An interim report by Wright Engineers Ltd. details the 1987 operation of Airgold and Beron Placer tailings pumping systems. The Beron pump failed after 150 hours of operation, while the Airgold system was used for 62.5 hours. The report concludes pumping sluice tailings is practical but premature wear affected economics.
Use Cases
- Analyze pump failure modes based on the reported hole through liner and casing at Beron
- Evaluate operational efficiency based on the 62.5 and 150 hour operating times
- Assess material selection and design optimization for mining equipment based on the report's conclusions
- Study the practicality and economics of pumping sluice tailings in placer mining
Strengths
- Report provides specific operational hours: 150 hours at Beron and 62.5 hours at Airgold
- Identifies concrete failure causes: pump liner/casing hole and coupling misalignment
- Includes a clear temporal scope: 1987 field trials
Limitations
- Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
- Row count is unknown, which may limit suitability assessment
- Data may reflect temporal bias inherent to a 1987 report
Provenance
- Source
- Government of Yukon
- Collection Method
- null
- Time Range
- 1987
- Freshness
- null
- Geography
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