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Large Scale Ground Instability Caused By Failure of Underlying Pillars: A Case Study of Dynamic Multiple Seam InteractionBy Christopher Mark
Severe dynamic multiple seam interactions can occur when active mine workings are subsided by underlying mining activity. The most dramatic events are usually caused by longwall mining or pillar recov
Jan 1, 2012
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Historical Perspective And Future Projection Of Longwall Mining In The United States (19eaaffe-326c-46a4-9a81-dc104b2df560)By Thomas M. Barczak
This report chronicles the historical development of longwall mining in the United States and speculates on future developments to the turn of the century. Five eras of technological development durin
Jan 1, 1992
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A Practical Application of Photogrammetry to Performing Rib Characterization Measurements in an Underground Coal Mine Using a DSLR CameraBy Brent A. Slaker, Khaled M. Mohamed
"Understanding coal mine rib behavior is important for inferring pillar loading conditions as well as ensuring the safety of miners who are regularly exposed to ribs. Due to the variability in the geo
Jan 1, 2016
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Integration Of CAD-Based Mine Planning And Subsidence Engineering SystemsBy Andrew P. Jarosz
The present computerized mine planning systems use CAD-like and Data Base Management System (DBMS) environments for the handling of numerical, textural, and graphical data. These two environments are
Jan 1, 1995
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The Design of Primary Ground Support during Roadway Development Using Empirical DatabasesBy Ry Stone
"There have been many design practices utilised within the coal mining industry to arrive at the minimum densities of primary ground support required during roadway development. This paper demonstrate
Jan 1, 2015
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Cost Preventive System To Control Unstable Roof In Main Line Haulage EntriesBy John Popovich
The MICON RokLok binder system including component and consolidation processes and safety and its first aide are described. The implementation procedures and selection of injection parameters are disc
Jan 1, 2001
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The Back Pressures Associated With Resin Rock Bolt Installations And Methods To Control And Predict It (1a0250a7-1c1e-4686-8a66-dbfc2dd6e095)By Anthony S. Spearing
The vast majority of the estimated 100 million rock anchors installed in mines in the USA per year use resin cartridges (Tadolini and Mazzoni, 2006). About 4.5 million per annum of these are bolts wi
Jan 1, 2009
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What Factors Over and Above Those Included in the Existing Coal Mine Roof Rating (CMRR) Could Also Be Predictive of Roof Instability in Underground Coal Mines?By Elizabeth Holley, Meriel Young, Gabriel Walton
"The coal mine roof rating (CMRR) was developed by Chris Mark and Greg Molinda to bridge the gap between geological variation in underground coal mines and engineering design. The CMRR accounts for th
Jan 1, 2018
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Recent UK Experience of Working above Previously Extracted LongwallsBy David Bigby
In the UK, it is becoming increasingly necessary to open new longwall mining areas above old, abandoned workings. In such cases, strategic and gate roadways must often be driven and maintained acros
Jan 1, 2007
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A Hydrogeomechanical Study Of Overburden Aquifer Response To Longwall MiningBy G. J. Hasenfus
This paper presents the results of an extensive hydrological and geomechanical monitoring program which Gas conducted at a longwall coal mine in W. Va. The field program included monitoring of groundw
Jan 1, 1988
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Mine Layout Deign for Coal Bump ControlBy Hamid Maleki
A comprehensive study consisting of stress determinations, core logging, laboratory testing, and numerical analyses was conducted to investigate the cause and potential alternatives to the coal bump c
Jan 1, 1987
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Comparison Of Predictions And Measurements Of Subsidence Caused By Underground Mining In Northern AppalachiaBy H. J. Siriwardane
This paper presents results from three case studies involving longwall mine panels at which the measured ground movements were compared with the numerical model predictions based on the finite element
Jan 1, 1988
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Innovative Tailgate Support For Heavy Ground: 11 Left Longwall Panel, Cyprus Shoshone MineBy Christopher C. Woomer
Cyprus Shoshone Mine uses the longwall method to extract a deep, thick, pitching coal seam in the Hanna Basin of South Central Wyoming. The immediate, and main roof rock consists of weak, thinly-bedde
Jan 1, 1995
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Relocating Mining?Induced Seismicity at the Trail Mountain MineBy Meagan S. Boltz
From October 2000 to April 2001 a local array of fourteen seismograph stations was deployed at the Trail Mountain Mine (TMM), an underground coal mine in Emery County, Utah, to locate mining-induced s
Jan 1, 2012
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A Procedure for the Rapid Assessment of Coal Mine Roof Stability against Large Roof FallsBy Ted Klemetti, Gabriel Esterhuizen, John L. Ellenberger
"Advanced numerical models can be used to evaluate entry support systems in coal mines. However, these methods require specialized software and specialized skills to create the models and evaluate the
Jan 1, 2015
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Coal Mine Bumps: Case Histories of Analysis and AvoidanceBy David Newman
In Eastern Kentucky, the Darby seam has had an extensive history of coal bumps and pillar bursts. The combination of high overburden, strong rock and coal, subjacent and superjacent mines, and retrea
Jan 1, 2008
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A Study On Stress Distribution And Reasonable Size Of Coal Pillar In A Coal FaceBy H. C. Li
Mechanical models are established in accordance with the degree of mining on both sides of the coal pillar, and formulae were derived which calculated the superposition stress distribution and the wid
Jan 1, 1992
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FlexKnot: An Innovation in Roof and Rib Surface ControlBy Anand Bhagwat
Surface control can prevent the falls of ground between primary roof support systems and rib support. Using existing industrial products, and adopting them for mining applications, has historically at
Jan 1, 2014
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Controlled Blasting During Drifting In Hard Rock MineBy S. P. Singh
Drifts are an integral component of underground mining. They provide access for men and material, means for transporting ore and rock and serve as air passageways. In view of their importance on the o
Jan 1, 1990
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Observations of Impacts to Pennsylvania's Interstate Highways by Longwall MiningBy Anthony Iannacchionc, Jessica Benner, Harold Miller, Megan Witkowski
"Longwall bituminous coal mining has been practiced in Pennsylvania since the 1970""s. Hundreds of longwall panels have been mined during the last 40 years but only 24 have actually undermined Pennsyl
Jan 1, 2010