Design and Evaluation of Improved Surface Coal Mine Overburden Handling and Coal Extraction Techniques

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• Personal Author:
  Bennett DA ; Bowersmith JA ; Callaghan DJ ; Marshall LC ; Nickey RA
• Description:
  This report is the result of information obtained from a review of related literature, personal inquiry, and on-site examination of active surface coal mining operations. Four improved surface coal mine systems are described in detail and evaluated for feasibility, implementation requirements, environmental benefits, and costs. Engineering feasibility emphasizes equipment availability, compliance to design requirements, practicality, and industry rating. Implementation potential emphasizes immediacy, ease, acceptability, and constraints. Special attention was given to environmental responsiveness, with regard both to the solutions to mined-land reclamation problems and to the concurrency of reclamation. Each system description included a hypothetical model mine with a depreciation schedule, capital summary, estimated annual production costs, sales price computation, production and operating cost summary, and a sensitivity analysis of mine price to stripping ratio. A program plan and a time schedule for demonstrating a selected mining system cover site selection criteria, mine data collection, criteria for controlling and budgeting costs, and reporting findings. Sixteen state reclamation laws and regulations are abstracted. Sixty-nine references are listed in the bibliography. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Manufacturing And Industrial Facilities Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Coal mining; Surface mining; Pit mining; Excavation; Materials handling; Overburden; Mining equipment; Mine haulage; Excavating equipment; Land reclamation; Terrace pit mining; Area haulback mining; Periphery mining; Tower excavator mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• Subseries:
  Open File Report
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Conference Publications ; Final Contract Report
• Place as Subject:
  California ; OSHA Region 10 ; OSHA Region 9 ; 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:
  1-174
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10001830
• NTIS Accession Number:
  PB-264764
• Citation:
  Spokane, WA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Contract J0255023, 1976 Jan; :1-174
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1976
• Performing Organization:
  Theodore Barry and Associates, Los Angeles, California
• Peer Reviewed:
  False
• Source Full Name:
  Spokane, WA: U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Contract J0255023
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
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• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/234575/cdc_234575_DS1.pdf
• File Type:
  [PDF - 8.99 MB ]