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Comments on: Innovation, the Rolla way
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By: Andrew Careaga
https://news.mst.edu/2020/11/innovation-the-rolla-way/#comment-238570
Tue, 03 Nov 2020 21:08:33 +0000https://news.mst.edu/?p=34256#comment-238570In reply to Richard Bullock.
Thank you, Dr. Bullock. I remember Dr. Scott well, and as you point out, his mine roof stabilizer was not only innovative, but made the mining industry much safer. For the record, we featured Dr. Scott in earlier publications, including the Miner Alumni Association’s 1994 “entrepreneurship” issue and our 2011 “Alumni of Influence” publication (also online at https://influence.mst.edu/2011/otherremarkablealumni/ininnovation/). Thank you for remembering and honoring Dr. Scott’s memory.
Best,
Andrew Careaga
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By: Richard Bullock
https://news.mst.edu/2020/11/innovation-the-rolla-way/#comment-238553
Tue, 03 Nov 2020 19:20:44 +0000https://news.mst.edu/?p=34256#comment-238553You missed the “SplitSet Friction Stabilizer” which quickly spread throughout the world of underground hard rock metal mining. This was developed by Dr. James Scott, while he was a professor in the Mining Department in about 1973. Jim was an MSM Mining graduate in 1950. The new type of roof bolt was easier, faster and cheaper than the conventional roof bolts and was applied in thousands of underground hard rock mines. Thus making underground mining safer for the miner.
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