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Mining and Mining Machinery (Classic Reprint): Explaining the Methods of Obtaining Minerals, Precious Stones, &C., In All Parts of the World: ... in All Parts of the World (Classic Reprint) - Tapa blanda

Walker, Sydney F.

 
9781332023011: Mining and Mining Machinery (Classic Reprint): Explaining the Methods of Obtaining Minerals, Precious Stones, &C., In All Parts of the World: ... in All Parts of the World (Classic Reprint)

Sinopsis

Clear, plain-language guide to how mining works and the machines that make it possible.

The book explains the methods and machinery used to extract minerals and gems around the world in accessible terms. In straightforward chapters, you’ll learn how rock is prepared for extraction, from initial breaking to finer crushing. It covers the progression from crushers to rolls, screens, and conveyors, and shows how ore is moved through a mine by belts and elevators. The text also explains how older stamp methods sit alongside newer rock-breaking tools, all aimed at producing workable ore for further processing.

  • How rock is crushed and reduced to a workable size using crushers, gyratory crushers, and rolls
  • How screens, belts, and elevators organize and move ore through the plants
  • How different mining operations, including coal and metalliferous mines, approach ore extraction
  • How the equipment evolves from hand methods to modern machinery to improve efficiency
Ideal for readers new to mining or anyone curious about the machines that uncover minerals and gems around the world.

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Excerpt from Mining and Mining Machinery: Explaining the Methods of Obtaining Minerals, Precious Stones, &C., In All Parts of the World

N the following pages the author has endeavoured to give the general reader an idea of how mining is carried on. He wishes it to be understood that the book is not designed for students in the ordinary acceptance Of the term; though possibly those who are commencing the study, of mining may find a perusal of its pages of assistance as an introduction to the standard mining text books. The author's idea in preparing the book has been, to give those who'are interested in mining, those who may have shares in mining, and who may be surprised at the ups and downs Of the values of those shares, some idea of the great uncertainty attending mining Operations.

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