Installation of rope suspended belt haulage system in Carlsbad, NM, potash mine to complement already existing rail transport arrangement; since first belt installation, belt has been used whenever mining height standard was below minimum height for rail haulage, which has been fixed at 6 ft; in addition, excessive bed grades have influenced use of belt; advantages and limitations of both systems; proposed changes in haulage in mine. (See also Soc Min Engrs -- Trans v 226 n 1 Mar 1963 p 53-6)
Rail-belt Haulage system
Min Eng
Mining Engineering ; 15 , n 3
1963
3 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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