2.2 DEFINITION OF RAW BLEND COMPONENTS.

Assume, that the covariance function has been constructed along the front direction for all three cases in section 2.1. Then the respective covariance curves will appear as shown on fig 10, 11 and 12 above. In fig 10 the curve has a turning point at distance 50m. In fig 11 two turning points occur, at 20m and 50 m, respectively. In fig 12 a turning point occurs at 10m, 20m, 30, etc. Hence, for these ideal cases the covariance function directly shows the CaO variation frequency in the front direction. In practice, though, the picture may be somewhat more complicated, but not outside the limits of experienced interpretation. It is also seen, that the covariance is practically zero at small distances and subsequently increases to about 500. This maximum value of the covariance function is generally decisive for the magnitude of the errors, which can be computed as described in section 1.2. When the maximum value is great so is the computed error and vice versa. The rate with which the covariance function increases depends on the frequency of variation. Fig 13 shows the covariance function for the direction perpendicular to the front (i.e. the direction of the strike or smallest grade variation). The covariance is continuously small, since the material for all distances in the strike direction is of the same type.