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INTOSH ENGINEERING
North Bay, Ontario Tempe, Arizona
Hard Rock Miner’sHandbook 
 
HARD ROCK MINER’S HANDBOOK
McIntosh Engineering
 
M
C
INTOSH ENGINEERING
Hard Rock Miner’s Handbook
by Jack de la Vergne 
TITLE
The Hard Rock Miner’s Handbook, Edition 3Copyright
 © 
2003 McIntosh Engineering Limited710 McKeown Avenue • North Bay, Ontario • CanadaPhone (705) 494-8255 • Fax (705) 474-2652Copyright
 © 
2003 McIntosh Engineering Inc4440 South Rural Road • Tempe • Arizona • USAPhone (480) 831-0310 • Fax (480) 831-0317
AUTHOR
J.N. de la Vergne
SPONSOR
Scott L. McIntosh
EDITOR
 Susan L. Andersen
PUBLISHER AND PRINTER*
McIntosh Engineering*Also published in CD format and available for download fromwww.mcintoshengineering.com
BOOKBINDER
Beck Bindery Service Ltd.
ISBN
ISBN 0-9687006-1-6
EDITIONS
Edition 1
– June 2000 – Hard Copy
Edition 2 
– July 2000 – CD and Web
Edition 3 (CD/Web)
– May 2003 – CD and Web
Edition 3 (Hard Copy)
– August 2003 – Hard Copy
 
FORWARD
McIntosh Engineering
 
Forward
Edition 3, May 2003by Scott McIntoshJack de la Vergne's Hard Rock Miner’s Handbook is a work of the heart.Originally published in June of 2000 as a compilation of Jack’s continuing 35++ year mining industry career, I personally knewthe lifetime of effort that Jack put into the original. Although I helped Jack with sponsorship and encouragement, Jack did all of the real work and I never believed we would consider publishing an update. But, having received significant encouragementfrom the many readers of the book, and many new Rules of Thumb, Jack made the decision that a complete update waswarranted and I was on board.The original publication, Edition 1, was published as a hard copy; the CD and web version with minor changes were publishedas Edition 2. Two hundred hard copies were distributed to customers and close friends of McIntosh Engineering whilethousands of electronic copies were freely distributed via CD and our website.Mining industry response to the book is incredible. Thanks in large part to the efforts by John Chadwick of the Mining Journal,the Infomine website and many others, the Hard Rock Miner’s Handbook has been distributed to over 113 countriesworldwide. Daily website hits and downloads continue as students and professors, miners, engineers and mining executivesembrace the Hard Rock Miner’s Handbook as an invaluable source of practical mining information.Our plan for publishing Edition 3 consists of two versions – CD (May 2003) and hard copy (August 2003). As we have donefor the past three years, the handbook is available for free download from our website(www.mcintoshengineering.com)andthe CD version is free on a request basis. Although publishing the hard copy is a huge effort, we have had many requests for hard copies since the original publication and are planning to publish 1,000 hard copies to be available for a nominal charge tocover printing costs.Thank you to everyone who contributed to the success of the original publication and this update. Thanks to Jack most of all,but thanks also to the many persons who submitted new rules of thumb and tricks of the trade as well as those who helpedwith the chapter updates and reviews. A worthy cause appreciated by many.Scott McIntosh, May 10, 2003McIntosh Engineering
Note
I’ve included the Forward for Edition 1 (following) as it contains helpful and important information for the reader.The Hard Rock Miner’s Handbook was personally conceived and written by Mr. John (Jack) de la Vergne, whose continuing35+ year mining industry career spans engineering, construction, and operation of mining projects worldwide. The Handbookwas written to assist miners and engineers in the difficult world of hard rock mining and is Jack’s gift to the industry thatcontinues to provide him with employment, challenges, and fascination. Although the accent of the Handbook is on metalmining as indicated by the title, it is our hope and intention that much of the information may also be valuable to our friendsmining soft, and other not-so-soft industrial mineral and energy resources.The Handbook is a not-for-profit publication intended to be of service and value to the mining companies we serve and theentire mining community, including students, teachers, consultants, contractors, manufacturers, salespersons, mediarepresentatives, financial institutions, mining associations, and government officials. It is our intention to provide theHandbook free of charge to any person involved in the mining industry. In addition to a limited number of hard copies, we arepublishing a free CD version of the Handbook and the full text will be available for download from our website(www.mcintoshengineering.com). The Handbook was written with the knowledge that to begin solving a problem, an immediate approximate answer isfrequently both necessary and useful. Rules of Thumb and comparable data are often sufficient to provide immediate answersand to begin the problem solving process. As a result, excerpts of the Hard Rock Miner’s Handbook consisting of an abridgedversion of the Rules of Thumb were previously published and delivered at mining conventions in the USA and Canada. Thestrong response from mining people provided many new rules and encouraged us to pursue this endeavor as a separateproject.
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Cristhian Morales

es muy bueno tu informacion porque incluye en formacion de la carrera de ingeneria de minas y salgan buenos profesionales y competentes para que no tengan ningun inconveniente al postular a un trabajo o puesto . les agradezco y muchas felicidades por su apoyo inesperado y deseandote muchos exitos en su vida , sigan adelante. mas adelante les enviare una informacion referente a mineria.

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