Apparatus and method of mining subterranean rubble piles

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 4284306
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06057861

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Disclosed is a method of solution mining the mineral content of a subterranean cavity containing a rubble pile positioned on the floor thereof and the subterranean cavity communicating with the surface by at least two boreholes, by drilling a liner through a cased borehole into the rubble pile, disconnecting the drill string from the liner, withdrawing the drill string from the borehole, introducing into the borehole a sealing meant to seal the annular space between the liner and the casing, introducing a solvent into the cavity and withdrawing from the cavity a solution enriched in the mineral contained in the rubble.

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  • PPG INDUSTRIES CANADA LTD.

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Edmonds, Byron P Denver, CO 3 211
Porter, Selby W Calgary, CA 1 2

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