Engineering:Hard Rock Miner's Handbook

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Hard Rock Miner's Handbook
AuthorJack de la Vergne
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
GenreReference
PublisherMcIntosh Engineering
Publication date
2000
Media typeHardcover
CD-ROM
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Pages314
ISBNISBN:0-9687006-1-6
OCLC53252849

The Hard Rock Miner's Handbook is a reference book that deals with the underground hard-rock mining industry. It was written by engineer Jack de la Vergne as a non-profit publication.[1] The first edition was published in 2000 by McIntosh Engineering, a mining engineering consulting company.[2] It is currently in its third printing, is used by thousands of people in the mining industry, including students, professors, miners, engineers and mining executives as a source of practical mining information,[3] as well as "Rules of Thumb" and "Tricks of the trade" are used widely in the mining industry.[4] Copies of the handbook have been distributed to more than 113 countries around the world.[3]

References

  1. De la Vergne, Jack (2014). Hard Rock Miner's Handbook (5 ed.). Stantec Engineering. pp. i–ii. ISBN 0-9687006-1-6. http://www.stantec.com/content/dam/stantec/files/PDFAssets/2014/Hard%20Rock%20Miner's%20Handbook%20Edition%205_3.pdf. 
  2. "Stantec Completes Acquisition of Mining Engineering Firm McIntosh Engineering" (Press release). Marketwired. 2 July 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
  3. 3.0 3.1 Williams, Patricia (7 June 2006). "Honours". Daily Commercial News. Archived from the original on 1 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170301063837/http://dailycommercialnews.com/Home/News/2005/11/Honours-DCN017268W/. Retrieved 1 March 2017. 
  4. Ross, Ian (13 February 2006). "Living Legend Lends Engineering Expertise". Northern Ontario Business. http://samssa.ca/living-legend/. Retrieved 1 March 2017.