Collected Articles on Mining
Many years ago I spent a lot of time in university engineering libraries to persue all I could find on mining and the machines used for concentrating minerals.
Here you will find some of the results. Over the years some information has been lost, mostly the very early articles from such publications as the California Mining Journal.
The most important ones on placer mining, sluices, jigs and other gravity concentrating devices are here.
Sluicing
- Dredge-Sluice Efficiency B.W. Bellinger
- Sluice Boxes Must Pay, William A. Newman
- Laboratory Micro-Sluice for Mineral Separation
- Gold and Platinum Dredging in Columbia and Bolivia, South America, Patrick H. O'Neil
- Simplified Sand Sluices Cut Downtime
- Notes on Recovering Gold and Other Minerals in Placer Mining, J. Hume Robertson
- New Considerations in Design and Application of Sluice Separators, A.G. Naguib
- An Efficient Sluice Box, Frank A. Crampton
- The Saving of Fine Placer Gold. Fred H. Hazard
- Sluice Boxes and Riffles A
- Sluice Boxes and Riffles B
- Sluice Boxes and Riffles C
- A New Design of Undercurrent Grizzly, F.H. Hazard
Concentration
- Recovery of Fine Alluvial Cassiterite: Correlation of Bore Valuations with Plant-Scale Recovery, F.A. Williams Bsc
- Recovery of Cassiterite at the Sungei Besi Mines Selangor Malaya, H. Dalton-Brown
- Derivation of a Basic Efficiency Formula for Concentrating Operations, E. Douglas BSc
- Gravity Concentration of Fine Cassiterite A, I.R.M. Chaston
- Gravity Concentration of Fine Cassiterite B, I.R.M. Chaston
- Treating Tin in Malaya, J.H. Harris
- Tin Treatment Plant in Malaya, J.H. Harris
- Innovations in Tin Treatment in Malaya A, J.H. Harris
- Innovations in Tin Treatment in Malaya B, J.H. Harris
- Gold Recovery from Placer Concentrates by Cyanidation, Cleland N. Conwell
- The Recovery of Alluvial Gold, D. Campbell MacKenzie
- The Significance of the Mineralogical and Surface Characteristics of Gold Grains in the Recovery Process, C.E. Feather, G.M. Koen
- Concentration and Selective Regrinding, E.H.Johnson
- Investigation and Development of Some Laboratory Wet Gravity Mineral Concentrators, L.D. Muller, J.H. Pownall
- Gold Metallurgy in South Africa A
- Gold Metallurgy in South Africa B
- Gold Metallurgy in South Africa C
- Gold Metallurgy in South Africa D
- The Micropanner An Apparatus for the Gravity Concentration of Small Quantities of Materials, L.D. Muller
- Gold Concentration at the Amalgamated Banket Areas Reduction Plant, G. Chad Norris
- Tantalum Mining Corporation's Gravity Concentrator Recent Developments, R.O. Burt
Gravity Concentration
- Gravity Concentrator Design and Operation Developments and Problems, Derek J. Ottley
- Some Factors Influencing Gold Recovery by Gravity Concentration, Murray D. Bath, A.J. Duncan, E.R. Rudolph
- Investigation and Development of Some Laboratory Wet Gravity Mineral Concentrators A, L.D. Muller, J.H. Pownall
- Investigation and Development of Some Laboratory Wet Gravity Mineral Concentrators B, L.D. Muller, J.H. Pownall
- Investigation and Development of Some Laboratory Wet Gravity Mineral Concentrators C, L.D. Muller, J.H. Pownall
- Serial Gravity Concentration: a New Tool in Mineral Processing A, J.H. Harris
- Serial Gravity Concentration: a New Tool in Mineral Processing B, J.H. Harris
- Serial Gravity Concentration: a New Tool in Mineral Processing C, J.H. Harris
- Fluidized Bed Gravity Separator, T. Walsh
- Performance of a Shaken Helicoid as a Gravity Concentrator, E. Douglas\
- Performance of a Shaken Helicoid as a Gravity Concentrator cont, E. Douglas
- Elements of High-Capacity Gravity Separation, I.J.Terril, J.B.Villar
- New Type of Dry, Heavy-medium, Gravity Separator, T. Walsh
- Performance Analysis of Screens, Hydrocyclones, Jigs and Tables used in Recovering Heavy Accessory Minerals From an Intensely Decomposed Cranite on the Jos Plateau Nigeria, F.A. Williams
- Performance Analysis of Screens, Hydrocyclones, Jigs and Tables used in Recovering Heavy Accessory Minerals From an Intensely Decomposed Cranite on the Jos Plateau Nigeria, F.A. Williams
- The Rand Leases Plane Table, T. Zadkin
Jigs
- Variations in Stroke Waveform in a Laboratory Jig, D.G. Armstrong
- A Performance Study of Baum and Batac Jigs, Richard P. Killmeyer Jr.
- A Performance Study of Baum and Batac Jigs, Richard P. Killmeyer Jr.
- Denver Jig
- New High-Capacity Circular Jig Recovers Fine Materials
- Investigation into Jig Performance A, D.J. Batzer
- Investigation into Jig Performance B, D.J. Batzer
- Investigation into Jig Performance C, D.J. Batzer
- Investigation into Jig Performance D, D.J. Batzer
- Investigation into Jig Performance E, D.J. Batzer
- The Recovery of Lode Gold in Jigs A, John M. Hague
- The Recovery of Lode Gold in Jigs B, John M. Hague
- Recovery of Semi-Heavy Minerals in Jigs A, F.A. Williams
- Recovery of Semi-Heavy Minerals in Jigs B, F.A. Williams
- Recovery of Semi-Heavy Minerals in Jigs C, F.A. Williams
- Recovery of Semi-Heavy Minerals in Jigs D, F.A. Williams
- Recovery of Semi-Heavy Minerals in Jigs E, F.A. Williams
- Recovery of Semi-Heavy Minerals in Jigs F, F.A. Williams
- Jigging Applied to Gold Dredging, P. Malozemoff
- Choice of Jig Stroke Length and Frequency in Relation to Concentrate Flow, D.J. Batzer, D.J. Brown
- The Role of Jigs in Modern Ore Dressing, F.A. Williams
- Modification of a Diaphragm Jig to Treat Large Tonnages of Diamond Bearing Kimberlite, R.G. Weavind, D.F.G. McLachlan
- Jig Versus Riffle Concentration in Gold Dredging, Torrence D. Galloway
- Principles of Jigging
Assaying
Placer
- Recovery of Fine Gold in a Placer Operation, Cleland N. Conwell
- Belt Conveyors Speed Placer Mining, Harold H. Schmidt
- New Enthusiasm for Placer Mining, Copperfields
- New 17,000 ton Dry Land Dredge Uses Draglines,Shovel, Belts, Washing Plant, John B. Huttl
- Processing Large Placer Deposits
- Feasibility of Mining Gold by Underground Placer Leaching, G.G. Mineev, A.M. Shutov
- Placer Mining for Gold Near Dahlonega Georgia, Garland Peyton
- Placer Mining Methods of E.T. Fisher Company. Charles L. Ross, E.D.Gardner
- The Origin and Classification of Placers, H.L. Smyth
Alaska
- Placer Mining Methods and Costs in Alaska A
- Placer Mining Methods and Costs in Alaska B
- Placer Mining Methods and Costs in Alaska C
- Placer Mining Methods and Costs in Alaska D
- Placer Mining Methods and Costs in Alaska E
- Placer Mining Methods and Costs in Alaska F
- Placer Mining Methods and Costs in Alaska G
- Gravel Mining Costs in Alaska and Northwest Canada A, Chester W. Purington
- Gravel Mining Costs in Alaska and Northwest Canada B, Chester W. Purington
- Standard Sprinkler System Strips Frozen Overburden, Harold H. Schmidt