Opening a successful new mine is a vastly complex undertaking, entailing several years and millions to billions of dollars. In today's world, when environmental and labor policies, regulatory compliance, and the impact of the community must be factored in, you cannot afford to make a mistake. The Society for Mining, Metallurgy & Exploration has ......
Hydraulic mining was, and remains, controversial. It produced great wealth from the soil of California, yet damaged the land in such a way that the scars will remain for eons. Great hillsides were denuded of soil by streams of water which boggle the imagination, and the sediment which was washed away filled the streambeds of the valleys below, ......
The Contribution to the Mining History of the United States by EmigrantCornish Miners - the Men Called Cousin Jacks
The hands of Cornish miners bore scars of one of the most sophisticated traditions of hard-rock mining in the world. Toughened "Cousin Jacks" brought generations of toilsome underground experience to the Americas from one of the oldest mining regions of the world. Once here, their skill with granite and ore won their fame as the industrial elite ......
A Personal Recollection of Coal Trains in the 1990s
The 1990s were a decade of change on the railways with colliery closures and privatisation. This is a potted history of Worksop train crew depot, with photos of collieries, trains and power stations. There are maps, descriptions of each colliery and power station featured, diagrams, tables and coal plans to show where power station coal ......
Three Mines, Four Men, and One Hundred Years, 1887-1997
While copper seems less glamorous than gold, it may be far more important. Copper proved vital to the industrial revolution and indispensable for electrification of America. Kennecott Copper Corporation, at one time the largest producer of copper in the world, thus played a key role in economic and industrial development. This book recounts how ......
This third edition of the SME Mining Engineering Handbook reaffirms its international reputation as "the handbook of choice" for today's practicing mining engineer. It distills the body of knowledge that characterizes mining engineering as a disciplinary field and has subsequently helped to inspire and inform generations of mining professionals. ......
This book is a modern and very practical guide offering reservoir engineering fundamentals, advanced reservoir related topics, reservoir simulation fundamentals, and problems and case studies from around the world. It is designed to aid students and professionals alike in their active and important roles throughout the reservoir life cycle ......
This 2 volume set is an up-to-date reference based on 138 proceedings papers from the October 2002, Mineral Processing Plane Design, Control and Practice Conference in Vancouver, British Columbia. It was the first conference to comprehensively address plant design and operation issues in more than a decade. This indispensable resource covers all ......
Covers the main types of logs in use today, as well as the more common types of open-hole logs. Contents: Introduction to logging Reading logs Mud logging formation parameters Porosity Resistivity measurements Putting it all together Detailed interpretation Computer-generated & specialty logs.
