Hydraulic hoisting
CA 1065370 A · Owner: Falconbridge Nickel Mines Limited · Inventors: Moruzi, George A.; Wilson, John C.; Pasieka, Arnold R.
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A method and apparatus for hydraulically hoisting particulate solid mined minerals from one mine level to another in which bore holes are used as conveying conduits for the mineral-water mixtures. Batches of the mineral are charged into a pressure vessel at a lower level and discharged intermittently into a borehole conduit system in which water is circulated, under pressure, between the two mine levels. The mineral is separated from the conveying water at a higher level by a conventional dewatering apparatus and the water is returned to the vessel for mixing with a new batch of mineral. The method is conducted cyclically with mineral batches being charged to and then discharged from the …
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- Granted October 30, 1979. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended October 30, 1996.
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