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Automated mining system

  • US 6,267,539 B1
  • Filed: 10/29/1999
  • Issued: 07/31/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/29/1999
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An automated hydraulic mining system for producing and transporting a colloidal like mixture of mineral material and water from a mining site to a processing facility through a mineral delivery conduit comprising at least one automated water gun discharging continuous high velocity streams of water into a mineral stockpile and slurry pit in a plurality of predetermined undulating patterns to facilitate the mixing and movement of the colloidal like mineral material and water mixture through the slurry pit into a pump inlet disposed within the slurry pit, said automated water gun having a barrel selectively moveable through one of said predetermined undulating patterns of vertical and horizontal motion by a vertical positioning device and a horizontal positioning device respectively.

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