Alan Dale Lane

US Patent:

41605667, Jul 10, 1979

Filed:

Feb 14, 1977

Appl. No.:

5/768650

Inventors:

Dean A. McGee - Oklahoma City OK
James E. Ingle - Edmond OK
Alan J. Lane - Lexington MA

Assignee:

Kerr-McGee Corporation - Oklahoma City OK

International Classification:

E21C 2552
E21C 2902

US Classification:

299 30

Abstract:

An improved mining apparatus for excavating material, such as coal, for example, from an earth formation, such as a coal seam, for example, wherein a miner, having a forward and a rearward cutter, is guided through the coal seam and excavates a borehole therein, the borehole being filled with a working fluid during the operation of the miner, the working fluid facilitating the operation of the miner and providing a vehicle for removing the mined material. Substantially all of the operations of the miner are controlled from the earth's surface thereby eliminating the necessity and accompanying hazards and costs involved in utilizing personnel underground during the mining operations.

US Patent:

42549930, Mar 10, 1981

Filed:

Jun 21, 1979

Appl. No.:

6/050693

Inventors:

Dean A. McGee - Oklahoma City OK
James E. Ingle - Edmond OK
Alan J. Lane - Lexington MA

Assignee:

Kerr-McGee Corporation - Oklahoma City OK

International Classification:

E21C 4104

US Classification:

299 10

Abstract:

An improved mining apparatus for excavating material, such as coal, for example, from an earth formation, such as a coal seam, for example, wherein a miner, having a forward and a rearward cutter, is guided through the coal seam and excavates a borehole therein, the borehole being filled with a working fluid during the operation of the miner, the working fluid facilitating the operation of the miner and providing a vehicle for removing the mined material. Substantially all of the operations of the miner are controlled from the earth's surface thereby eliminating the necessity and accompanying hazards and costs involved in utilizing personnel underground during the mining operations.