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To: JimSEA

They have some good videos on their mining technique at:

http://resolutioncopper.com/the-project/underground-mining/


2 posted on 12/03/2014 10:16:07 AM PST by thackney (life is fragile, handle with prayer.)
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To: thackney
Resolution Copper shaft is deepest in North America

It can't begin to compare with the shaft we are being given by both the political parties in concert with a Marxist president. JMHO!

3 posted on 12/03/2014 10:19:42 AM PST by Don Corleone ("Oil the gun..eat the cannoli. Take it to the Mattress.")
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To: thackney

When I was at Superior, stope mining was the time tested technique. However, over half of my career was spent at San Manuel, also part of Magma Copper at that time. Block caving was the mining method used there until the oxide ore was leached in the subsidence zone. It was kind of weird looking down at the foundations of homes I’d visited and played at in Red Hill slipping lower and lower in the cave zone. Resolution, like San Manuel did, is going after the porphyry deposit.


9 posted on 12/03/2014 10:28:58 AM PST by JimSEA
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To: thackney

fascinating. great pot.
i wonder how the cooling is done? do the miners wear special suits or is the entire mine cooled? and what about the equip? operating at 180 degrees?


13 posted on 12/03/2014 10:37:34 AM PST by beebuster2000
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