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  • SME
    Highlights For Patenting Industrial Mineral Deposits

    By J. R. Evans

    In order to patent an industrial mineral placer mining claim, it must incorporate an economic deposit. Each ten acre parcel is evaluated for its mineral -in -character nature. Nonmineral -in -characte

    Jan 1, 1997

  • SME
    Anaconda's Experience With Percussion Longhole Drilling In Butte, Montana

    By P. J. G. du Toi

    Anaconda's experience with percussion longhole drilling in Butte, Montana, has consisted of six phases: 1. Drilling horizontal blast holes in stopes with push feeds. 2. Ring and parallel blast

    Jan 1, 1970

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    Calibration Techniques for Discrete Element Method Analysis in Soft Ground TBM Applications - RETC2021

    By Glenn Mongillo

    Discrete Element Method (DEM) software has been successfully used to simulate various machine/soil interactions and provide insight for industries such as mining and bulk material processing. This pap

    Jun 13, 2021

  • SME
    Control Of Mineralization By Mesozoic And Cenozoic Low-Angle Structures In West-Central Arizona

    By J. E. Spencer

    Mesozoic and Tertiary mineral deposits in west-central Arizona are commonly associated with Mesozoic thrust faults and Tertiary detachment faults, respectively. Quartz-kyanite rocks and pyritic quartz

    Jan 1, 1988

  • SME
    Development of an instrumented longwall bit to measure coal cutting forces for use in developing noise controls (Mınıng engıneerıng may 2015)

    By L. A. Alcorn, H. E. Camargo, G. Gwaltney

    "Una de las enfermedades más extendidas en la industria minera es la pérdida de audición inducida por el ruido. La exposición de los mineros a niveles de ruido superiores a los niveles de exposición p

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Digital Transformation and Generative AI for Sustainable Decision-Making in Mining - SME Annual Meeting 2026

    By Ali Soofastaei

    Mining operations are increasingly data-rich yet decisionconstrained. Fragmented systems, variability in geology and operations, and sustainability obligations create multiobjective trade-offs that cl

    Feb 22, 2026

  • SME
    Effect of ground control mesh on dust sampling and explosion mitigation (8adbe892-57a5-4645-bd9b-9ef7243139b6)

    By L. L. Chasko, D. W. Alexander

    Los investigadores del National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health’s Office of Mine Safety and Health Research han evaluado los efectos que la malla de control de suelos podría tener en la d

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    What happened to my gold? Questions to ask (88fbd98e-c145-4e97-8580-5590d2b64813)

    By C. Roos

    Tradicionalmente en la industria minera, el flujo principal del proceso funcional para la evaluación de recursos y reservas procede de geólogos que elaboran el modelo geológico, de allí a los geólogos

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Use Of Geostatistics In Prediction Coal Quality Ranges For An Underground Room And Pillar Mine ? Introduction

    By Kadri Dagdelen

    New underground coal mines have become increasingly expensive to open. A simple drift mine producing a raw coal product can cost as much as $50 million while a new shaft mine producing a washed coal p

    Jan 1, 1983

  • SME
    Cost-Benefit Analysis Of Computer-Assisted Mining Through Production And Cost Modeling

    By Suresh K. Bhatt

    A mathematically simulated modeling technique is used in this U.S. Bureau of Mines paper to represent a hypothetical mining operation with existing mining technology and prevalent mining costs. Mining

    Jan 1, 1991

  • SME
    Tunnel Lining Design in Active Fault Zone: Case Histories and Innovations - RETC 2021

    By Peter Chou, Pooyan Asadollahi, Danny Lin

    To maintain flexibility and ductility of tunnels crossing active faults, various mitigation measures are being utilized depending on fault offset movements and seismic design criteria. Examples of tho

    Jun 13, 2021

  • SME
    Residual diesel range organics in process waters from laboratory fine coal flotation tests (7edfe308-966e-40bd-b7f1-bfecd1e71bed)

    By J. Morris, R. Sellaro

    El petrodiesel es un colector común para la flotación de carbón, pero la partición de compuestos orgánicos de diesel (DRO por sus siglas en inglés) en corrientes de proceso no ha sido ampliamente estu

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Heavy Mineral Placers (4805d0a4-d7ed-4952-bcb7-1b02a0140894)

    By K. J. Stanaway

    Concentrations of minerals between 3.5 and 5 specific gravity such as ilmenite, rutile and zircon in large accumulations of sand constitute "heavy mineral" placers. Two fundamentally different modes o

    Jan 1, 1991

  • SME
    Phosphate Rock From Mine To Plant

    By D. H. Lynch

    This paper is a general description of current Central Florida phosphate mining, beneficiation and product transportation. It is directed and believed to be of interest to engineers not familiar with

    Jan 1, 1978

  • SME
    Innovative Approach for Dust Control in Tunnel Construction - NAT2022

    By Craig Allan

    Underground construction environments, especially those with limited airflow such as shafts, cross passages, and stations, necessitate effective dust control. This requires combining existing measures

    Dec 1, 2022

  • SME
    Is openpit production scheduling "easier" than its underground counterpart? (510581b7-6ca0-4114-a855-daf260fcdb74)

    By A. Newman, A. Brickey

    A pesar de que parte del predominio de software de programación de producción a cielo abierto se puede explicar por la preponderancia de la minería a cielo abierto en todo el mundo, hay otros factores

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Aggregate resources - California's effort under SMARA to ensure their continued availability

    By D. J. Beeby

    California's Surface Mining and Reclamation Act (SMARA) was passed in 1975 to identify and protect mineral resources in areas of high land use conflict and ensure reclamation of mined lands. Unde

    Jan 1, 1987

  • SME
    Simplifying CFD modeling of longwall gobs with a modular meshing approach (95f56837-0eff-4d89-9884-3d069b97ad7a)

    By J. A. Marts, R. C. Gilmore, S. Saki, J. F. Brune

    El modelamiento de la dinámica de fluidos computacional (CFD por sus siglas en inglés) implica la creación de un dominio de cálculo llamado malla o rejilla para resolver las ecuaciones que definen la

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Planning For Coal Gasification - Supplement to Tables VII and VIII providing additional data

    By Ralbern H. Murray

    Typical First Year Selling Price Strip Mined Western Sub-Bituminous Coal Based [Fixed Capital (1) $600 MM Construction Loan Interest $100 Working Capital $ 30 Start-up Costs $ 30 Total Capit

    Jan 1, 1975