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Elk Creek Geotechnical Program Agapito Associates, Inc. (AAI) has been involved in long-term geotechnical investigation and design at the Oxbow Mining, LLC, Elk Creek Mine, dating back to the [...]

Underground Coal Gasification Cavern Subsidence GasTech, Inc. (GasTech) is in the process of permitting a series of underground coal gasification (UCG) wells as part of a pilot project in the [...]

Chevron Mining, Inc. Highwall Slope Stability AAI has investigated various aspects of highwall stability at several pits at the Kemmerer Mine, including large-scale slope failure, wedge analysis, [...]

15th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, Golden, Colorado, 13–15 August 1996 Authors: A. M. Richardson and L. J. Gilbride (AAI), and J. Trackemas and J. Mercier (Cyprus Plateau [...]

Energy West Mining Company In preparation for longwall mining beneath a 345-kV electrical transmission line, AAI was retained to evaluate the impacts of surface subsidence to a series of power [...]

West Ridge Resources, Inc. (WRRI) commissioned Agapito Associates, Inc. (AAI) to analyze subsidence potential from planned longwall mining in the vicinity of the Grassy Trail reservoir adjacent [...]

Engineering Support for Start-up of Large Underground Coal Operation—Trinidad, Colorado Starting in 2009 and continuing into 2011, Agapito Associates, Inc. has provided most of the mining [...]

AAI has assisted NIOSH (National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health) in several of their mining research efforts.  AAI provided the programming for the STOP program (Support Technology [...]

WorldCoal, September 2009 Author:  Tom Vandergrift (AAI) As open-pit coal mines reach their economic stripping limit, operators sometimes consider alternatives, such as auger mining or highwall [...]

3rd International Workshop on Coal Pillar Mechanics and Design, Morgantown, West Virginia, July 26, 2010 Authors: Tom Vandergrift and David Conover (AAI) Currently accepted longwall abutment [...]

28th International Conference on Ground Control in Mining, Morgantown, West Virginia, July 28–30, 2009 Authors:  D. Conover and T. Ross (AAI) and S. Britton (Baja Mining Corp.) The El Boleo [...]

West Elk Mine—Somerset, CO AAI has provided underground geotechnical engineering services to Mountain Coal Company’s West Elk Mine since the 1980s.   Services include installation of geotechnical [...]