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Seismic Signals from Mining Operations and the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Comments on a Draft Report by a Department of Energy Working Group (1998) / Chapter Skim
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2 General Comment on the Draft Report of the DOE Working Group
Pages 11-14

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From page 11...
... Underground failures that may produce seismic signals are properly categorized in the report as (~) planned failures, which include controlled failures (e.g., planned pillar blasting and the initiation of block caving)
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From page 12...
... The recommendations proposed by the working group's report to reduce seismic levels prescribe changes to long-standing mining practices that have been refined to optimize equipment investments and operational costs, efficiency, and safety. The committee believes that the adoption of many of the working group's recommendations could result in a substantial increase in operational mining costs.
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From page 13...
... However, in the case of the DOE Working Group report's recommendation on slice mining, the technique is not a commonly known mining engineering method, is unreferenced, and is inadequately documented in the report. Parts of the working group's report are written in such a way as to imply that the mining industry has a limited understanding of the scientific, technical, environmental, and economic benefits of various blasting practices.
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  • draft report
  • visible mine
  • pillar collapses
  • unplanned failures
  • discriminating signals

  • highly useful
  • blasting practice
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  • uncontrolled failures

  • planned pillar
  • calculations associated
  • assessing blasting
  • coal bumps
  • seismic wave

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  • valuable tool
  • prescribe changes
  • properly categorized


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