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Beach Boys and Girls – Mine Tailings Beach Pioneers and Innovators

Posted in Geology, Geotechnical, mining, Mining history, People, Tailings, Uncategorized, tagged , , , , on April 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

Beaches have a way of attracting attention.  Hoards of curvy North Americans flock each year to ocean-side resorts just to sit in pools and stare at beaches.  Early explorers travelling by sea sought coves with protected sandy beaches to land their parties and fly their flag.  Even whales and sharks, distracted by the bounty of [...]

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Bomvu Ridge and Groundwater Modelling in Mining

Posted in Africa, consulting, Geology, Geotechnical, Mining history, Open Pit, Software, tagged , , , on March 7, 2012 | Leave a Comment »

This is a story of a time before computers; before groundwater conceptual models, numerical models, baseline models, and predictive models; before groundwater model calibration, verification, or sensitivity analysis.  This is a story of a time when there was no such thing as a professional geohydrologist, hydrogeologists, or groundwater modeller. 

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Geotechnical Engineering for Mine GeoWaste Facilities

Posted in Geology, Geotechnical, Heap leach, Reclamation, Waste Rock, tagged , , , , on June 27, 2010 | Leave a Comment »

    This week, EduMine posted a new course that I wrote.  As is the title of this posting, the new course is called Geotechnical Engineering for Mine GeoWaste Facilities.   I was prompted to write the course when I was called on to explain to a client who is not a geotechnical engineer what is involved in geotechnical engineering.  This [...]

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Perpetual mining: what does long term mean? Confounding Pebble Mine, the BP oil spill, and nuclear energy.

Posted in consulting, environmental, Geology, Global Warming, Mining history, Uranium, tagged , , , , on May 1, 2010 | 1 Comment »

        This posting is intended as a small contribution to the debate about the Pebble Mine in Alaska.  This posting is prompted by the oil in the sea from those who prefer oil to uranium.  That is the miner in me talking.  Sorry to the oil and gas men.  And to the birds and [...]

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The Professional Observational Method in Mine GeoWaste Construction

Posted in California, Geology, Reclamation, Tailings, Waste Rock, tagged , , , , on January 11, 2010 | 1 Comment »

Here is a story that I was told long ago–the details are shrouded in the mists of history, but the story is worth repeating for the lessons learnt are always relevant.  

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Lithium mining in Bolivia for electric cars and depression

Posted in About the news, Geology, Investing & Finance, Latin America, Metallurgy, tagged , , , , , , on February 3, 2009 | 1 Comment »

    Lithium is used in drugs to help middle-aged ladies (and others) deal with depression.  One person I know has benefited greatly from a regime of lithium pills, although sometimes the mood-swings get to be disconcerting.  Lithium could also be used in batteries for electric cars.  Where will all the lithium come from?  One report [...]

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Roundup of blogs on mining exploration

Posted in About the news, Geology, Mining history, tagged , , , , , , on January 19, 2009 | 1 Comment »

     Roundup is on the weekly calender horizon.  So I decided to see what bloggers world-wide are saying about mining exploration.  Here are the top picks. Mining Exploration News is one of those news site using blog software, as indeed are most “blogs” that come out of a Google blog search.   Mining Exploration News’ top [...]

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Mining jobs in Colorado and California

Posted in Coal, Geology, Jobs and Salaries, tagged , , , , , , , , , on December 3, 2008 | 25 Comments »

     This posting was written some time ago.  It has proven popular.  Google likes to list it.  Below is the original posting.  The following few paragraphs are new, inserted in November 2011. If you have landed at this post, you are probably seeking a job in mining in Colorado or in California.  That is a tough [...]

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J. Henry Fair’s photos of Industrial Waste; and other art of the earth

Posted in About the news, Geology on July 31, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

Click this link: the site to which you will go fills the screen with a series of views of an upstream tailings impoundment. Rather conventional. Then the screen brings up an advert for a larger spread in the current issue of Harpers, that venerable old liberal insititution. Be patient and slowly a series of the [...]

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New writings from Michele Murray

Posted in About the news, Geology, People on June 12, 2007 | Leave a Comment »

One of the advantages of a blog is the speed with which you can act. Here is a link to some writings that came to my attention a few minutes ago. I do no more than bring it to your attention and recommend it for yuor reading pleasure and enjoyment. And as always thanks to [...]

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