General information. Original papers in the fields of rock mechanics, drilling, mechanical preparation and associated with mining domains of: ventilation, geology, chemistry, economics and construction, which have not been published in other journals are accepted to the quarterly „Archives of Mining Sciences” (Archiwum Górnictwa) published by Polish Academy of Sciences. There is no honorarium for articles appearing in „Archives of Mining Sciences”. Authors are entitled to 3 free issues. The editors retain one copy of the article in the case that the article is not selected for print. Authors are requested to send the following detailed information: name (first and last), degree, academic title, name and address of work.

Language. The papers are printed in English or in Polish.

Length. The article may not exceed 30 typewritten pages, format A4, that is 32 lines characters per line. The article should be sent in two printed copies and on a CD disc with the article as Microsoft World file with all drawings, pictures and tables placed in the text.

Layout of the transcript. First and last name(s) of the author(s), title of the article, abstract, keywords, methodology and introduction to the topics, results, conclusions, acknowledgements and references. Drawings and tables with captions should be inserted in relevant places of the text. Polish speaking authors are requested to provide abstract, keywords and captions both in Polish and English. The subtitles should conform to the decimal system of numbering.

Abstracts. Two abstracts are required: one of them short, the other one comprising 2-3 typebles.

Keywords. 4-6 keywords should appear under the abstract, if possible in Polish and English.

Formulae. Formulae should be prepared with Microsoft Equation, written clearly with distinct notation of upper and lower indices and parentheses, maintaining an uniform numbering.

Tables. Tables should be inserted in relevant places of the Microsoft World file, if possible with captions in Polish and English.

Figures. If possible, the figures should be prepared with a vector graphics software (cdr, wmf, al or dxf formats) or as *.eps. Use Arial font for the comments on drawings. The photographs should be converted to high resolution scans in *.jpg or *.tiff format. Drawings and tables with captions should be inserted in relevant places of the text. Providing files in original format will be appreciated.

References. A bibliography without numbering, arranged alphabetically according to the author’s last name, should include all positions to which the author refers in the text. In case of more than one article from the same year, the articles should be differentiated as follows: 1985a, 1985b, etc. The following order is required: last name and initials of all co-authors, year, title, type of publications, (journal, conference material, collection of monograph articles, unpublished texts) with the page numbers used.

Quoting references. If name(s) of the author(s) is not contained within the text itself, it should be provided in parentheses. e.g.: (Brandt, 1993), (Crosdale & Beamish, 1994). (Dziurzynski et al., 1990) in the case of one, two or more than two authors, respectively. If the name(s) of the author(s) is included in the text, then the reference should be cited as follows e.g.: „According to Brandt (1993)...”

Example of bibliography.

Brandt, J., 1993. Neuere Erkentnisse auf dem Gebiet der Gasausbruchprognose. Glückauf Forschungshefte 54, 5, 228-233.

Crosdale, P. J., Beamish, B.B., 1994. Methane sorption studies at South Bulli (NSW) & Central (QLD) collieries using a high-pressure microbalance. 28 Newcastle Symposium on „Advances in the study of Sydney Basin”, Newcastle, NSW, Australia, 15-17 April, 118-125.

Dziurzynski, W., Trutwin W., Tracz J., 1990. Symulacja komputerowa przepływu powietrza i gazów powyrzutowych w sieci wentylacyjnej kopalni. J. Litwiniszyn (Ed.), Górotwór jako ośrodek wielofazowy; Wyrzuty skalno-gazowe. Wydawnictwo AGH, Kraków, Vol. II, 743-758.

Lama R. D., Bodziony, J., 1996. Outbursts of gas, coal and rock in underground mines. Publisher Lama & Associates, 130 Brokers Road, Mt. Pleasant, NSW 2519, Australia.

Nekrasovski, Ya. E., 1951. Razrabotka plastov podverzhennykh vnezapnym vybrosam ugla i gaza. Ugletekhizdat, Moskva.