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Field Demonstration of Two Pneumatic Backfilling Technologies.

PB95231155

Publication Date	1995
Personal Author	Dyni, R. C.; Burnett, M.; Philbin, D.
Page Count	23
Abstract	The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) report summarizes a field demonstration of pneumatic backfilling technologies conducted at the abandoned Hillside Coal and Iron Slope in Vandling, PA. Researchers demonstrated two pneumatic backfilling technologies recently developed under the USBM's Abandoned Mined Reclamation Research Program, the Pneumatic Pipefeeder and the High-Efficiency Ejector. Both systems had previously been evaluated at the USBM's abatement investigation laboratory near Fairchance, PA.
Keywords	Underground mining Mine shafts Backfilling Pneumatic equipment Abandoned shafts Pennsylvania
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category	48A - Mineral Industries 50D - Soil & Rock Mechanics
Corporate Authors	Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, PA. Pittsburgh Research Center.; Burnett Associates, Inc., Framingham, MA.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Burnett Associates, Inc., Framingham, MA.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Rept. of investigations/1995.
NTIS Issue Number	199517

Field Demonstration of Two Pneumatic Backfilling Technologies.

Field Demonstration of Two Pneumatic Backfilling Technologies.
PB95231155

Publication Date	1995
Personal Author	Dyni, R. C.; Burnett, M.; Philbin, D.
Page Count	23
Abstract	The U.S. Bureau of Mines (USBM) report summarizes a field demonstration of pneumatic backfilling technologies conducted at the abandoned Hillside Coal and Iron Slope in Vandling, PA. Researchers demonstrated two pneumatic backfilling technologies recently developed under the USBM's Abandoned Mined Reclamation Research Program, the Pneumatic Pipefeeder and the High-Efficiency Ejector. Both systems had previously been evaluated at the USBM's abatement investigation laboratory near Fairchance, PA.
Keywords	Underground mining Mine shafts Backfilling Pneumatic equipment Abandoned shafts Pennsylvania
Source Agency	Bureau of Mines
NTIS Subject Category	48A - Mineral Industries 50D - Soil & Rock Mechanics
Corporate Authors	Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh, PA. Pittsburgh Research Center.; Burnett Associates, Inc., Framingham, MA.
Supplemental Notes	Prepared in cooperation with Burnett Associates, Inc., Framingham, MA.
Document Type	Technical Report
Title Note	Rept. of investigations/1995.
NTIS Issue Number	199517