Starting Up MineSight for Your Coal Mine Project

Start MineSight 3D

On the Splash Screen Click the Browse Button to go to the start of Your project

Click Browse

A directory structureComes up for youTo maneuver to yourStarting directory

Click on Ok to Start the Program and Project

It Asks You for Permission to Start a Resources Folder for the Project

Say Yes

It Asks You for Dimension Information in a Project Settings Folder

It needs to knowWhetherMeasuresAre metricOr English(ie – Imperial)

For an IllinoisCoal projectThey areProbablyimperial

Next it needs the Area Covered by Your Project

For our project the Minimums areEasting 2882667Northing 801997Elevation -100

The Maximums areEasting 2903787Northing 815177Elevation 500

Why these limits? – because that is where the data set for this projectIs located

Last Thing is Cell Size

Since coal entries areOn average 20 feetWide a a basic cut is20 feet or maybe 40With automation 20By 20 is a good size.(21.12 is because1000 is max number ofBlocks in a direction.19 is # seams we have)

After completing inputClick ok

The Program Opens(The next thing we need is a Project Control File)

Go theMineSight tabTo startMineSightCompass(a collection ofPrograms)

Pick Compass from the Pull Down Menu

You Get a Love Note About No Project File Found

The note tellsYou what to do

If you know theFile is thereThen move onAnd pick theFile

We know its notThere so we willGo on and pickFile/New Project

Click OK

On the Compass Screen Pick File

Then pick new fromThe drop down menu

Then pick PCF(you are creatingA project control fileFor MineSight toKeep track of yourProject in)

It Wants to Know Where to Store the File

Browse to yourProject directoryThat you choseAnd then clickOk

The Program Begins an Interactive Screen to Get Information from You

You will need toPick imperial unitsAgain(enter 1)

Each Choice Has a Pull Down List of Options

A 3D block modelDivides the worldInto blocks

A GSM just modelsThings like coalSeams(We pick GSM)

More Inputs

Pick a shortName for yourProject(I thoughtCoal wasAppropriate)

Pick the type ofProject from thePull downMenu (I’m goingTo go for coal)

Also Pick A Project Description

This projectExplanation goesTo every reportHeading youPrint out so don’tGet cute orObscene in anUnprofessionalway

When you finishA screen pushThe forwardArrow.

The Next Screen Wants to Know What You Want to Call the Layers in your Model

Last time I Checked mostCoal peopleLiked to call themSeams.

Next Screen Repeat the Dimensions Information

We will not beRotatingCoordinates(sometimes weWant to line ourReserves modelUp with someNatural geologicDirection)

We are Putting in Our Project Dimensions Twice?

The differenceHere is you areSetting up howThe computerModel of theCoal blocks willBe divided up.

Before you wereSimply telling theComputer whatArea your projectWould be locatedIn.

Next Screen Wants Us to Label Each Seam in our Model

The label is whatYou want theProgram to call it

The seam codeIs a number toRepresent thatSeam(your drill holeFiles will tip theProgram off thatThe seam hasBeen encounteredBy giving thisCode number)

When You Click Forward this time the procedure runs creating a

report and the Project Control File

The Report File is Ascii based and is found in your project directory

Creating aProject controlFile is routine101

Its output file isCalledRpt101.la(Rpt is forReport – theNumber is theProgram thatGenerated it –La is the oldName for aPrinter file)