Volume 163
Mining Practice 1945
Papers and Discussions Presented at Meetings held at New York: February 17-20, 1941; February 15- 18, 1945; February 20-24, 1944; At Los Angeles, October 19-20, 1944; Chicago, February 25-28, 1946; and Other Contributions
Title Page
Foreword By A. B. Parsons
Contents
A.I.M.E. Officers and Directors
Committee on Mining Methods

PAPERS:

Long-Hole Mining Methods

TITLE AUTHOR
Blast-hole Diamond Drilling at Cornwall Iron-ore Mines, Pennsylvania Daniel S. Lyons
Diamond-drill Blast Holes in a Magnetite Ore Body ( T.P. 1899, Mining Tech., July 1945) Robert J. Linney
The New Horadiam Method of Mining at Copper Mountain (T. P. 1914, Mining Tech., Sept. 1945) R. S. Douglas, C. H. Brehaut, W. N. Taylor and H. A. Shannon
Changing Mining Methods at the Holden Mine John J. Curzon

Caving Methods

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History and Development of Block Caving at the Mines of the Inspiration Consolidated Copper Company A. C. Stoddard
Block Caving-A Symposium (T. P. 1469, Mining Tech., July 1942)  
A Study of Geologic Structure at Climax in Relation to Mining and Block Caving Robert U. King
An Experimental Study of Caving and Drawing Large Ore Bodies F. S. McNicholas, V. C. Rogers and M. S. Walker
A Comparison between the Chute and Grizzly System and the Slusher System at the Climax Mine (T. P. 1715, Mining Tech., May 1944.) (With discussion) Robert Henderson
A New Caving Procedure at the Crestmore Limestone Mine (T. P. 1766, Mining Tech., Nov. 1944) R. H. Wightman

Miscellaneous Underground Methods

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Cut-and-fill Mining Methods:  
Cut-and-fill Stoping at International Nickel Company Mines A. F. Brock
Cut-and-fill Mining Methods at Falconbridge Nickel Mines, Limited John Metz and D. E. Macdonell
Cut-and-fill Stoping at the McIntyre Porcupine Mines, Limited S. A. Wookey
Sublevel Stoping with Delayed Filling, Hiawatha Mine, Iron River, Michigan G. A. Koehler
Vertical Slice and Slot Stoping at Butte (T .P. 1894, Mining Tech., Sept. 1945) L. F. Bishop
Shaker Conveyors Used in Sublevel Stoping in an Iron-ore Mine (T. P. 1823, Mining Tech., May 1945) R. D. Satterley
Mining a Deep Limestone Deposit in Ohio (T. P. 1622, Mining Tech., Sept. 1943) George A. Morrison
Opening the Mather Mine (T.P. 1781, Mining Tech., Jan. 1945) C. W. Allen and L. C. Moore
Draining and Mining a Wet Mine (T. P. 1834, Mining Tech., July 1934) R. C. Mahon

New Mining Devices

TITLE AUTHOR
Some Gadgets and Innovations Developed and Used at the Climax Mine F. S. McNicholas, Robert Henderson, F. O. Garrabrant and R. U. King
Modern Gadgets and Practices Developed in the Underground Mining Operations of Consolidated Coppermines Corporation Paul J. Sirkegian
A Special Shaft Bar J. W. Gilbert
Use of Water-jet Pumps in the Tri-State District F. J. Cuddeback

Shaft Sinking

TITLE AUTHOR
Shaft-sinking Operations at Barberton, Ohio, for the Columbia Chemical Division of the Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company (T.P. I 778, Mining Tech., Nov. 1944) J. Murray Riddell and George A. Morrison

Haulage

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Underground Haulage and Dispatching System at the Emma Nevada and Morris Brooks Mines, Kimberly, Nevada Paul J. Sirkegian
Underground Haulage at the Potrerillos Mine Charles M. Brinckerhoff

Hoisting

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Latest Developments in Mine Hoisting H. W. Dow

Electrification

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Electrification of the Climax Molybdenum Company's Plant at Climax, Colorado (T. P. 1734, Mining Tech., July 1944) F. O. Garrabrant

Ventilation

TITLE AUTHOR
The Role of Air Jets in Mine Ventilation (T. P. 1912, Mining Tech., July 1945) G. E. McElroy
Effect of Natural Ventilation Pressure on Mine Resistance with Fan Operating (T. P. 1661, Mining Tech., Jan. 1944) Walter S. Weeks
Dust Sampling and Counting Technique Used by Climax Molybdenum Company John Mullen

Health

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Six Years' Experience of Prepaid Medical Care for the Employees of the Hollinger Mine (T .P. 1752, Mining Tech., Sept. 1944) R. P. Smith
Treatment of Mine Water for Domestic Use (T. P. 1913, Mining Tech., Nov. 1945) Robert Wamsley and W. E. Jones

Surface Mining

TITLE AUTHOR
Stripping Pitching Beds in Pennsylvania's Anthracite Region (With Discussion) (Vol. 157, Coal Division) D. C. Helms, C. E. Brown and O. W. Shimer
Costs in Dragline Gold Dredging (T. P. 1900, Mining Tech., July 1945) Charles H. Thurman
Wartime Bauxite Mining in Arkansas (T. P. 1910, Mining Tech., Sept. 1945) (With discussion) Frank H. MacPherson

Diamond Drilling

TITLE AUTHOR
Diamond Drilling in Exploration and Development (T. P. 1858, Mining Tech., Jan. 1946) Robert S. Moehlman
Practical Diamond Drilling for the Geologist and Engineer J. McLaren Forbes
Some Problems Involved in the Interpretation of Diamond-drill-hole Sampling and Surveying (T. P. 1842, Mining Tech., Jan. 1946) (With discussion) John J. Collins
Surveying and Controlling Diamond-drill Holes (T. P. 1950, Mining Tech., Jan. 1946) Arthur B. Yates
Calculations from Diamond-drill Sampling-a Comparison of Methods (T. P. 1784, Mining Tech., Jan. 1944) C. W. Green-Halgh

Rock Bursts

TITLE AUTHOR
Rock Bursts-A Symposium (T. P. 1468, Mining Tech., May 1942)  
"Swelling Ground" Contrasted with "Heavy Ground" in Mines (T. P. 1654, Mining Tech., Jan. 1944) (With discussion) Rollin Farmin

INDEX

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Index