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1/1/1987 - Reports of InvestigationsThree possible limited-coverage design scenarios (roll bars, sliding canopies, and flip-top canopies) were designed, fabricated, and evaluated for low-coal shuttle cars. All three designs were determined to be feasible and desirable.
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1/1/1986 - Reports of InvestigationsAn investigation of the effectiveness of methane drainage in the lower Sunnyside coalbed at Kaiser Steel Corp. Sunnyside No. 1 Mine in Utah. Most previous attempts to drain methane gas using long horizontal holes were conducted in the eastern coal provi...
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1/1/1986 - Information CircularsResearch was conducted to determine whether the total elapsed delay time for blasting bituminous coal in underground coal mines could be safely expanded beyond the 500-ms limitation without igniting a methane or methane-coal dust atmosphere.
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1/1/1985 - Reports of InvestigationsInvestigation of coal-mine-type short-delay electric detonators to determine the delay accuracy and the probability of overlap between adjacent delay periods.
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1/1/1985 - Reports of InvestigationsCriteria were documented for the recognition and prediction of discontinuities in advance of mining.
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1/1/1984 - Reports of InvestigationsSince 1970, abnormally high methane emissions have been observed in eastern sections of the Federal No. 2 Mine operating in the Pittsburgh coalbed in northern West Virginia. The nature and volume of these emissions indicate a source other than the coalb...
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12/1/1983 - Reports of InvestigationsMajor problems facing the development of coal and gas resources of the Hartshorne Coalbeds include the complex distribution of minable and unminable coal, high methane content and bed pressure, faulting, variations in degree of dip, presence of natural ...
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9/1/1983 - Contract reportsThe use of electromagnetic field producing equipment in underground coal mining operations can only be expected to grow. The use of these equipment in underground mining operations is hampered by the possibility of their electromagnetic fields interacti...
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5/1/1983 - Contract reportsThis report describes a project in which Development of a Supervisory and Management Training Program for the Underground Coal mining Industry was developed and evaluated.
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1/1/1982 - Reports of InvestigationsThe Bureau of Mines has developed several techniques for draining methane from coalbeds in advance of mining. Drilling long horizontal holes from an underground location is one such technique, which was successfully demonstrated in the Pittsburgh and Su...
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program