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Coal and Mineral Mass Fractions in Personal Respirable Dust Samples Collected by Central Appalachian Miners (bb26fbea-d871-46a4-9be0-6020a2aa0dd6)By M. Scaggs, K. Phillips
"Coal Worker’s Pneumoconiosis (CWP) is an occupational lung disease caused by chronic exposure to respirable mine dust. After decades of steady decline, CWP incidence appears to be on the rise since t
Jan 1, 2018
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More Than Five Things I Never Want to See in Plant DesignBy Joe Keane
DOUG HALBE: The kickoff speaker, and my unanimous choice, is Joe Keane. Joe was born in Butte, Montana, and began his association with the mining industry as an under- ground miner at age 16. Currentl
Jan 1, 1998
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Heap Leaching Practices At Gold Fields' Mesquite OperationBy L. R. Todd
Gold Fields' Mesquite mine, located in southeastern California, heap leaches low grade gold ore at an annual rate of 2.7 Mt (3 million st). Ore is crushed in a two stage open circuit and belt agg
Jan 1, 1987
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Demonstration Campaign Results on a Cyanide-Free Process for Gold Extraction from a Refractory Pyrite Concentrate (SME Annual Meeting Feb. 19 - 22, 2017, Denver, CO)By . A. Drouin, J. -M. Lalancette, D. Lemieux, C. Chouinard
"A gold bearing pyrite concentrate was treated at the demonstration scale (15 t/d) for the extraction of gold using a cyanide-free process. The pyrite was depressed in the flotation circuit in order t
Jan 1, 2017
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The Accident RepeaterBy H. H. Hayden
The accident repeater-40 you have one at your mine? Unless your company is vastly different from most coal companies, you will find that a small percentage (11-12%) of your employees will have a large
Jan 1, 1984
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The Application Of Rock Mechanics To Design Of Longwall Systems For Control Of Tailgate ProblemsBy Charles T. Holland
The tonnage produced on mechanized automated retreating longwall faces in the United States is growing rapidly. This time last year some 14 faces were operating, and in addition to that, three were kn
Jan 1, 1969
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Zirconium and Hafnium Minerals (9414ba1e-f0be-4f18-a6fe-efc021a93f44)By Thomas E. Garnar
Zirconium and hafnium are the twin elements of the periodic table because they are always found together. They resemble each other so closely that hafnium was not discovered until 135 years after the
Jan 1, 1994
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In-Line Static Mixer Rapid Flotation System For Improved Flotation Kinetics (d17891b5-4b95-4ee7-8b0d-bc39b94f5072)By G. D. Hood
The U.S. Bureau of Mines investigated rapid froth flotation through more efficient bubble-particle collisions that improved the overall flotation kinetics. An in-line static mixer efficiently mixed th
Jan 1, 1993
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Cationic Flotation of Mesabi Range Oxidized TaconiteBy G. Rinelli, Arthur F. Colombo, Donald W. Frommer
With the opening of the Tilden mine near Ishpeming, MI, a new era in iron ore beneficiation was begun. A description of a U. S. Bureau of Mines investigation is summarized to illustrate the selective
Jan 1, 1976
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Thorite And Rare Earths Deposits In The Lemhi Pass Area Lemhi County, IdahoBy Alfred L. Anderson
Thorite and rare earth deposits in the Lemhi Pass area of southeastern Lemhi County, Idaho, are contained along complex shear and fracture zones and in reopened gold-quartz veins and copper lodes in q
Jan 1, 1959
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Slurry-Flow Pressure Drop in Pipes With Modified Wasp MethodBy M. Tanaji
Over the last many decades, a significant amount of research has gone into the domain of slurry transport. However, design engineers still face many challenges with respect to prediction of pressure d
Feb 23, 2014
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Fires And Explosions (d51f8edf-b123-476c-9ebd-d8c8541fc4d8)By Everett M. (Original by) White
Numerous articles have been written about the coal mine ; he has been compared with brave men who have gone out to conquer some unknown hazard throughout the ages. Now, however, modern mining is no lo
Jan 1, 1981
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Manufactured Graphites - I. IntroductionBy E. L. Piper
Natural graphite has been known for many centuries, having first been reported as a distinct mineral form by Gessner in 1565. At that time, graphite was used extensively as pencil "lead" because of th
Jan 1, 1973
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Flotation behavior of hematite fines flocculated with polyacrylic acidBy J. E. Gebhardt, D. W. Fuerstenau
The use of small quantities of polyacrylic acid (PAA) was found to significantly improve the flotation of fine-sized hematite particles at pH 4.1 and 0.001 M NaCl with sodium dodecykulfonate (SDS). Lo
Jan 1, 1987
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Dynamic Models in Atmospheric Monitoring Signal Evaluation for Safety, Health and Cost Benefits Mining, Metallurgy and Exploration (87a66ee7-30a7-4583-ba1e-fa45c78c25c8)By D. Bahrami, W. K. Asante, G. L. Danko
It is prudent to interpret atmospheric monitoring signals in real time for checking the safe limits of the air conditions in underground mines. In gassy mines, real-time evaluation increases the safet
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Dynamic Models in Atmospheric Monitoring Signal Evaluation for Safety, Health and Cost Benefits Mining, Metallurgy and ExplorationBy D. Bahrami, W. K. Asante, G. L. Danko
It is prudent to interpret atmospheric monitoring signals in real time for checking the safe limits of the air conditions in underground mines. In gassy mines, real-time evaluation increases the safet
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Numerical Modelling Of The Range Of Rock Fracture Zone Around Gateroads On The Basis Of Underground Measurement ResultsBy Andrzej Walentek
This paper presents the results of numerical modeling of the fractured zone around longwall gateroads. The numerical computations have been based on the results of underground measurements of the frac
Jan 1, 2009
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Design Development of the Brushy Creek Regional Utility Authority Phase 2 Raw Water Delivery System Project - RETC2021By Aaron Archer, James Parkes
This paper presents design considerations for the major underground elements of the pending BCRUA Phase 2 Raw Water Delivery System Project. These elements include two Lake Taps; an 8,800 LF, minimum
Jun 13, 2021
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Grinding Improvements at Mineral ParkBy J. T. Winkelmann
The Mineral Park Mine is an open pit copper-molybdenum mine located in northwestern Arizona, approximately twenty miles northwest of Kingman, Arizona. The concentrating facility has been regarded, wi
Feb 23, 2014
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The Effect Of Autogenous And Ball Mill Grinding On Sulfide FlotationBy I. Iwasaki
The effects of autogenous grinding and conventional grinding on the floatabilities of copper-nickel sulfides were investigated as a part of a pilot-plant development project on the differential flotat
Jan 1, 1981