Expertise
Joel A. Strid P.E.
Mining Engineer
CAREER SUMMARY
Expert in coal and limestone mine design, feasibility, and
operations. Worldwide experience in
all phases of mine planning and property assessment. Leader in
bringing new geotechnical and geophysical technologies to the mining
and civil industries.
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Professional History
June 2006 to Present
Vice President, S & S, Ltd., Douglas, WY.
Providing professional consulting services to companies involved in
surface and underground mining and civil construction projects
worldwide. Licensed Professional Engineer in Montana, 13298 PE,
Ohio, E 40202, and Wyoming PE 2865.
September 2003 to June 2006
Mine Engineer, BMP Investments Incorporated, Roundup, MT.
Responsible for engineering, permitting, and training for Bull
Mountains Mine No.1.
Licensed Professional Engineer in Montana, 13298 PE and Ohio, E
40202.
2001 – 2003
Vice President, S & S, Ltd., Douglas, WY.
Providing professional consulting services to companies involved in
surface and underground
mining and civil construction projects worldwide.
1996 – 2001
Executive Vice President, NSA Engineering, Inc., Golden, CO.
Providing professional consulting services to mine operators,
tunneling contractors and project
owners, equipment manufactures, and financial and insurance
companies involved in surface and
underground mining and civil construction projects worldwide.
1989 -1995
Works Manager, Dravo Lime Company, Black River Division,
Carntown, KY.
Managed a 300-employee lime plant and limestone mine. Responsible
for underground mine
and plant safety, profit of operation, labor relations, payroll,
maintenance, accounting,
permitting, planning and budgets, regulation compliance,
engineering, quality control, purchasing, and customer relations.
1987 – 1989
Works Manager, Dravo Lime Company, Maysville Division, Maysville,
KY.
Managed 220-employee lime plant and limestone mine. Responsible for
underground mine and
plant safety, profit of operation, labor relations, payroll,
maintenance, accounting, permitting,
planning and budgets, regulation compliance, engineering, quality
control, purchasing, and customer relations.
1984 -1987
Vice President, Dravo Coal Company. Responsible for half-interest
of Carbon County Coal
Company. Designed roof control system for new mine using resin bolts
in development entries and steel arches for portal entries. Designed
roof support for long wall.
1981 to 1987
General Manager, Carbon Coal Company, Hanna, WY.
Managed operation of 1,500,000 ton per year coal mine. Responsible
for all underground
mining and surface processing and loading, safety, profit of
operation, health, employee
relations, production, maintenance, accounting, regulation
compliance, engineering,
Construction, permitting, quality control, purchasing, warehousing,
scheduling, contract
adjustments, sales volume, pricing, and product specifications. Mine
Superintendent from 1979
to 1981 and Chief Engineer from 1978 to 1979.
1969 – 1978
Mine Superintendent, Consolidation Coal Company, Northern West
Virginia, Ohio, and Illinois.
Held jobs as Mine Superintendent, Senior Project Engineer, Assistant
Director of Engineering,
Chief Engineer Underground Operations, Long wall Engineer, Section
Foreman, Assistant
Preparation Engineer, Maintenance Foreman, and Labor.
Responsibilities included safety,
health, labor relations, operating cost, budgets, maintenance,
engineering, mine planning,
regulation compliance, quality, payroll, and construction.
EDUCATION
B.S. Mining Engineering, South Dakota School of Mines and Technology, 1971.
AFFILIATIONS
National Council of Examiners for Engineering and Surveying
PUBLICATIONS
Site Characterization using RockVision. Presented to Casper
Chapter of SME, Casper,
Wyoming, February 2001.
Site Characterization using RockVision3D and TRT, Presented to
Underground
Construction Technology, Houston, TX, January 2001.
Imaging Old Mine Works. Presented at Abandoned Underground Mine
Workshop, Kansas City,
Missouri, April 2000.
Underground Limestone Mine. Mine Tech Magazine, 1988.
Thick Seam Longwall Mining at Carbon County Coal Company. Presented
at Dondad and
Ranchi, India, 1986.
Underground Fire Protection Methods. Presented at Rocky Mountain
Coal Mining Institute,
Tamron, CO, 1985
Longwall in Pitching Seams. Presented at American Mining Congress,
Pittsburgh, PA, 1985.
Developing a New Mine-Carbon #1 – Carbon County Coal Company, Hanna,
WY, Presented
at American Mining Congress, Las Vegas, NV, 1982.
Longwall Safety vs Continuous Miner Sections. Presented West
Virginia Safety Conference,
Charleston, WV, 1973.
Certifications – Foreman – W. Va. Ohio, Wyoming
Blasting Licenses – W. Va., Ky.
Registered Professional Engineer – Ohio, Montana,
Wyoming