Installation of PC-Based Seismic Monitoring Systems with Examples from the Homestake, Sunshine, and Lucky Friday Mines

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• Personal Author:
  Blake W ; Girard, Jami M. ; McMahon TJ ; Williams, Theodore J.
• Description:
  Researchers from the U.S. Bureau of Mines have installed low-cost, personal-computer-based data acquisition systems to monitor mining-induced seismicity and rock mass deformation at three underground hard-rock mines: the Homestake Mine, Lead, SD; the Sunshine Mine, Osburn, ID; and the Lucky Friday Mine, Mullan, ID. The basic components of the systems include geophones, amplifiers, signal-conditioning equipment, and data acquisition hardware and software. Each system is capable of automatically recording and storing full-waveform information from seismic events in the mine. By combining data from these systems with rock mechanics information from the mine, a modified excavation plan may minimize rock burst occurrences and may allow recovery of more resources from highly stressed ground. The process of selecting recording devices, designing system layout, and installing the equipment are described in detail. Examples from the systems at the three mines are included. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Engineering Geology Mining Occupational Health Safety Software
• Keywords:
  Computer-software Control-technology Engineering-controls Geophysics Ground-control Ground-stability Mining-industry Rock-bursts Rock-falls Rock-mechanics Statistical-analysis Underground-mining

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• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Publisher:
  U.S. Bureau of Mines
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Book
• Place as Subject:
  Idaho ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 8 ; South Dakota ; Washington
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  SRC - Spokane Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  303-312
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:20024626
• Citation:
  Proceedings: Mechanics and Mitigation of Violent Failure in Coal and Hard-Rock Mines. Washington, DC: U.S. Bureau of Mines, 1995 May; :303-312
• Editor(s):
  Maleki H; Wopat PF; Repsher RC; Tuchman RJ
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1995
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Proceedings: Mechanics and Mitigation of Violent Failure in Coal and Hard-Rock Mines
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:ab07a7a6a30052d69ae3c1708a49d4aa570e7380ec8732b0cd157b63f621988f11909c917d31cd4974b6878379c6f85bd4670480d60381d02930c37a640bdd93
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/220798/cdc_220798_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 2.43 MB ]