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Open Pit Mining Operations, James A. Simon
Open Pit Mining Operations, James A. Simon
Bachelors Theses and Reports, 1928 - 1970
This report on open pit mining operations will discuss: the history of open pit mining, factors important in the selection of open pit mining and in the development of an open pit, and the various mining and operational methods used in this type of an operation. Stripping coal mining operations will be discussed but the majority of the report will be on open pit metal mines.
Modern Hydraulic Filling In Underground Metal Mines, Rainer Gevers
Modern Hydraulic Filling In Underground Metal Mines, Rainer Gevers
Bachelors Theses and Reports, 1928 - 1970
While the practice of back-filling is almost as old as mining, it was only when modern machines made possible the removal of vast tonnages of rock, that the support of underground workings-- by filling work-out stopes-- became peremptory from both the humane and economic aspects.