US Bureau of Mines. MineFire, developed by Mine Ventilation Services, Inc. (MVS), uses the MFire model to perform mine fire simulations on
Jan 1, 2011
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Beneficiation Of Terrestrial Resources For The Production Of Lunar Simulant SeparatesNASA has received direction for lunar habitation beginning in 2024. Prior to then, it will be necessary to learn about how lunar soil can be used to promote civilization on the moon. Questions must
Jan 1, 2012
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Long-Term Stability Of Overburden Above Room And Pillar MinesBy Gennaro Gerald Marino
Vast improvement in methods of design and analysis of the long- term stability of overburden above room and pillar mines is needed. Improved methods are vital for planning and land development and for
Jan 1, 1986