Highwall Mining of coal

There is an aspect of coal mining that gets relatively little attention, even though it is growing in popularity, It is with this method tha...

Breaking rock in a surface coal mine

There is a growing concern, as fossil fuels are recovered from the ground, that the cost of the energy required to extract and process them ...

Changing times and mining shovels

I have been discussing the technologies for oil well drilling and coal mining for quite some time, and am thinking that with that review ava...

Coal reserve considerations

I am still travelling but have found a book that will help me with the discussion of historic mining that is the usual current fare on Sunda...

Looking back at 2009

This has been an interesting year to look back on. The change in the Administration and the difference in outlook that they bring to many o...

T9. Surface Mining of Coal

Coal, as most of you know, is found as a layer in the ground. It can be found at a variety of depths and in a wide range of thicknesses. S...

T7. On Augering, coal reserves and EROI.

Today I thought I would digress a little from the more methodical passage through history that I was taking in regard to coal mining to talk...