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How Leadville tunnel is driven through bad ground
Description of difficulties encountered in driving of first half mile of U S Bureau of Mines drainage tunnel, driven southeasterly from point on east fork of Arkansas River; tunnel is expected to give access to an estimated 3,000,000 tons zinc ore and 1,000,000 tons manganese ore; timbering; outbursts of mud, water and sand; use of gunite; use of oats to hold cement forced into grout holes.
How Leadville tunnel is driven through bad ground
Description of difficulties encountered in driving of first half mile of U S Bureau of Mines drainage tunnel, driven southeasterly from point on east fork of Arkansas River; tunnel is expected to give access to an estimated 3,000,000 tons zinc ore and 1,000,000 tons manganese ore; timbering; outbursts of mud, water and sand; use of gunite; use of oats to hold cement forced into grout holes.
How Leadville tunnel is driven through bad ground
Eng Min J
Elgin, R.A. (author)
1945
5 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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