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MS Word Dictionary - Papers (Patrick Hannon) - Papers (Doug Roy)

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MS Word Dictionary of Mining Terms

Version 1 (May 11, 2009). For use with the MS Word spell checker.

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To start using this custom dictionary in Word, do the following:

1. Unzip the custom dictionary to a directory where you will be able to find it
2. Go to Tools-->Options-->Spelling & Grammar
3. Click on "Dictionaries"
4. Click on "Add"
5. Browse to where you saved the custom dictionary and select it
6. Click "OK"

For more help, look here (Word 2003) or here (Word 2007).

Disclaimer: The geolgical dictionary is provided as a convenience, and may contain errors. MineTech distributes the file 'as-is', with no warranty.

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Selected papers by Patrick Hannon:

• Sampling and Grade Estimation Problems in the Goldfields of Nova Scotia
  Presented to the CIMM 6th District No. 1 Meeting, 1988
• Artificial Offshore Islands
  Presented to the Mining Society of Nova Scotia, 1987
• Mineral Processing, Research and Development Projects in Nova Scotia Conducted through the Canada/Nova Scotia Mineral Development Agreement
  Published in the CIM Bulletin, Vol. 80, No. 907, November 1987, pp. 40-44
• A Comparative Study of Geostatistical and Conventional Methods of Estimating Reserves and Quality in a Thin Coal Seam
  Presented at the 'Ore Reserve Estimation Methods, Models and Reality' symposium of the CIM, Montreal, May 1986
• The Hydrological Environment at the Gays River Mine
  **Colourized figures from the paper
  Published in the International Journal of Mine Water, Vol. 4, No. 2, June 1985, pp. 13-34
• Lead-Zinc Exploration in the Gays River District of Nova Scotia
  Published in the AIME - Transactions, Vol. 258, September 1975, pp. 209-212

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Selected papers by Douglas Roy:

• Geostatistical Resource Estimation for the Poura Narrow-Vein Gold Deposit
  Published in the CIM Bulletin, Vol. 97, No. 1077, February 2004, pp. 47-51
• Using Geostatistics to Estimate the Resources of a Narrow Vein Gold Deposit (html)
  M.A.Sc Thesis, submitted to the Dalhousie University Department of Mining and Metallurgical Engineering, 2000

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