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Mining

How to Operate a Small Scale Mine

Table of ContentsLocation of ClaimsLaborMarkets Any mining engineer with a desire to operate independently, with some financial backing, and with no fear of heavy responsibility

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Crushing & Screening

Rock Breaking Machine

Table of ContentsAnthraciteBituminousCoal-breaking Operations Anthracite Small power-driven, toothed, cast-iron rolls were used first to break anthracite in 1844. Prior to that time, men with hammers,

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Mining

Shaft Mucking Machines

Table of ContentsScraper and SlideRiddell MuckerHydro-muckerBoskovich Mucker Hand mucking in shaft sinking operations is no longer necessary because several efficient methods and machines have been

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Mining

Loading railroad car, truck, or barge

Table of ContentsDegradation in Storage, Loading and ShipmentLoading PocketsLoading Pockets for Bituminous CoalLoading DevicesLoading ChutesLoading BoomsBox-car Loading The primary purpose of the loading plant is

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Mining

Shaft Sinking

Table of ContentsMain Shaft Sunk by Steel-Shoe MethodAir Shaft Sunk by Drop-Shaft MethodConclusions In shaft sinking for coal mines, the cost item greatly influences the

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Assaying

Interstitial Water Determination

Table of ContentsExperimental ProcedureCapillary Pressure And Pore Radii A knowledge of the magnitude of the irreducible interstitial water in a porous medium is so important

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Electrometallurgy

Electrolytic Copper Refinery of Slimes

Table of ContentsCharacteristics of the SlimesTreatment of Slimes ComponentsSilver Refinery Practice The recent increase in anode copper production at the Noranda smelter placed an additional

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