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  • SME
    Aeromagnetic Investigations Of The Northern Piedmont - Introduction

    By David L. Daniels

    The U.S. Geological Survey has for many years been flying and compiling aeromagnetic surveys. The aim is complete coverage of the United States, about half of which is presently done. Colored aeromagn

    Jan 1, 1973

  • SME
    Exploration, Planning And Design For A Coal Mine Development In The Southern Illinois Field - Introduction:

    By C. C. Bailie

    This paper will be concerned with those mineable coal measures at depths necessitating deep mine operations in the range of 200 feet to 800 feet in depth. The area is generally classified as the South

    Jan 1, 1964

  • SME
    Theoretical Considerations Of Sodium Nitrite Oxidation And Fine Grinding In Refractory Precious-Metal Concentrate Pressure Leaching

    By L. E. Krys, K. D. Harrison, C. G. Anderson

    Since 1984, nitrogen-species catalyzed pressure leaching has been utilized at Sunshine Mining and Refining Company for the recovery of precious metals from a refractory sulfide concentrate. The proces

    Jan 1, 1997

  • SME
    Evaluation of sensors for mine fire detection using an atmospheric monitoring system

    By C. D. Litton, I. E. Perera

    This report presents the results of experiments to evaluate different types of mine fire sensors in an underground mine environment using a commercially available atmospheric monitoring system. To det

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Continuous Gaseous Reduction Process For Metal Recovery

    By C. M. Sliepcevich

    This paper is a brief status summary of investigations by the authors over the past decade to develop a continuous process for recovering' high purity metal powder from pregnant solutions by gase

    Jan 1, 1975

  • SME
    Application of Water Mist for the Control of Fuel-Rich Fires In Model Coal Mine Entries

    By Ian M. Loomis, Malcolm J. McPherson

    A fuel-rich fire exists when the quantity of fuel exceeds the oxygen available to support complete combustion. The transition of a mine fire from Oxygen- rich to Fuel-rich combustion, at this time, re

    Jan 1, 1995

  • 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
    Simplifying CFD modeling of longwall gobs with a modular meshing approach

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

    Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) modeling involves the creation of a computation domain called a mesh or grid to solve the equations defining the physics of fluid flow. This process often comprises

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    An Agent-Based System Framework For Mine Scheduling And Simulation

    By M. Argiantopoulou

    In today?s mining environment, improving production, performance, productivity and profitability is crucial. Production, ancillary, plant and shipping equipment need to be monitored and controlled by

    Jan 1, 2006

  • SME
    Chemical And Radioisotope Stratification In An Abandoned Uranium Tailings Pile

    By T. P. Lim, A. J. Vivyurka, N. K. Davé

    Chemical and radioisotope stratification studies were carried out in an abandoned uranium tailings pile at Elliot Lake, Ontario, Canada. The tailings, with an average thickness of 7 m over an area of

    Jan 1, 1981

  • SME
    Practical Semiautomatic Stope Design And Cutoff Grade Calculation Method

    An incremental-analysis-based stope design and cutoff grade calculation method was developed for an underground metal mine project. Traditional stope design methods are typically very time consuming a

    Jan 1, 2012

  • SME
    Foam Property Tests to Evaluate the Potential for Longwall Shield Dust Control

    By W. R. Reed, S. Klima, J. Driscoll, T. W. Beck

    "Tests were conducted to determine properties of four foam agents for their potential use in longwall mining dust control. Foam has been tried in underground mining in the past for dust control and is

    Jan 1, 2018

  • SME
    What happened to my gold? Questions to ask

    By C. Roos

    Traditionally within the mining industry, the main functional process flow for resource and reserve evaluation proceeds from geologists who build the geological model, to resource estimation geologist

    Jan 1, 2014

  • SME
    Utilization Of Waste Glass In Clay Brick ? Introduction

    By Alan H. Goode

    Of the 15 million tons of glass discarded in municipal wastes annually, about 2 million tons pass through incinerators and can be recovered by ore processing techniques. Although the primary use for t

    Jan 1, 1974

  • SME
    Large-Scale Dust Explosions: Treated Vs. Non-Treated Rock Dust

    By R. Hildebrandt, K. Cybulski, G. V. Goodman, Z. Dyduch, M. L. Harris, M. J. Sapko

    Past research showed that bituminous coal dust remains dry and dispersible in the presence of moisture. Rock dust must disperse with the coal dust to effectively inert a propagating coal dust explosio

    Jan 1, 2019

  • SME
    A Case Study of Methane Gas Migration Through Sealed Mine Gob Into Active Mine Workings

    By Frank E. McCall, Michael A. Trevits, Fred Garcia

    The U.S. Bureau of Mines investigated the influence of atmospheric pressure changes on methane gas migration through mine seals at a mine site located in the Pittsburgh Coalbed. The mine gained acces

    Jan 1, 1995

  • SME
    Development, Testing and Proposed Application of Multiple Passive Source Tracers for Underground Mine Ventilation Systems (Mınıng engıneerıng FEBRUARY 2018)

    By E. Jong, E. Watkins

    "The application of passive tracer gas sources in underground mines is particularly useful for long-term tracer studies as well as for studies conducted in permissible areas of underground coal mines.

    Jan 2, 2018

  • SME
    The Influence Of Bacteria On The Formation Of Acid Mine Drainage ? Introduction

    By William W. Leathen

    Acid mine drainage became a reality through the exposure of the first bituminous coal seam, either by man or by nature. At first the small amount of acid formed was quickly and efficiently neutralized

    Jan 1, 1959

  • SME
    Some Compositional Effects Of Hydrothermal Alteration ? Introduction

    By C. Wayne Burnham

    Much has been written about hydrothermal alteration and the compositional changes induced by it in the wallrocks of mineral deposits, especially in alummino-silicate wallrocks. So much has been writte

    Jan 1, 1962

  • SME
    Investigation of the Influence of a Large Steel Plate on the Magnetic Field Distribution of a Magnetic Proximity Detection System

    By J. DuCarme, A. Smith, M. Reyes

    "A magnetic proximity detection system is mounted on a mobile mining machine to prevent underground workers from being pinned or struck by machine motion. The system generates magnetic fields around t

    Jan 6, 2018