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  • AIME
    Papers - Theoretical - Flow of Heat from an Intrusive Body into Country Rock (T. P. 1677, with discussion)

    By C. E. Van Orstrand

    An intrusive body is a mass of igneous rock that has migrated upward, presumably from great depths. Great variations in form, composition and depth of burial occur. It is not proposed in this paper to

    Jan 1, 1946

  • AIME
    Papers - Theoretical - Flow of Heat from an Intrusive Body into Country Rock (T. P. 1677, with discussion)

    By C. E. Van Orstrand

    An intrusive body is a mass of igneous rock that has migrated upward, presumably from great depths. Great variations in form, composition and depth of burial occur. It is not proposed in this paper to

    Jan 1, 1946

  • DFI
    Analytically Modelling Dst Arrival Time Databases With High Order Polynomials For Optimal High Resolution Imaging

    By Gerald Verbeek, Erick Baziw

    Downhole Seismic Testing (DST) is an extensively utilized geotechnical tool for site characterization. DST provides low strain (<10-5) in-situ interval shear and compression wave velocity estimates. T

    Oct 1, 2022

  • AUSIMM
    Pillar Design in Hard Rock Mines - Can we do this with Confidence?

    This paper gives an overview of the difficulties associated with determining the strength of hard rock pillars. Although a number of pillar design tools are available, pillar collapses still occur. Re

    Nov 25, 2010

  • AUSIMM
    A Geological Model for Gold Mineralisation at Reefton, New Zealand

    By G J. Corbett, P Magner, M McKenzie

    Structures formed during ductile deformation have been reactivated during the later brittle mineralisation process. Two generations of folding are classified as: early recumbent megascopic FI folds an

    Jan 1, 1997

  • CIM
    High Strength Aerated Cement Bulkheads for Target Gold Mine, South Africa

    By D. J. R. Ras

    A sub-level open stoping method is being used to mine the massive deposits at TARGET Gold Mine which uses cemented tailings to backfill the stopes. This requires the construction of bulkheads to conta

    May 1, 2007

  • SME
    Ground Control Design For Highwall Mining (237c3f7a-5149-4dad-a860-b8b9ad20fedb)

    By R. Karl Zipf

    Highwall mining is an important surface coal mining method, and it may account for approximately 4% of total U.S. coal production. Highwall stability is the major ground control related safety concer

    Jan 1, 2005

  • AUSIMM
    A New Method for Rapid Vertical Development of Underground Ventilation Shafts

    By R Markoski, P Grealish

    The requirement for rapid vertical development for underground ventilation is often a factor when dealing with dynamic mine plans, with short vertical developments being used to optimise ventilation s

    Sep 17, 2014

  • DFI
    Ultimate Skin Friction Of Single Batter Piles In Sand ? Synopsis

    By A. M. Hanna

    This paper presents the experimental investigation on the ultimate skin friction of batter piles. The model piles were pushed in medium dense sand deposits at different inclinations up to 30 with resp

    Jan 1, 2010

  • SME
    Pebble Crushing in a SAG Mill Circuit

    By D. E. Healy

    In 1989, an autogenous grinding task force was formed to study potential autogenous grinding circuits to replace the existing semi-autogenous grinding (SAG) at the National Steel Pellet Plant in Keewa

    Jan 1, 1992

  • NIOSH
    Evaluation Of Powered Wheelchairs With Suspension And Exposure To Whole-Body Vibration - Introduction

    By Michael L. Boninger, Erik J. Wolf, Rory A. Cooper

    Although wheelchair users are regularly subjected to whole-body vibrations little research has been conducted to assess these vibrations or attempt to reduce them [2,3,5]. Most of the wheelchair and

    Jan 6, 2006

  • NIOSH
    RI 7806 Natural Gas As An Automotive Fuel, An Experimental Study

    A study was conducted by the Bureau of Mines to evaluate natural gas as an automotive fuel and to provide guidelines for optimum engine adjustments for low exhaust emissions. The study was conducted u

    Jan 1, 1973

  • SME
    1970s – SME Moves Headquarters From New York

    By William M. Gleason

    The war in Vietnam stretched into another decade, an American President was at the brink of impeachment, the earth was given its own day, twin tower monuments of American ingenuity were completed in N

    Jan 1, 2007

  • CIM
    Evaluation of liner capacity for blast damage mitigation

    By J. F. Archibald

    A research effort has been undertaken, under Workplace Safety and Insurance Board of Ontario (WSIB) sponsorship, to characterize the support capabilities of conventional and innovative spray-on lining

    Jan 1, 2004

  • SME
    WMATA Use Of The New Austrian Tunneling Method For Lining And Support

    By Larry H. Heflin

    The Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority&apos;s Wheaton Station and tunnel design was completed and offered for bid in the Spring of 1983. The format was unique to the Authority: a four part

    Jan 1, 1985

  • CIM
    Design, Construction, and Start-up of Stillwater Mining’s East Boulder Concentrator

    By P. Lefebvre, J. Sargent, K. Major, B. Darnton

    "Stillwater Mining commenced mining operations at Nye, Montana in 1987 for the recovery of platinum and palladium. Exploration identified that the J-M Reef extended for 43 km. In 1998 Stillwater Minin

    Jan 1, 2003

  • ABM
    Análise Da Injeção De Gás No Distribuidor Para Melhoria Na Remoção De Inclusões

    By Alexandre de Freitas Gomes de Mendonça

    A remoção de inclusões no distribuidor de lingotamento contínuo tem sido intensamente investigada por meio de modelamentos físicos e matemáticos. Recentemente, a injeção de gás no distribuidor tem sid

    Jul 30, 2018

  • NIOSH
    RI 7295 Bureau Of Mines Coal-Fired Gas Turbine Research Project - Test Of Combustor And Ash Separators For Open-Cycle Plant

    By Donald C. Strimbeck

    The Bureau of Mines designed a down-fired refractory-lined combustor that efficiently burned pulverized coal to produce a gas suitable as working fluid for an open-cycle gas turbine. The gas contained

    Jan 1, 1969

  • DFI
    Deep Mix-In-Place Soil/Cement Stabilisation Using Hollow Stem Augers For Excavation At Elland, West Yorkshire

    By J. A. Elliot

    Deep Mix-in-Place soil stabilisation is achieved by forming columns of soil/cement arranged to overlap by secant intersection. Alternate columns are constructed initially and infilled. The cementitiou

    Jan 1, 1989

  • AIME
    Copper Reduction

    By C. R. Kuzell

    IN COMPARISON with recent years 1932 has yielded much less tangible evidence of progress in copper reduction and refining. The industry has been extremely quiet, especially in the United States. Desig

    Jan 1, 1933