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Hard Rock Miner's Handbook

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The Hard Rock Miner's Handbook is a reference book that deals with the underground hard-rock mining industry. It was written by engineer Jack de la Vergne as a non-profit publication.[1] The first edition was published in 2000 by McIntosh Engineering, a mining engineering consulting company.[2] It is currently in its third printing, is used by thousands of people in the mining industry, including students, professors, miners, engineers and mining executives as a source of practical mining information,[3] as well as "Rules of Thumb" and "Tricks of the trade" are used widely in the mining industry.[4] Copies of the handbook have been distributed to more than 113 countries around the world.[3]

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  1. [1]
    De la Vergne, Jack (2014). Hard Rock Miner's Handbook (PDF) (5 ed.). Stantec Engineering. pp. i–ii. ISBN 0-9687006-1-6.
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    "Stantec Completes Acquisition of Mining Engineering Firm McIntosh Engineering" (Press release). Marketwired. 2 July 2008. Retrieved 8 July 2018.
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    Williams, Patricia (7 June 2006). "Honours". Daily Commercial News. Archived from the original on 1 March 2017. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
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    Ross, Ian (13 February 2006). "Living Legend Lends Engineering Expertise". Northern Ontario Business. Retrieved 1 March 2017.
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