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  • ISEE
    Tunnel blast drill hole surveying – Benefits and Methodologies

    By G. Adderley, A. Wetherelt

    The problems of poor drilling in underground operations have been highlighted on many occasions. Incorrect collaring and poor angular deviation can all lead to an increased block size, dilution, over-

    Jan 1, 2009

  • ISEE
    The Construction and Testing of a Polycarbonate Safe Haven Wall

    By Braden T. Lusk, Rex A. Meyr, Kyle A. Perry

    Following three major mining accidents in 2006, the MINER Act of 2006 was enacted by MSHA and required every underground coal mine to install refuge alternatives to help prevent future fatalities of t

    Jan 1, 2014

  • ISEE
    What a Gas: Blasting Under Pressure

    By Jerry Wallace

    This project consisted of blasting for expansion of a major interstate natural gas transmission pipeline pump station. The pump station handled 400-500 million cubic feet (1 l- 14 million cubic meter

    Jan 1, 1996

  • ISEE
    Small Scale Testing to Investigate Air Blast Loading on Plates

    By H Ulrich Leiste, Leslie Talor

    This paper describes a series of small scale tests conducted to investigate the loading applied to a flat plate by the detonation of a cylindrical charge very close (between two and three charge radii

    Jan 1, 2009

  • ISEE
    Blasting 1 Million Tons, 205 Meters from a Town

    By Thierry Bernard, Guy Gagnon

    Blasting at very close proximity to urban areas is typically a situation where both local communities and mining stakeholders get nervous. The context becomes logically even more tensed when the blast

    Jan 1, 2014

  • ISEE
    Wipfrag and Wipjoint - To Measure, Record and Predict Blast Results

    By John A. Franklin, Tom C. Palangio, Norbert H. Maerz

    WipFrag systems I and II have become the world standard in photoanalysis systems to measure fragmentation. Mines, quarries and excavating contractors can now easily measure blast results and track the

    Jan 1, 1997

  • ISEE
    Overburden Blast Cast Designs, Factors Affecting Results and Economics

    By Connie Postupack

    The purpose of the workshop is to show the effect of various blasting factors on the overall results.

    Jan 1, 1994

  • ISEE
    Drill Monitoring and GPS Developments and their Impact on the Drill to Mill Process

    By John Vynne

    Too often, a mine’s operations, including drilling, blasting, loading, hauling, crushing, processing, etc., are considered independent steps, rather then a continuous process. In fact, these are inter

    Jan 1, 2000

  • ISEE
    Novel Impulse Instrumentation for Buried Explosive Charges

    By Phillip R. Mulligan, Kevin Gantz, Aaron J. Ward, allen shirley, Sean Treadway

    Understanding the impulse transferred into a structure by the coupled two-phase loading produced by an explosive charge buried in soil is of interest for various applications. The most common impulse

    Jan 1, 2016

  • ISEE
    "Journal: 100 Years / Keystone Placer Testing and Mineral Prospecting Drillers Catalog No. 2Keystone Driller Company Beaver falls, Pennsylvania 1907"

    By Oliver Finn

    Gold dredging has made such rapid strides of late and there is such a widespread interest in this branch of mining that I venture to contribute a detailed account of the way in which a Keystone drille

    Jan 1, 2008

  • ISEE
    Mini-Bench Blasting Applicability at the Excavation for Foundation in Settlement

    By Sadettin Bagdatli, Ali Kahriman, Umit Ozer, Alper Celtikci, Yucel Karakus

    Due to population growth and rapid urbanization in Turkey, the need for the construction of residential units, transportation and infrastructure facilities has become increasingly more pressing. Since

    Jan 1, 2014

  • ISEE
    Presplitting Techniques and Field Controls

    The objective in controlled blasting is to reduce overbreak to control the final pit wall slope, shaft, drift ditch, bench, etc. to the final planned excavation limit. The six main types of controlled

    Jan 1, 1992

  • ISEE
    Lothological Recognition Based on Monitored Drilling Performance Parameters

    By Jonathan Peck, Doug Pollitt, Malcolm Scoble

    Over the past 5 years the Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, McGill University, has been involved in the performance monitoring of both percussive and rotary drills. Studies conducted

    Jan 1, 1991

  • ISEE
    Pre-Splitting With The New AIRDEK Technique

    By David G. Borg, John Bussey

    The new AIRDEK (tm) technique for pre-splitting in surface coal mines produces highwall conditions that have greater safety with lower costs for explosives, labor, and drilling. Successful application

    Jan 1, 1988

  • ISEE
    Journal: Near Field Vibration Monitoring for Rock Mass Damage Control Tala Hydroelectric Project, Bhutan India

    By H. Venkatesh, Balachander R.

    This article discusses the method that was adopted for controlling damage to rock mass while excavating an underground powerhouse cavern at Tala Hydroelectric Project. It discusses in detail the near

    Jan 1, 2006

  • ISEE
    Vibrations from Seismic Exploration Blast

    By David Siskind

    The authors studied small seismic exploration blasts for vibration characteristics and effects on structures in Mexico. Obtained were 267 three-component recordings of ground vibrations and structure

    Jan 1, 2002

  • ISEE
    Modeling Ground Motion in 3D Geologic Media from Fragmentation Explosions: Preliminary Results

    By Donald Thompson, Jessie Bonner, Ileana Tibuleac

    Predicting ground motion from complicated mining explosions is important for mines developing blasting programs in regions where vibrations must be kept below certain levels. Additionally, predicting

    Jan 1, 2005

  • ISEE
    The Actual Cost of Hole Deviation to the Mining Industry - A case Study at Nkana Division of the Former Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Limited

    By Sam Kangwa, Thomson Sinkala

    In the mining industry, drilling accuracy has a significant effect on the economy of operations. In this paper, results from the Nkana Division of the former Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines are prese

    Jan 1, 2004

  • ISEE
    Destructive Wave Interference in Underground Blasting Utilizing Precise Timing.

    By Kurt Oakes, Paul Worsey, Braden Lusk, Tony Brasier, Jerry Chambers, Scott Crabtree, Randy Wheeler

    Destructive wave interference has been studied in theory for many years. In application however, limited information can be found. Recently, circumstances have enabled a multidisciplinary team to util

    Jan 1, 2006

  • ISEE
    Unmanned Aircraft Systems Use in Blasting Operations

    By Lon Santis, Dale Ramsey

    The use of aircraft to support blasting operations in mines, quarries and construction sites goes back to the early days of aviation. Invaluable at times, aircraft use has been limited by cost, the un

    Jan 1, 2016