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Acceptable workloads for three common mining materials

SEAN GALLAGHER US Department of the Interior: Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh Research Center, P.O. Box 18070, Cochrans Mill Road, Pittsburgh, PA, 15236, USA
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CHRISTOPHER A. HAMRICK US Department of the Interior: Bureau of Mines, Pittsburgh Research Center, P.O. Box 18070, Cochrans Mill Road, Pittsburgh, PA, 15236, USA
Pages 1013-1031 | Received 16 Apr 1991, Accepted 26 Aug 1991, Published online: 31 May 2007

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