The World of Underground Mining
Oct 28, 2014
The World of Underground Mining
The Mining MethodCoal• Conventional (About 6%)• Continuous (About 43%)• Longwall Mining (About 51%)Metal and Industrial Minerals• Room and Pillar (About 65%)• Sublevel Open Stoping• Shrinkage Stoping• Cut and Fill Systems• Sublevel Caving• Block Caving
Continuous Miner for Room & Pillar Mining
Plan View of Longwall Mining
Long Wall Mining at Maple Creek
Typical Room & Pillar Stopefor Metal or Stone Mining
Room & Pillar Stoping on Incline
Atlas Copco L2C Drill Face Jumbo
Elphinstone 2900 LHD Unit
Tamrock’s Supra 0012H 80 Ton Truck
Tamrock’s 0012R 50 Ton Ramp Truck
Sublevel Open Stoping
Tamrock’s Data-Solo Long Hole Drill
VCR Open Stoping
Ingersol-Rand DTH(ITH) Drill Jumbo
Shrinkage Stoping
Trolley or Diesel Locomotives Move the Ore from Draw Points
Overhand Cut & Fill Stoping
MCI LT-210 1-cu yd LHD
Lucky Friday Undercut & Fill
Lucky Friday Undercut & Fill Stoping
Underhand Dritft and Fill Stoping
Undercut Drift and Fill Mining at Carlin
Transverse Roadheader Mines The Stopes at Carlin
Underhand Bench and Fill Mining, Jerrit Canyon
Sublevel Caving at Kiruna LKAB
Sublevel Caving at Kiruna LKAB
Atlas Copco Simba Long Hole Drill
Block Caving-Manual Grizzlies
Block Caving-Trackless Development
Block Caving at El Teniente, Chile
DUX 45 Ton Underground Articulated Truck
DUX 27-Ton Rear Dump Articulated Truck