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  • NIOSH
    IC 7959 Applications Of A Small Electronic Digital Computer To Pyrometallurgical Research ? Summary

    By R. J. Leary

    A small electronic digital computer employing punched cards has been used to facilitate the solution of a variety of problems in Bureau of Mines pyrometallurgical research. In this work the computer h

    Jan 1, 1960

  • SME
    Environmental Assessment Study For Extension Of Spadina Subway In Toronto

    By Verya Nasri, Scott Thorburn

    The City of Toronto and the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) have conducted an Individual Environmental Assessment (EA) for a 6.2 km, 4-station underground extension of the Spadina Subway from Downsvi

    Jan 1, 2007

  • NIOSH
    IC 8321 Longwall Mining In Bituminous Coal Mines With Planers, Shearer-Loaders, And Self-Advancing Hydraulic Roof Supports

    By J. J. Shields

    The Bureau of Mines observed two different types of longwall mining; the advancing longwall method and the retreating longwall method at seven bituminous coal mines located in five of the coal produci

    Jan 1, 1967

  • AIME
    Engineering Reasearch - Analysis of Reservoir Performance. (Petr. Tech., Nov. 1942) (with discussion)

    By R. E. Old

    Through the use of pressure and production records, formation properties and bottom-hole sample data, the performance of an oil reservoir may be studied analytically to define and evaluate the natural

    Jan 1, 1943

  • AIME
    Engineering Reasearch - Analysis of Reservoir Performance. (Petr. Tech., Nov. 1942) (with discussion)

    By R. E. Old

    Through the use of pressure and production records, formation properties and bottom-hole sample data, the performance of an oil reservoir may be studied analytically to define and evaluate the natural

    Jan 1, 1943

  • SME-ICGCM
    Design Of Longwall Extractions Under Flooded Abandoned Workings In The Sydney Coalfield

    By Peter Cain

    Longwall extraction in the Phalen Scam in the Sydney Coalfield of Nova Scotia is carried out under flooded abandoned workings in the Harbour Seam 140 m above, and at depth of up to 700 m beneath the A

    Jan 1, 1996

  • DFI
    Geotechnical Investigation For Fashion Island Boulevard Bridge Earthquake Repair State Bridge No. 35C-160 San Mateo, California

    By Lawrence P. Goldfarb

    This paper presents the results of the geotechnical investigation for the repair of the Fashion Island Boulevard Bridge, Bridge No. 350160, in San Mateo, California. The concrete, precast girder bridg

    Jan 1, 1993

  • SAIMM
    A Road Embankment Failure Near Pentalia In Southwest Cyprus

    By P Papanastasiou, J Hadjigeorgiou, E Kyriakou

    The south west area of Cyprus has a long history of slope instability problems. The location and extent of these landslides has been influenced by ground morphology, geological structure and the prese

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SME
    MINExpo 2012: Mining?s Largest Trade Show Continues To Grow

    MINExpo International is billed as the largest exposition for the mining and mineral processing industry. And the 2012 edition, scheduled for Sept. 24-26 in Las Vegas, NV, is no exception. Put on by

    Jan 1, 2012

  • IOM3
    Design methods to control violent pillar failures in room-and-pillar mines

    By R. K. Zipf

    The sudden, violent collapse of large areas of room-and-pillar mines poses a special hazard for miners and mine operators. This type of failure, termed a cascading pillar failure, occurs when one pill

    Jun 19, 1905

  • SME
    Inland Steel Uses Technology, Cost Control, and Employee Involvement to Improve Its Productivity

    By Samuel A. Reipas

    Introduction The ore mining industry has been successful because of technological progress and huge sums of capital investment. But new technology and plants have not come cheap. The problem now is c

    Jan 11, 1983

  • DFI
    Diggs Does Deep Foundations

    By Robert Bachus, Nikolaos Machairasm, Allen Cadden

    Data Interchange for Geotechnical and Geoenvironmental Specialists (DIGGS) is a data transfer standard that is gaining widespread acceptance in the geotechnical and geoenvironmental communities. Origi

    Jan 1, 2019

  • NIOSH
    RI 8770 Integrated Operation of Ferric Chloride Leaching, Molten-Salt Electrolysis Process for Production of Lead

    By M. M. Wong

    The Bureau of Mines, under a cooperative research program with four lead companies, has investigated a nonsmelting process for the production of lead metal. The process, which would eliminate sulfur d

    Jan 1, 1983

  • AUSIMM
    Notes on the Blair Athol (Queensland) Coal-Field

    THE following short paper on the Blair Athol coal-field will no doubt have a twofold interest to members from the fact that its main seam, known as the "Big Seam" of a maximum thickness of 9

    Jan 1, 1918

  • NIOSH
    RI 6726 Analysis Of The Coal Industry In Boulder-Weld Coalfield, Colorado

    By Raymond L. Lowrie

    Coal deposits in the Boulder-Weld County coalfield in Colorado are analyzed in relation to economic factors governing the growth, stability, and competitive potential of the coal industry. Recoverable

    Jan 1, 1966

  • NIOSH
    Assessment And Evaluation Of Noise Controls On Roof Bolting Equipment And A Method For Predicting Sound Pressure Levels In Underground Coal Mining

    By Rudy J. Matetic

    Over-exposure to noise remains a widespread and serious health hazard in the U.S. mining industries despite 25 years of regulation. Every day, 80% of the nation’s miners go to work in an environment

    Jan 1, 2006

  • NIOSH
    OFR-175-82 Alternative Power-Line Proximity Warning Techniques

    By Frederick H. Raab

    A power-line proximity-warning (PLPW) system must have a high probability of detection (alarm activation at a specific distance), low probability of false alarm, and minimal set-up and maintenance. Te

    Jan 1, 1982

  • TMS
    On-Line Radio Frequency Measurement Of Bulk Mineralogy

    By Daniel Bennett

    There are few methods currently applied towards on-line bulk mineralogical analysis. Yet on-line knowledge of process mineralogy could potentially provide large benefits, such as increased extraction

    Jan 1, 2006

  • AIME
    Discussion of Papers Published Prior to 1958 - Energy-Size Reduction Relationships In Comminution

    By R. J. Charles

    F. C. Bond: This is an outstanding paper on comminution theory and represents a considerable advance in mathematical formulation. It clears the way for a discussion that should ultimately decide wheth

    Jan 1, 1959

  • SME
    Health and Safety Challenges for China’s Mining Industry

    By Jerry C. Tien

    Mining in China dates back at least 4,000 years. Today, with no less than 103,000 metal/nonmetal mines and between 40,000 to 80,000 coal mines, China’s mining industry is undoubtedly the largest in t

    Jan 1, 2005