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  • NIOSH
    Bulletin 169 Illinois Mining Statues Annotated

    By J. W. Thompson

    BURYING DEAD MINERS. BURYING BODIES OF DEAD MINERS. REVISED STATUTES (HURD) 1874, P. 263. SEC. 22. LIABILITY OF RAILROADS, ETC., FOR BURIAL EXPENSES.-When any railroad company, stage or any steamboat

    Jan 1, 1919

  • AUSIMM
    Modern Gold Plants - A Design Overview

    By L G. B Wadley

    The Australian gold industry has made large steps forward in the last few years. This progress has been driven by improvements in mining and processing technology, the high price of gold and by a favo

    Jan 1, 1990

  • NIOSH
    OFR-65-85 Recommendations For Minimal Luminance Requirements For Metal And Nonmetal Mines

    By J. O. Merritt

    The primary objective of this research program was to recommend ranges of minimum luminance for safety in underground metal and nonmetal mining. Visual tasks critical to safety were identified and ran

    Jan 1, 1983

  • NIOSH
    OFR-58-74 Design, Develop, Fabricate And Deliver Portable Luminaire Systems For Task Lighting In Coal Mines - 1.0 Introduction

    On June 20, 1972, Ocean Energy was awarded Contract No. H0220055, entitled Portable Task Luminaire System Development. Initially, this was a 12 month program consisting of three phases: Phase I -- Des

    Jan 1, 1974

  • SME
    Underground Mining: Challenges And Solutions In Subsidence Perspective (d1803fca-596b-4cc5-8f04-4e52c00599a3)

    By S. K. Singh

    To meet increasing demand of coal, underground mining is largely being replaced by the exploitation at deeper horizons and with greater complexities. The exploitation-proposition may be below not-to-b

    Jan 1, 1999

  • NIOSH
    OFR-75-84 Movable Crusher Systems - Concepts And Applications

    By R. N. Johnson

    This report is a summary of the work performed for the Bureau of Mines to evaluate the feasibility and desirability of a movable in-pit crusher combined with conveyors to substantially reduce or elimi

    Jan 1, 1982

  • NIOSH
    OFR-33-82 Environmental Instrumentation In Mining Air And Water

    By Richard C. Moore

    The U.S. Bureau of Mines contracted a study to review the air and water monitoring requirements of five Federal environmental acts (the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act

    Jan 1, 1981

  • NIOSH
    IC 8125 Mica - A Materials Survey - Introduction And Summary

    By Milford L. Skow

    MICA is a group name for a number of complex hydrous aluminum silicate minerals that have a sheet or platy structure and extremely variable and complex compositions containing various metallic ions, p

    Jan 1, 1962

  • NIOSH
    Bulletin 107 Prospecting and Mining of Copper Ore At Santa Rita, N. Mex

    By Charles Enzian, Donald F. MacDonald

    It is a far cry from the small and uncertain mining efforts of 50 years ago to the splendidly equipped and solidly financed organiza- tions that now handle thousands of tons of ore per day. The old mi

    Jan 1, 1916

  • NIOSH
    OFR-164-82 Engineering Evaluation Of Radon Daughter Removal Techniques

    By Donald B. Lindsay

    This report presents the findings of an investigation into the characteristics of a number of techniques for cleaning ambient air with special emphasis on their applicability to the removal of the sho

    Jan 1, 1978

  • NIOSH
    IC 7380 Safe Storage Handling and Use of Commercial Explosives in Metal Mines Non-metallic Mines and Quarries

    By J. H. East, D. Harrington

    "INTRODUCTION The tremendous expansion of industry during the war and the unprecedented demands for metals and minerals are reflected in the production and use of explosives during that period. The in

    Sep 1, 1946

  • NIOSH
    OFR-29-84 Electrical Installations In Oil Shale Mines

    By Bobby B. Gillenwater

    This report presents recommended guidelines and regulatory changes applicable to electrical installations in underground oil shale mines. These recommendations are based on information gathered from o

    Jan 1, 1983

  • AUSIMM
    Infrared spectroscopy in BHP Billiton iron ore with a focus on in-mine infrared sensing

    By L Edwards, M Haest, D Mittrup

    The focus in the iron ore industry has shifted from increasing production volumes with less regard for cost, to efficient production of quality tonnes. BHP Billiton iron ore geoscience and exploration

    Jul 24, 2017

  • NIOSH
    IC 9337 Chromium Availability In Market Economy Countries And Network Flow Model Analysis Of World Chromium Supply

    By Jr. Boyle

    This report analyzes the availability of chromium in the form of ferroalloy products (high-carbon and low-carbon ferrochromium and ferrochromium-silicon) and chromite products (metallurgical, chemical

    Jan 1, 1993

  • SME
    Installing Cyclones on the Primary Grinding Circuit at Cyprus Sierrita

    By Leonard N. Hill

    Cyprus Sierrita Corp. has 16 parallel 5.03 m-diam x 5.8 m long (16.5 ft-diam x 19 ft) primary ball mills, each operating in closed circuit with a nest of cyclones. Before the upgrade to 840 mm (33 in.

    Jan 1, 1994

  • AIME
    Washington Survey - The Productivity Dilemma

    By Freeman Bishop

    More than a few discussions are taking place these days among management economists seeking a way out of the dilemma of lower productivity vs. higher labor costs. Most suggestions would be illegal und

    Jan 1, 1971

  • SME
    The State of DRB’s in the Tunnel Industry - NAT2022

    By David Hatem, Michael Vitale, Joseph Gildner, Michael Roach, Fred Dunham

    Dispute Review/Resolution Boards (DRB’s) are a highly successful dispute avoidance and resolution tool. In a joint effort between the UCA of SME and the Dispute Resolution Board Foundation (DRBF), the

    Dec 1, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Application of an environmental ‘black carbon’ particulate sensor for continuous measurement of DPM in three underground mines

    By J C. Volkwein, A D. A Hansen, E Sarver, C Barrett

    Ensuring that diesel particulate matter (DPM) levels in underground metal and non-metal mines are maintained below statutory limits is an essential requirement of mine ventilation systems. However, de

    Aug 28, 2017

  • SME
    Concepts And Measurement Of The Mechanical Properties Of Rock ? Introduction

    By H. R. Hardy

    Whether the mining engineer is concerned with stress problems in a mine at depth, the development of a new drill bit, or the efficiency of a comminution process, the mechanical properties of the rock

    Jan 1, 1964

  • SME-ICGCM
    The Use Of Foamed Cement Cribs At American Electric Power Fuel Supply Meigs Division

    By Michael Amick

    Due to the importance of maintaining open airways on a longwall panel, mine management decided to install cribs made of foamed cement. Foamed cement had been used at other company operations on severa

    Jan 1, 1993