Chemical Lime Company—Ripplemeade, Virginia, USA
Instrumentation Installation The field work at the Kimballton Mine in Ripplemeade, Virginia, includes NX sample coring of the roof and floor of the 15E level of the mine, USBM-method overcore [...]
Kerford Limestone—Weeping Water, Nebraska, USA
Agapito Associates, Inc. (AAI) was contracted to conduct an investigation of a mine roof fall, review repair procedures, develop instrumentation recommendations, suggest modifications to blasting [...]
Sludge Disposal in an Underground Stone Mine
AAI was contracted by the City Engineer for a Midwest municipality to study the practicality of disposing of water treatment sludge in an underground stone mine near the treatment plant. The [...]
Graymont Pleasant Gap Mine—Pleasant Gap, Pennsylvania, USA
AAI was contracted by Graymont to perform a study of alternative accesses from surface to the underground limestone mine at Pleasant Gap, Pennsylvania. The options included two declines through [...]
Bromley Quarry and Asphalt, Inc., Atchison, Kansas, USA
Ground inspections for stability assessment of portal, repair shops, and other key mine areas. Core drilling of roof and floor to help define geology and establish horizons for best roof [...]
