US Patent Issued to Sidney Resources on Oct. 21 for "Method and apparatus for using electro-magnetic radiation in narrow vein mining" (Idaho, Washington Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Oct. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,448,888, issued on Oct. 21, was assigned to Sidney Resources Corp. (Coeur d/ Alene, Idaho).

"Method and apparatus for using electro-magnetic radiation in narrow vein mining" was invented by Gary J. Mladjan (Post Falls, Idaho), Gabriel J. Achenbach (Spokane, Wash.) and David M. Irish (Sandpoint, Idaho).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A method and apparatus for using Electro-Magnetic Radiation (EMR) to thermally fracture/melt and/or vaporize geologic material in narrow vein mining operations including explosive installation preparation, safety rock bolting operations, drifting, expanding raises and winzes, and stope mining. A thermal fractur...