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Preliminary Design of Mined Transit Stations and Deep Tunnels in SeattleBy Gordon T. Clark
The preliminary design of four mined stations and 7.2 km (4.5 miles) of tunnels for Seattle’s light rail transit system is described. Constraints that influenced the design and options that were studi
Jan 1, 2001
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Wear of grinding media in the mineral processing industry: An overviewBy M. J. Meulendyke, J. D. Purdue
Within the mineral processing industry, a range of grinding conditions exists which include semiautogenous grinding (SAG),rod milling, and conventional ball milling. Each of these mill environments pr
Jan 1, 1990
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Advantages of using advancing tailgate shortwall ventilation in underground trona miningBy C. J. Pritchard
Productivity improvements reduced the number of continuous miner sections from seven to three while maintaining full productive capacity. So a decision was made to test an advancing tailgate ventilati
Jan 1, 1991
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A Unique Application Of Seismic Methods In An Open-Pit MineBy Y. S. Kim, A. Bailey
A feasibility seismic refraction and reflection field survey was conducted at the U. S. Borax Company open-pit mine, Boron, California by the writers during the weekend of March 13 and 14, 1976. This
Jan 1, 1977
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Method Of Academic Mining Engineering ResearchBy Syd S. Peng
University research in the U.S. consists of three components; faculty, funding, and graduate students or postdoctorals. Individual faculty is the unit area of research that is not limited, although
Jan 1, 2009
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Evaluating the potential for acid mine drainage remediation through remining in the Tangascootack Creek watershed, Clinton County Pennsylvania in the Tangascootack Creek watershed, Clinton County PennsylvaniaBy V. W. Skema, M. W. Smith
Pennsylvania has 4,000 km (2,500 miles) of streams that do not meet water-quality standards due to acid mine drainage (AMD), making AMD the greatest cause of water pollution in the state. The problem
Jan 1, 2002
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Improvements On Blasting Technique For Headrace TunnelsBy Yoneji Kanoh, Masahiko Ohtsuka
In Japanese tunneling history, it has commonly been accepted that the long-round driving is difficult due to the complicated geological condition. Therefore, the maximum past record has been less than
Jan 1, 1983
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Influence Of Mine Ventilation By Falling Material - Solids And Water - During Sinking And Filling In Of Shafts Or During Actions For Extinguishing Mine Fires In Shafts - IntroductionBy J. Linhart
In vertical airways, falling material - solids-or water - may cause undesirable disturbances in the ventilation in the airway itself and also in neig¬bouring airways unless precautions are taken to st
Jan 1, 1980
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Exploring the Performance and Reliability of Communication Links Subjected to Electromagnetic Interference in Radio Frequency-Controlled Heavy Equipment in an Underground Coal Mine - SME Annual Meeting 2025By Y. Zhang, C. Zhou, M. Girman
Wireless technologies are increasingly being implemented in underground mines for various purposes such as communications, tracking, remote control, remote sensing, and environmental monitoring. Howev
Feb 1, 2025
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Performance of Normet Self Drilling Dynamic Bolt (SDDB®) Types in Dynamic Loading – The Energy Dissipating Hollow Core Rockbolt Installed in Normet’s Urea-Silicate Injection Resin - RASIM2022By Renee Royer, Allan Punkkinen
As mines progress to ever increasing depth, new challenges are encountered with serious concerns for rock excavations in highly stressed conditions. New procedures have been undertaken or are under wa
Apr 26, 2022
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Self-Cleaning Fluidized Bed Slurry Heat Exchangers: A Breakthrough In The Hydrometallurgy For The Processing Of Laterite Nickel And Cobalt In High-Pressure-Acid-Leach (HPAL) PlantsBy D. G. Klaren
Self-cleaning fluidized bed heat exchangers are conquering the world for reason that they are able to solve any severe fouling problem in indirect heat transfer due to the circulation of cleaning part
Jan 1, 2002
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Robot-Human Control Interactions In Mining Operations (0b1217a6-1d54-43fe-b0e6-c8bd395d732a)By G. Danko, R. Tiwari, J. Knowles
Many excavation and loading tasks require equipment operators to simultaneously coordinate the motion of multiple machine links, in order to achieve complex tool trajectories. Efficiency, ore selecti
Jan 1, 2006
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Ground Control of Strip Backfilling Water Conservation Mining in Shallow Coal SeamsAccording to the classification of water conservation mining in shallow coal seams in China, when the ratio of the impermeable layer thickness to the mining height is less than 18, the mining belongs
Jan 7, 2020
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Final Tunnel Liner At The Mill Creek 3 ProjectBy M. Schafer
The 6-m- (20-ft-) diameter cast-in-place tunnel lining for Phase 3 of the Mill Creek Tunnel (MCT3) has been completed. This article summarizes aspects of liner design and ad-dresses the construction a
Jan 1, 2008
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Cellular Acclimation Of Acidithiobacillus Ferrooxidans To Sulfur BiooxidationBy C. -G. Zhang
This paper presents the results of a study on cellular acclimation of Acidithiobacillus ferrooxidans to sulfur biooxidation in terms of cells growth and changes in surface properties and morphologies
Jan 1, 2009
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Assessing The Uncertainty Due To Grades And Grade Shell Limits For The West Leeville Underground DepositBy C. Deutsch
Resource estimation for the West Leeville deposit is prepared using a conventional explicit approach. The geologic model is developed using interpretive methods based on visual logging. Grade shells
Jan 1, 2007
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Aerodynamic Potential Used For The Control Of Fire Areas In Mines - IntroductionBy Henryk Bystron
The underground fire areas are formed as a result of failure of an active fire extinguishing in mines. Such areas bring about a fire hazard for the work safety and for the mining operations. For liqui
Jan 1, 1980
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Risk Management: Adapting Riskgate for Underground Coal Mines in the United StatesBy B. N. Conley, K. D. Luxbacher
"The underground coal mining industry in the United States has recently seen the occurrences of several high profile, multi-fatality events. The explosions that occurred at the Sago Mine in 2006, the
Jan 1, 2015
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The Effect Of Natural Geologic Discontinuities On Behavior Of Rock In TunnelsBy J. W. Mahar, E. J. Cording
INTRODUCTION In exploration for rock tunnels, the geology should not only be described, but its effect on excavation and support assessed. It is not an easy task to correlate exploration results wi
Jan 1, 1974
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Characteristics of Drawing Body Shape in LTCC: Theoretical Model and Experimental ValidationBy Weijie Wei, Jinwang Zhang, Jiachen Wang, Yang Li
"Longwall top-coal caving (LTCC) mining technique is one of the important methods for underground thick seam extraction in China. The coal seam in LTCC panel is divided into two parts: bottom-coal and
Jan 1, 2019