Excursion USA 1999
In 1999 the Institute of Mining Engineering I, together with 14 students and research assistants, undertook a field trip to the United States of America from March 7th to March 21st. 14 visits to the businesses of the mining ancillary industries, governmental research institutions, universities as well as to mine sites of different mining branches were made all together to provide the attendees with a better insight of American mining and adjacent industries.
Stops on the trip
Following facilities were visited during the field trip:
- Pittsburgh Research Centers of the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH)
- Cumberland Mine, Cyprus Amax Coal Co., Waynesburg (Pennsylvania)
- Lakes Lynn Experimental Mine, NIOSH, near Morgantown (West Virginia)
- Department of Mining and Minerals Engineering, West Virginia University
- West Virginia University
- National Mine Health and Safety Academy des Mine Safety and Health Administration US Department of Labor (MSHA)
- Squires Student Center (culture- and recreational center), Virginia Tech
- Mining Departement, Virginia Technical University
- Buchanan Mine, Consolidation Coal Company (Virginia)
- Lead-Zink mines, Savage Zinc in Gordonsville (Tennessee)
- Macon Quarry (granite stone quarry), Florida Rock Inc. in Juliette at Macon (Georgia)
- Heavy-metal-mining at RGC Mineral Sands in Green Cove Springs (Florida)
- NASA Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral (Florida)
The dispatch of the fieldtrip gives a detailed overview of the visits, experiences and impressions made by the attendees during the fieldtrip.
