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Cost comparison of gob hole and cross-measure borehole systems to control methane in gobs
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1988
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Description:"The capital investment and operating costs of two methane-control systems used during longwall mining operations are compared in this Bureau of Mines report. Costs are given for a surface gob hole drainage system and an underground cross-measure borehole drainage system to control methane gas in gobs in four coal mining areas- central Pennsylvania, northern West Virginia, southern Virginia, and northern Alabama. Present-worth analysis is used to determine the more cost-effective alternative in each location. The alternatives have equal lives and provide the same service based on a minimum rate of return of 15 pct. In central Pennsylvania and northern west Virginia, the gob hole system is more cost effective than the cross- measure system, by 10 and 18 pct, respectively. In southern Virginia and northern Alabama; the cross measure system is more cost effective, by 29 and 38 pct, respectively. Costs for other locations must be developed on a case-by-case basis." - NIOSHTIC-2
NIOSHTIC no. 10005917
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