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  • SME
    Void Prediction In Mine Roof Geology Information System (MRGIS)

    By D. X. Tang, G. Wilson, Y. Luo, S. S. Peng

    Knowing the location of voids/fractures in roof rock will be greatly helpful for roof support design. The drilling parameters obtained during normal roof bolt installation cycle provide a fast and eco

    Jan 1, 2004

  • AIME
    A Milestone In Subsurface Exploration - The NX Borehole Camera

    By E. B. Burwell, R. H. Nesbitt

    A NEW milestone in the progress of photography and subsurface exploration was reached when the Chief of Army Engineers announced the development of the NX borehole camera. In obtaining continuous undi

    Jan 8, 1954

  • AUSIMM
    Rare Earth Element Mobility in Arc-Type Volcanic Rocks

    By Smith IEM

    Some samples from arc-type volcanic suites collected in northern New Zealand and southeastern Papua New Guinea show rare earth element (REE) and Y abundances which are enriched relative to the those t

    Jan 1, 1990

  • SME
    Quality Control in the Grouting of Saturated Fractured Rock

    By Yu. A. Polozov, V. A. Lagunov, O. Yu. Lushinkova, Yu. I. Svirskiy, Eh. Ya. Kipko, Roy A. Williams

    The reliable quality assessment of grouting operations is one of the key issues in establishing impermeable grout curtains around shafts, drifts and tunnels. Reliable opera¬tional information on the d

    Jan 1, 1993

  • SME
    Increased Efficiency In The Steel Industry With Weighing Technology

    ShouSteel Mining Ltd., a subsidiary of ShouSteel (Group) Co., was founded in 1959 and is located in QianAn City in Hebei Province, China. ShouSteel?s pelletizing plant uses iron ore as a raw material

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME-ICGCM
    Application Of Physical And Mathematical Modelling In Underground Excavations

    The scope of this paper is to introduce a mathematical model based on matrix algebra in order to determine similitude quantities, which can be arranged in specific formats to simulate the field condit

    Jan 1, 1989

  • NIOSH
    RI 2218 Explosion in High-Pressur Comptessed-Air Line

    By E. D. Gardner

    An explosion occurred in a high-pressure compressed-air line in October, 1930, at an Arizona copper mine. The explosion was unusual, and nothing had teor. noted by the plant operators to indicate the

    Feb 1, 1921

  • SME
    Innovation In Slime Processing: Ii. Tin Ore Slime Processing

    By W. Hu

    Gravity concentration has been the main method for tin ore beneficiation, based on the significant difference of density between cassiterite and gangue in the tin ore. However, with the exhaustion of

    Jan 1, 1989

  • SME
    Some Factors To Consider In Evaluating Talc Deposits ? Introduction

    By Richard H. Olson

    The following discussion will deal with the domestic talc industry only, inasmuch as the writer has had no experience in this field outside of the U. S. This is strictly a geological-mining approac

    Jan 1, 1970

  • CIM
    The Sasquatch is not the Only Giant in B.C.

    By Donald L. Brothers

    "OUT IN BRITISH COLUMBIA, we have a legendary creature called ""The Sasquatch,"" a large ape-like creature which, according to those who claim to have seen it, somewhat resembles the Abominable Snowma

    Jan 1, 1968

  • SME
    The Use Of Continuous Haulage In Low-Seam Mining

    By Robert C. Salak

    The era of low-seam mining with continuous haulage has been here for quite some time. Typical tonnages in companies such as Terry Glenn Coal are currently averaging 405 tonnes per shift in .8m coal. J

    Jan 1, 1981

  • AIME
    Freezing Method Solves Problem In Carlsbad, N. Mex. Shaft

    By John E. Latz

    QUICKSAND far below the surface, stopped two attempts by the Potash Co. of America to sink a third shaft to a potash bed that lies 1000 ft below the southern New Mexico desert. Virtually all methods o

    Jan 1, 1952

  • IOM3
    Thermodynamics study of oxygen in liquid lead-tin alloys

    By J. H. E. Jeffes, K. T. Jacob

    The activity coefficients of oxygen in liquid Pb-Sn alloys have been measured between 550 and 1100°C by use of solid oxide galvanic cells: Pt, Ni-NiO | Zr02 Solid electrolyte | O (Pb + Sn), Cermet, Pt

    Dec 1, 1971

  • AIME
    Recent Technical Developments in the Non-metallic Mineral Industries

    By Oliver Bowles

    TO keep pace with technical progress is an important function of any industry. All branches of mining may learn important lessons by observing progress made in other branches. The non-metallic mineral

    Jan 1, 1931

  • AIME
    Cement And Aggregates For Shielding In Atomic Energy Plants

    By Harold S. Davis

    SURROUNDING the nuclear core of an atomic energy plant there are usually one or more thick walls of concrete, as required to protect instruments and personnel from the harmful effects of nuclear radia

    Jan 5, 1957

  • ISEE
    Variations in Vibration Signals from Single Hole Quarry Blasts

    By Rob Farnfield, Yuill Gavin

    The rock blasting industry continues to be under pressure to reduce the level of vibration induced by the use of explosives. In recent years much research and development has been directed to minimizi

    Jan 1, 2001

  • CIM
    Slag Freeze Layer Formation In An Electric Smelting Furnace

    By F. J. Guevara

    A two-dimensional mathematical model for fluid flow and heat transfer in a sixin- line electric smelting furnace was developed to study the effects of temperature on slag viscosity in both the liquid

    Jan 1, 2007

  • AIME
    Anisothermal Formation Of Bainite And Proeutectoid Constituents In Steels

    By Leonard D. Jaffe

    IN recent years, the advantages of tempered martensite as a microstructure for steel parts have been well established. For parts that must not fracture brittlely when loaded at high rates, at low temp

    Jan 1, 1947

  • AIME
    Institute of Metals Division - Stacking Faults in Platinum (TN)

    By F. R. Brotzen, J. Taranto

    SEVERAL investigators have computed stacking-fault concentrations from X-ray diffraction data.'-' The method generally employed relates the line shift to the stacking-fault probability. In t

    Jan 1, 1962

  • CIM
    Conflict Impact Assessment Between Objects in a BIM System

    By Yi-Chun Lin

    Mechanical/Electrical/Piping (MEP) systems, due to their complexity and diversity, are the most intricate part of building construction. This being the case, Combined Services Drawings (CSD) and Struc

    Aug 1, 2013