Mid-Continent has early success with the longest longwall face ever operated in the US.

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• Personal Author:
  Bourquin BJ ; Jaspal, Jasinder S.
• Description:
  Operation of first longwall panel to be mined under a cooperative agreement between the U.S. Bureau of Mines and Mid-Continent Resources at the Dutch Creek No. 1 Mine is underway. The 800-ft- wide longwall face, which is part of a multilift longwall demonstration, is extracting a 10-ft-high top lift from a 28-ft- thick coal horizon in an area of the property where the coal basin a and coal basin b beds have come together to form one seam. This face, the longest ever operated in the United States, is being worked on an advancing longwall system. From the first month of operation the performance of the longwall face has yielded high productivity and safety, which should be of interest to coal producers in the United States. [Description provided by NIOSH]
• Subjects:
  Coal Coal Mining Mining Occupational Health Safety
• Keywords:
  Mining-industry; Longwall-mining; Underground-mining; Coal-mining
• Series:
  Mining Publications
• ISSN:
  0026-5187
• Document Type:
  Text
• Genre:
  Journal Article
• Place as Subject:
  OSHA Region 3 ; Pennsylvania
• CIO:
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
• Division:
  PRC - Pittsburgh Research Center
• Topic:
  Workplace Safety & Health
• Location:
  North America
• Pages in Document:
  48-52
• Volume:
  36
• Issue:
  1
• NIOSHTIC Number:
  nn:10003557
• Citation:
  Min Eng 1984 Jan; 36(1):48-52
• Federal Fiscal Year:
  1984
• Peer Reviewed:
  True
• Source Full Name:
  Mining Engineering
• Collection(s):
  National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha-512:7dc847c09aedf140bc731323e8446b4703641ae07d6ad9e7b7238120dab30b8f7dcaa9b938d34d035f87873a0fe7fec262d5d13dcaf290925445e82b6de3b57d
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/246539/cdc_246539_DS1.pdf
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