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  • CIM
    Fair Market Value of a Mining Property

    By Walter F. Atkins

    Fair market value, in the legal sense , is the price which a prudent and knowledgeable buyer and a prudent and knowledgeable seller, acting without constraint or compulsion , will agree upon to exchan

    Jan 1, 1977

  • SME
    Conveyorized Materials Handling For Surface Coal Mines In Steep Topography Areas

    By LeRoy D. Loy

    To facilitate effective land reclamation and comply with existing state regulations, surface coal mine operators have in recent years adopted new mining techniques and equipment utilization for steep-

    Jan 1, 1977

  • SME
    Role Of Models In Coal Supply Analysis

    By Thomas E. Browne

    The Electric Power Research Institute Energy Supply Program is developing coal supply forecasts. By coal supply forecasts I mean the future relationships between coal price and production levels. A re

    Jan 1, 1977

  • NIOSH
    OFR-107-77 Minimum Cost Strategies For Longwall Equipment Moves

    By Thomas Gales

    Longwall mining has a high potential for producing bulk production from a single face. Production is interrupted for a considerable time when it is necessary to move the equipment to a new block of co

    Jan 1, 1977

  • NIOSH
    OFR-2(1)-78 Water Management In Oil Shale Mining - Volume 1- Main Text

    By A. Brown

    This report details work performed and results obtained in a study of the water management aspects of oil shale mining and retorting in the Piceance Creek Basin. Three specific sites were investigated

    Jan 1, 1977

  • NIOSH
    IC 8739 Fuels And Energy Data: United States By States And Census Divisions, 1974

    By Lulie H. Crump

    Salient information on reserves, production, and consumption of fuels and energy by State is summarized in this Bureau of Mines publication. Reserve and production data are shown for each of the fossi

    Jan 1, 1977

  • NIOSH
    OFR-161(2)-77 Stope Mechanization - Vein Mining - Appendices ? Appendix A ? Horizontal Cut And Fill Stoping

    [RESULTS OF THE PRIMARY CONVENTIONAL PERFORMANCE AND COST MODEL OF THE UNIT OPERATIONS OF UNDERGROUND PERCUSSIVE DRILLING AND BLASTING]

    Jan 1, 1977

  • NIOSH
    OFR-84-78 Study On Self-Replacing And/Or Self-Adjusting Belt Cleaning Devices -- Design Of A Horizontal Pentagonal Turret System

    By T. C. Woo

    This report describes the program that studied the theoretical and practical aspects of the belt cleaning systems, investigated-the possibilities of a self-replacing and/or sell-adjusting belt cleanin

    Jan 1, 1977

  • NIOSH
    OFR-142-77 Reducing Methane In Coal Mine Gob Areas With Vertical Boreholes

    By R. L. Mazza

    This final report on methods of reducing and controlling methane in coal mine gob areas indicates that vertical degas holes are beneficial to the mines of northern West Virginia working the Pittsburgh

    Jan 1, 1977

  • NIOSH
    OFR-153-77 Technical And Economic Feasibility Surface Mining Coal Deposits North Slope Of Alaska

    This Kaiser Engineers report on the feasibility of surface mining on the North Slope of Alaska has considered the quantity and quality of the North Slope deposits with attention paid to the economic,

    Jan 1, 1977

  • CIM
    Are We Overtaxing Our Resources?

    By Peter M. Watt

    The objective s of this paper are: (a ) to examine and discuss the burdens we place on our extractive industry; (b) to compare the levels of taxation in Canada with those in other countries; and ( c)

    Jan 1, 1977

  • SME
    Industrial Minerals In South Carolina Past, Present And Future

    By Norman K. Olson

    A geologic investigation of mineral resources in South Carolina first began in 1825 when the General Assembly authorized Lardner Vanuxen to conduct a "Geological and Mineralogical Survey of South Caro

    Jan 1, 1977

  • NIOSH
    OFR-49(1)-79 Construction, Inspection And Maintenance Of Mine Haulage Track, Volume I

    By Edward G. Cunney

    [Track in underground bituminous coal mines was investigated and technology has taken from other industries in order to Main information on conditions that impair the safety and efficiency of the trac

    Jan 1, 1977

  • NIOSH
    OFR-123(5)-78 Advancement Of Mine Ventilation Network Analysis From Art To Science - Volume V Application Of PSU/MVS To The Ventilation Planning Of A New Mine

    By R. Stefanko

    In this report, the use of Penn State Ventilation Simulator (PSU/MVS) for planning and evaluating new coal mine ventilation systems is demonstrated. The simulator's application to evaluate the ve

    Jan 1, 1977

  • NIOSH
    OFR-57(1)-78 Feasibility Studies Of A Bidirectional Auger System And A Machine Mining Plan - Volume I, Bidirectional Auger System

    By A. N. Baldwin

    This report documents work performed under Bureau of Mines Contract J0265029 to study and develop two innovative mining systems: ? An underground auger capable of augering into the right and left r

    Jan 1, 1977

  • NIOSH
    OFR-11-79 Exploratory Studies Of Flame And Explosion Quenching

    By R. A. Strehlow

    This is the final report for U.S. Bureau of Mines contract HO-122122, which was in effect from June 30, 1972 through January 4, 1976. The work resulted in the design and construction of a large labora

    Jan 1, 1977

  • NIOSH
    OFR-161(1)-77 Stope Mechanization - Vein Mining

    By J. Bootle

    Marrow vein deposits will continue to be an important source of valuable minerals. Productivity per manshift is not keeping pace with operating costs. Increased mechanization of stoping operations mus

    Jan 1, 1977

  • NIOSH
    OFR-93-78 Dynamic Practice Size Measurement Of Coal Dust

    By Virgil A. Marple

    The primary purpose of this contract was to evaluate methods and techniques by which the size distribution acid concentration of mining-related dusts can be measured. One result has been the developme

    Jan 1, 1977

  • NIOSH
    OFR-18-80 Evaluation Of Surface Mining Blasting Procedures ? 1.0 Summary

    An evaluation of blasting procedures in surface mining operations was undertaken to determine means for improving safety. The objectives of the study were to: 1. Develop guidelines for safer blasti

    Jan 1, 1977

  • NIOSH
    OFR-104(2)-80 Selective Placement Of Coal Stripmine Overburden In Montana - II. Initial Field Demonstration

    By D. J. Dollhopf

    A week-long selective overburden handling dragline op ration was conducted at a strip mine near Colstrip, Montana. The objective of the demonstration was to hvdrologically isolate a saline overburden

    Jan 1, 1977