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8/20/2013 - PC softwareA software program for designing web and barrier pillars for Highwall Mining.
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8/1/2004 - Conference papersThis article discusses highwall stability, reasons for early pull out of highwall miner holes, and geotechnical engineering and planning factors, as well as operating practices to improve highwall stability and minimize the risk of a trapped miner.
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8/1/2005 - Conference papersThe objective of this is paper is to review the current state of knowledge and practice in highwall mining.
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7/1/1997 - Technology NewsTo provide a safe, practical, cost-effective method for measuring coal rib thickness during highwall mining.
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2/1/1997 - Conference papersDeeper surface mining and deeper highwall penetration depths have lead to more frequent encounters with methane gas. While this coal is remotely mined from the surface, underground ignitions of methane have propagated to the surface and injured miners. ...
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1/1/1993 - Reports of InvestigationsThe U.S. Bureau of Mines investigated a method of using inert gas to prevent the formation of explosive gas mixtures in auger highwall mining of coal. A combination of gasoline and diesel engine exhaust gases was introduced into the auger drill hole us...
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1/1/1992 - Reports of InvestigationsThe U.S. Bureau of Mines developed and tested a teleoperating system to control a new highwall mining system. Surface and production testing proved that the teleoperating system supplied the operator with sufficient sensory information to operate the m...
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program