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  • SME
    Subsidence Monitoring Over Western Coal Mines

    By Frederick K. A1lgaier

    The Bureau of Mines' Denver Research Center initiated a subsidence research program in 1978. The short ten goals of the program were to determine practical methods and equipment for measuring sub

    Jan 1, 1982

  • SME
    Construed Geotechnical Characteristics Of Foundation Beds By Geophysical Measurements

    By F. Vallianatos

    The main objective of the present investigation is to demonstrate the potential of ERT (Electrical Resistivity Tomography) and HVSR (Horizontal to Vertical Spectral Ratio) methods as geophysical tools

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SME
    Building Response And Mitigation Measures For Building Damages In Illinois

    By James W. Mahar

    The following paper summarizes our observations on building response to mine subsidence and techniques for mitigation of building damage. The subsidence cases are located in Illinois. The general desc

    Jan 1, 1982

  • CIM
    The Spectrographic Determination of Potash in Rock Salt

    By M. H. Haycock

    Introduction The property of Rouyn Merger Gold Mines, Limited, is in Rouyn and Joannès townships, Western Quebec, seven miles east of the town of Rouyn. Traversing it is the east-west trending Cadi

    Jan 1, 1948

  • DFI
    Soil Improvement Technique to Mitigate Extreme Settlements on Deep Compressible Deposits in the Bogota Valley

    By Roger A. Archabal, Omar A. Conte, Gustavo Langoni

    This international case study focuses on the rigorous geotechnical interaction and results of a soil improvement program utilized to mitigate consolidation settlements of over 1.5 m [5.0 ft]. The extr

    Jan 1, 2018

  • NIOSH
    RI 7172 Characteristics Of Green River Formation Oil Shales At Bureau Of Mines Wyoming Corehole No. 1

    By John Ward Smith

    The Bureau of Mines drilled Wyoming Corehole No. 1 in Sweetwater County, Wyo., to sample Green River Formation oil shale. Core obtained was assayed for oil yield to determine richness and stratigraphi

    Jan 1, 1968

  • AUSIMM
    High Quality Performance of Segmental Lined Tunnels

    Tunnels are being built around the world using TBMs and prefabricated segments or in situ concrete as linings. Clients demand high quality of these linings to guarantee a long-term stability and densi

    Jan 1, 1999

  • NIOSH
    OFR-8(2)-82 Survey Of Blasting Effects On Ground Water Supplies In Appalachia ? Volume II

    By Donelson A. Robertson

    Literature was searched and cases of alleged water well damage were investigated. Occurrence of ground water in Appalachia is primarily in low yield, fractured, water table aquifers. Four test sites w

    Jan 1, 1980

  • CIM
    Safety Lessons Learned Building two Diamond Mines

    By D. L. Putnam

    Snap Lake Mine ?? Complex dyke ore body ?? Underground operation ?? 1.1 million tonnes per annum ?? 1.2 carats per tonne ?? On-site diesel power generation ?? Supply by ice road and air ?? Mile

    May 1, 2008

  • SME
    Paleocollapse - Determinant Of A Quarry Failure

    By James A. Martin

    Evaluation and subsequent development of a quarry in east-central Missouri was based on a general but brief examination of outcrops and core from five (5) test holes. Neither core, outcrops, nor exist

    Jan 1, 1970

  • NIOSH
    OFR-8(1)-82 Survey Of Blasting Effects On Ground Water Supplies In Appalachia ? Volume I

    By Donelson A. Robertson

    Literature was searched and cases of alleged water well damage were investigated. Occurrence of ground water in Appalachia is primarily in low yield, fractured, water table aquifers. Four test sites w

    Jan 1, 1980

  • SME
    Looking For Value In Wastelands: Developing Renewable Energy On Degraded And Polluted Lands

    By R. Rushforth

    The surge of activity in the solar energy market, spurred by government incentives, has created new and more efficient solar technologies, but issues surrounding land- and water-use have backlogged th

    Jan 1, 2011

  • NIOSH
    Performance Of Roof Support Under High Stress In A U. S. Coal Mine

    By Winton Gale, David Oyler, Jinsheng Chen, Christopher Mark

    The National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s (NIOSH) Pittsburgh Research Laboratory (PRL), RAG Pennsylvania and Strata Control Technologies of Australia have collaborated to conduct an

  • AUSIMM
    Use of Small-Scale Passive Systems for Treatment of Acid Mine Drainage

    By P Gunn, M Watts

    The general goal of passive acid mine drainage (AMD) treatment is to reduce levels of acidity and metals to acceptable levels. Most treatment systems use either an oxidising or a reducing strategy. In

    Jan 1, 2005

  • DFI
    The Waterloo Barrier - A Sealable Joint Steel Sheet Piling For Groundwater Control And Remediation - Presented At The Deep Foundations Institute Annual Meeting & Conference Toronto, Ontario, October 15-17, 1997 - Summary

    By Murray Gamble

    A new type of groundwater cutoff wall has been developed at the University of Waterloo. The Waterloo Barrier? is a steel sheet piling system that incorporates a sealable cavity at each interlocking jo

    Jan 1, 1997

  • DFI
    Advanced Soil Mailing Design - Improved Reliability And Predictability Of Wall Performance

    By Reinhard Gnilsen

    Soil Nail walls, like any other structure, must meet high standards of design to be acceptable to the public and owners. On the other hand, the concept of soil nailing trails behind other structures i

    Jan 1, 1988

  • SME
    Rock Engineering Aspects of Designing Large Span Caverns at Depth in the Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory

    By C. Laughton

    Construction of a Deep Underground Science and Engineering Laboratory(DUSEL) is proposed under the auspices of the US National Science Foundation(NSF). DUSEL will provide scientists and engineers with

    Jan 1, 2007

  • AUSIMM
    Australian Participation in the Ocean Drilling Program: An Economic Geology Perspective

    The Ocean Drilling Program (ODP) is the largest international geoscience project in the world, and the state-of-the-art drill ship, the JOIDES Resolution, is permanently at sea. Each year there are si

    Jan 1, 1995

  • DFI
    Installation And Performance Of Interlocking Drilled Shaft And Tieback Shoring System - Summary

    By Alec C. Bloem

    A 55' deep excavation encompassing almost a city block in London, Ontario required a lateral earth retention system to provide both temporary excavation support and a permanent groundwater cut-of

    Jan 1, 1991

  • SME
    Source Path Contibution Analysis Of An Underground Haul Truck Used In Metal/Non-Metal Mines

    By J. S. Peterson

    Occupational noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) has been recognized by the National Occupational Research Agenda (NORA) as the most common job-related disease in the United States. Roughly 30 million w

    Jan 1, 2012