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  • ISEE
    Blast Design and Diagnostics Using, Portable Solid State, High-Speed Videography Systems

    By Laura Bustemante, Bruce Vandenberg, Fred Huettig

    Recent advances in solid-state, field portable, fast framing video camera systems and PC based frame capture hardware now allow blast imaging up to 1000 frames per second. Up to 8 seconds of data can

    Jan 1, 1998

  • AUSIMM
    Structural Controls on the Development of a Mineralised Fault ù Fracture Network, NW Otago, New Zealand

    Vein swarms in metamorphic terranes such as the Otago Schist Belt, New Zealand provide evidence of past hydrothermal flow systems leading to fault initiation and reactivation. A major episode of hydro

    Jan 1, 2002

  • ISEE
    Understanding Ground Vibrations and the Effects of Delay Intervals on Amplitude and Frequency

    By Randall M. Wheeler

    The measurement and analysis of blast-induced ground vibrations are more complex than ever before. This is primarily due to the advancements made in microchip technology, mass storage utilities and th

    Jan 1, 1992

  • SME-ICGCM
    An Applications Approach To Barrier Pillar Design For Improved Resource Recovery

    By John R. Koehler

    Available barrier pillar design methods do not adequately account for overburden caving characteristics, the timing and magnitude of associated load transfers, the occurrence of unusual geologic featu

    Jan 1, 1989

  • ISEE
    Borehole Geophone Method for Estimating Tunnel Blast Vibration Propagation

    By Kyle Ott, Bernard Daly, Syed Haq, Douglas Anderson, Parsons Brinckerhoff

    Drill and blast was determined to be the most cost-effective means of excavating the Raw Water Tunnel (RWT) for the Croton Water Treatment Plant in the Bronx, New York City. One of the major issues co

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME-ICGCM
    Improvements in Coal-Waste Disposal Since Buffalo Creek

    By Kelvin K. Wu

    A coal waste disposal dam failed on Buffalo Creek near Saunders, West Virginia, on February 26, 1972. This accident resulted in the loss of 125 lives, left over 4000 people homeless, and resulted in m

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SAIMM
    Design Principles for Optimizing an Established Survey Slope Monitoring System

    By N. Mphathiwa

    When slope angles are designed during open pit optimization, there is a risk factor applied in steepening the slopes. The steepening of slope angles has implications for the safety and economics of th

    Jan 1, 2014

  • NIOSH
    RI 4493 The Leadville Drainage Tunnel Lake County, Colo.

    By Robert A. Elgin

    The Leadville mining-district (fig. 1) covers approximately 8 square miles adjacent to Leadville, the county seat of Lake County, Colo. It is famous for its large production of rich ores containing zi

    Jan 1, 1949

  • AUSIMM
    Implications of the New Legislative Environment for the Mining Industry

    The new legislative regime applying to the mining industry has been in force for nearly two years. However the parameters for the permits required under the Crown. Minerals Act 1991 and the resource c

    Jan 1, 1993

  • SME
    Data Evaluation for Sustainable Development Indicators

    By S. Möllerherm

    "The evaluation of data and information provided by the existing traditional indicators in sustainability assessments is most important. Therefore the Institute of Mining Engineering I from the RWTH A

    Jan 1, 2005

  • SME
    Thinking Outside The Box- New Ways To Close Old Tailing Basins

    By B. Anderson, P. Churak, S. Dewar, A. Johnson, P. Eger

    Although vegetation can be successfully established on fine taconite tailings, innovative approaches are needed to reclaim the coarse tailings used for dam construction. Through a series of cooperati

    Jan 1, 2002

  • SME
    Major Silver Deposits Of Utah: Geochemical And Geological Reasons For World -Class High And Low Grade Systems (afe76188-1e20-4ed9-a905-87de5b05bfe4)

    By L. P. James, W. W. Atkinson

    Utah has produced about one billion troy oz. (31.7M tonnes) of silver, more than any U.S. state except Idaho. Several very high grade ore systems, now closed, occur within large polymetallic limestone

    Jan 1, 2000

  • SME
    NAT Attendees Get A Glimpse Of The Future Of Underground Space Use

    In 1950, about a third of the world?s population lived in cities. That figure has steadily risen throughout the following decades. Now it is believed that about 60 percent of the estimated 8.1 billi

    Jan 1, 2008

  • NIOSH
    IC 8214 Mining Methods And Costs, Kimballton Limestone Mine, Standard Lime And Cement Co., Giles County, Va.

    By N. A. Eilertsen

    Procedures of mining high-calcium limestone underground at the Kimballton mine of the Standard Lime and Cement Co. in Giles County, west-central Virginia, are described. Drilling and blasting procedur

    Jan 1, 1964

  • NIOSH
    OFR-29(1)-82 Visual Attention Locations For Operating Continuous Miners, Shuttle Cars, And Scoops

    By Mark S. Sanders

    This report presents recommended visibility requirements for continuous miner, shuttle car and scoop operations and details the methodology used to generate them. A task analytic approach was used to

    Jan 1, 1981

  • CIM
    Doing More with What We Already Know – Improving the Efficiency of Minerals Processing

    By Joe Pease

    "The demand for minerals and metals is increasing. Head grades of ore bodies are dropping. Remaining ores are becoming finer grained, more complex, and more logistically challenging. Mineral processin

    Jan 1, 2015

  • NIOSH
    RI 4721 A Study Of Certain Uncommon Minerals Found In The Pacific Northwest

    By A. J. Kauffman Jr.

    The Petrographic Section of the Bureau of Mines, Northwest Electrodevelopment Laboratory, Albany, Oreg., annually examines thousands of minerals and rocks. Samples are received from mining, engineers,

    Jan 1, 1950

  • CIM
    Multivariate Geostatistical Simulation at Red Dog Mine, Alaska, USA

    By Oy Leuangthong

    Red Dog mine is the world's largest Zn producer. The deposit consists of sulphide ore zones in sedimentary exhalative (sedex) deposits, and is characterized by the presence of multiple metals and

    May 1, 2004

  • SAIMM
    Effect of inorganic chloride on spontaneous combustion of coal

    By Y. I. Yang, Y. -B. Tang, D. -J. Ma

    Chlorine-containing minerals are commonly present in coal. Associated minerals such as pyrite can undergo exothermic reactions. Consequently, it is of great significance to study the effect of inorgan

    Jan 1, 2015

  • IIMP
    Detección de filtraciones contaminantes mediante métodos geofísicos en la industria minera

    By Gloria Fernández

    La contaminación por drenaje ácido de mina se considera como la responsabilidad ambiental y económica más grande que actualmente enfrenta la industria minera. En ese sentido, se delimita las áreas afe

    Aug 25, 2002