Mining Publication: Seismicity and Stress Changes Subsequent to Destress Blasting at the Galena Mine and Implications for Stress Control Strategies
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Original creation date: January 1993
Authors: FM Boler, PL Swanson
Report of Investigations - January 1993
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 10003155
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Report of Investigations 9448, 1993 Jan:1-21
The U.S. Bureau of Mines conducted research at the Galena Mine, Wallace, ID, with the aim of mitigating the effects of rock bursting. A digital seismic array and an array of borehole pressure cells had been installed near the site of a stope undergoing mining and periodic distressing.
Report of Investigations - January 1993
NIOSHTIC2 Number: 10003155
U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines, Report of Investigations 9448, 1993 Jan:1-21
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