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The relationship between the physical properties of rocks and underground mining conditions.

Mining has been termed the industry where in capital is depleted to reap profits. In this respect it differs from other basic industries such as farming, fishing or logging, which are also concerned with the initial exploitation of natural resources. In these industries, certain precautions and practices are adopted in due course to encourage and allow nature to rejuvenate and replenish the area. Thus it may be periodically reworked indefinitely, once the proper rotation schedule is established. In the mining industry, however, a company which owns a certain area can mine that area once only, and in order to find new ore, must mine to ever increasing depths.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:QMM.110009
Date January 1955
CreatorsMacaulay, Colin. A.
ContributorsMorrison, R. (Supervisor)
PublisherMcGill University
Source SetsLibrary and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeElectronic Thesis or Dissertation
Formatapplication/pdf
CoverageMaster of Engineering. (Department of Engineering.)
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