Multiple Underground Inseam Seismic (ISS) Field Demonstration Surveys to Detect Old Abandoned Mine Workings at Several Coal Mines

摘要

On April 26, 2005, LM Gochioco & Associates Inc. was awarded a contract by the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), U.S. Department of Labor, to conduct field testing and to demonstrate three geophysical methods that can be used to detect air- or water-filled old mine workings. The three geophysical methods; namely, vertical seismic profiling (VSP), surface seismic reflection (SSR), and underground inseam seismic (ISS). This report covers the ISS contract in which detection of old mine works were conducted from seven different setup locations and at five different coal mines. The four coal companies involved in this study are Sterling Mining Corporation, Buckeye Industrial Mining, Bell County Coal Company, Bluff Spur Coal Corporation, and the NIOSH Bruceton Safety Research Coal Mine in Pittsburgh, PA.