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  • SME
    Tar Sand Pretreatment With Diluent (0780ee33-2c90-4610-90f2-8d401f46a622)

    By J. Hupka

    Some aspects of kerosene penetration into tar sand have been investigated. The natural tar sand porosity was measured and used to analyze the performance of the hot water process. Subsequently, pretre

    Jan 1, 1992

  • SME
    New Mixer Designs For The Next Generation Of SX/EW Mixer Settler Systems

    By M. A. Giralico

    A new generation of hydraulic efficient pumper and auxiliary impeller designs is the result of an extensive research program focused on improving the overall performance of optimized SX/EW plants. Com

    Jan 1, 1998

  • AIME
    Minerals Beneficiation - Bunker Hill's Concentrator (MINING ENGINEERING. 1961. vol. 13 No. 6 p. 573)

    By N. J. Sather

    A detailed description is given of Bunker Hill's concentration process employed at the company's lead-zinc property in the Coeur d'Alene district, Idaho. The plant is equipped to proce

    Jan 1, 1961

  • SME
    Machine-Learning Model for Predicting Shock Loss due to Buntons in a Shaft

    By A. Adhikari, P. Tukkaraja, S. Jayaraman Sridharan

    Shafts are critical components of the mine ventilation systems and contribute significantly to the mine ventilation pressure. Estimation of shaft pressure losses is an important aspect of mine ventila

    Jun 25, 2023

  • NIOSH
    RI 5094 Preparation Characteristics Of Coal From McDowell County, W. Va. ? Introduction

    By J. W. Miller

    From 1889, when the first railroad shipments of coal were made from McDowell County, W. Va., until today, the coals produced from the New River and Pocahontas groups have had a good reputation as prem

    Jan 1, 1954

  • NIOSH
    RI 4382 Ignition Of Firedamp By Explosives

    By Bernard Lewis

    The ignition problem: for a layer of firedamp bordering on a cloud of detonation products is evidently considerably more complicated than in the usual laboratory ignition experiments, in which a well-

    Jan 1, 1948

  • NIOSH
    RI 8467 Correlation of the Fibrous Aerosol Monitor With the Optical Membrane Filter Count Technique

    By Steven J. Page

    The Bureau of Mines used fiber-laden air to test two identical fibrous aerosol monitors (FAM) in order to establish the FAM-optical count correlation. The FAM is a unique instrument developed by GCA C

    Jan 1, 1980

  • NIOSH
    RI 6375 Some Physical Properties of Ceria Powders Derived From Five Salts

    By Roy L. Wilfong, LeRoy R. Furlong, Louis P. Domingues

    The bulk and apparent densities , particle size , and surface area of ceria powders derived from the ammonium sulfate , carbonate , nitrate , oxalate , and sulfate salts and heated at 950 ° to 1,500 °

    Jan 1, 1964

  • TMS
    Submerged Bath Smelting Applied to the Non-Ferrous Metal Industry

    By J. M. Floyd

    Technology in use commercially and available for commercialisation for injection processing of base and precious metals in bath reactors is surveyed and compared. Differences between bath smelting an

    Jan 1, 1993

  • NIOSH
    RI 8379 Solubility and Activity of Aluminum Chloride in Aqueous Hydrochloric Acid Solutions

    By R. R. Brown

    The solubility and the activity of aluminum chloride hexahydrate, A1C13?6H2O, in aqueous solutions were determined as a part of the Bureau of Mines, U.S. Department of the Interior, research to improv

    Jan 1, 1979

  • SME
    Drum Hoist Ropes -Selection And Maintenance (PREPRINT NUMBER 92-96)

    By J. M. Manka

    American mining companies operate many drum hoists that hoist from various depths with varying payloads. This paper will review the procedure of selecting optimum wire rope constructions for these exi

    Jan 1, 1992

  • NIOSH
    RI 3010 Cooperative Research between the United States Bureau of Mines and Safety in Mines and the Safety in Mines Research Board

    By G. S. Rice, R. V. Wheeler

    "In September 1923, a proposal was made through official diplomatic channels by the British Safety in Mines Research Board to the United States Bureau of Mines for ""closer cooperation between the two

    Jun 1, 1930

  • IMPC
    Validation of a first principles flotation model

    By Gaurav Soni, Roe-Hoan Yoon

    A first principle flotation model has been derived from the basic mechanisms involved in flotation. The model consists of a series of analytical equations for bubble generation, bubble-particle collis

    Jan 1, 2014

  • ISEE
    Numerical Investigation of Blasting Fume Characteristics in a Block Caving Mine

    By Yong Pan, Purushotham Tukkaraja

    Block caving is a preferred underground mining technique due to its high production rate and low operation cost. Before its final step into a mature caving system using gravity to break rock, drilling

  • SME
    Slurry Transport System Operation - Introduction

    By D. L. McCain

    In considering slurry transportation for Consolidation Coal Company's Loveridge Mine in Northern West Virginia, many things were taken into account. The advantages of slurry transportation in com

    Jan 1, 1981

  • SME
    Short-Haul Opportunities For Moving Minerals By Rail ? Summary

    By B. M. Flohr

    Railroads are cost competitive with trucks for hauls greater than 500 miles - WRONG. Today I will tell you about many rail movements of less than 100 miles throughout the country. Rail is a short haul

    Jan 1, 1986

  • NIOSH
    Blast Noise Standards And Instrumentation

    By David E. Siskind

    A Bureau of Mines survey of noise from quarry production blasting was conducted at seven crushed-stone quarries, providing information on close-in noise generation, comparative instrumentation, and ev

    Jan 1, 1974

  • NIOSH
    RI 2486 The Pyrotannic Acid Method for the Quantitative Determination of Carbon Monoxide in Blood and Air

    By W. P. Yant, R. R. Sayers, G. W. Jones

    In the treatment of any illness the early diagnosis is of very great importance . This is especially true in cases of carbon monoxide poisoning , whether acute or sub-acute in character. A diagnosis o

    Jun 1, 1923

  • CIM
    Realism And A Zero Carbon Future

    By L. Shasko, M. Hurlbert

    As climate change is increasingly perceived as a problem, and fossil fuel based power production options are increasingly limited through regulatory restrictions and public distaste, future options be

    Jan 1, 2020

  • CIM
    Failure Analysis of Austenitic Stainless Steel Tubes in a Gas Fired Steam Heater

    By N. Parnian

    "Carryover of caustic soda (NaOH) in the steam path caused catastrophic failure of superheater 304H stainless steel tubes in a steam generator and led to an unexpected shutdown after just five months

    Jan 1, 2012