The document provides an overview of underground mining methods. It discusses room and pillar mining, which involves cutting rooms into coal beds and leaving pillars for support. This method is well-suited for flat, narrow deposits. Stope and pillar mining and shrinkage/sublevel stoping are also described. The document outlines various mining equipment used including hand tools, power tools, excavators, and machinery for hauling, loading, and transporting minerals. Factors for selecting a mining method and planning mine development are also summarized.
3. Introduction
Nature and scope of mine.
Classification.
Description of mining methods.
Selection of mining methods.
Mine working and machinery.
Mine development plans and design.
Mine plants layout.
Vertical and inclined shaft sinking by conventional and special
methods.
Conclusion.
References.
4. Underground mining is a technique used to access ores and
valuable minerals in the ground by digging into ground to
extract them.Minerals or ore deposits are exploited from
beneath the earth surface,which techniques are applied is
called underground mining system.Its applied below the depth
about more than 300m.
5. Ore deposit is deep.
Where surface mining is not economical.
Certain conditions which surface mining is not
permissible.such as-
If there is reserve forest.
If there is river flowing beside or one the ore deposit.
If there is habitation area.
6. Role of underground mining.
Uniqueness of underground mining-
Locational factor.(transport,labour,climate,lifestyle).
Nature and geologic factor.(topography,spatial relation,rock properties)
Social-Economic-Political-Environmental factor.
Types of underground openings-
Primary:Main opening(shaft,slope)
Secondary:Level/zone opening(drift,entry)
Tertiary:Panel opening(ramp,crosscut)
7. Class Method
Unsupported Room and pillar mining
Stope and pillar mining
Shrinkage stoping
Sublevel stoping
Supported Cut and fill stoping
Stull stoping
Square set stoping
9. Shaft:Primary vertical or near-vertical opening,connecting the
surface with underground workings;also vertical shaft.
Slope:-Primary inclined opening,usually a shaft,connecting the
surface with underground workings;also vertical shaft.
Drift:-Primary or secondary horizontal or near-horizontal
opening,oriented parallel to the strike of a pitching deposit.
Entry:-secondary horizontal or near-horizontal opening,usually
driven in multiples.
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11. Room and pillar is a method employed in underground mining in which
rooms are cut into the coal bed and pillars of ore are left to provide support.
This method is usually employed when ore is positioned in flat and narrow
deposits. The room and pillar method also helps control the flow of air
within the mine. Most underground coal mining is completed by this
method.
It is a popular mining method for underground mining in tabular and
lenticular deposits.
Room and pillar mining is usually used while extracting coal, iron, and
copper ores; it is best suited for deposits that are relatively flat. Rooms
generally are 2,067 feet (630 m) wide and pillars are up to 328 feet (100 m)
wide.
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13. Key Deposit Indicators Characteristics
Ore strength Weak to moderate
Host rock strength Moderate to strong
Deposit shape Tabular
Deposit size/thickness Large, thin
Ore grade Moderate
Uniformity Fairly uniform
Deposit depth Shallow to moderate
14. Continuous production
Rapid development rate.
Excellent ventilation.
High productivity.
Good recovery(with pillar extraction).
Moderate operating cost
15. Moderate capital costs
Limitation on depth
Moderate selectivity and flexibility
Variable subsidence
Higher cost with partial extraction
Moderate recovery(without pillar extraction)
16. Stope-and-pillar mining (a stope is a production opening in
a metal mine) is a similar method used in non-coal mines
where thicker, more irregular ore bodies occur; the pillars
are spaced randomly and located in low-grade ore so that
the high-grade ore can be extracted. These two methods
account for almost all of the underground mining in
horizontal deposits in the United States and a very high
proportion of the underground tonnage as well. Two other
methods applied to steeply dipping deposits are also
included in the unsupported category.
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18. Shrinkage stoping is the method characterized by the
mining advance being upward, with horizontal slices of
ore being blasted along the length of the stope.
A portion of the broken ore is allowed to accumulate in
the stope to provide a working platform for the miners
and is thereafter withdrawn from the stope through
chutes Shrinkage stoping is more suitable than sublevel
stoping for stronger ore and weaker wall rock.
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20. Sublevel stoping differs from shrinkage stoping by
providing sublevels from which vertical slices are
blasted. In this manner, the stope is mined horizontally
from one end to the other.
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22. Cut-and-fill is the most common of these methods and is
used primarily in steeply dipping metal deposits.
The cut-and-fill method is practiced both in the overhand
(upward) and in the underhand (downward) directions. As
each horizontal slice is taken, the voids are filled with a
variety of fill types to support the walls. The fill can be rock
waste, tailings, cemented tailings, or other suitable
materials.
Cut-and-fill mining is one of the more popular methods
used for vein deposits and has recently grown in use.
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24. Stull stoping is a supported mining method using
timber or rock bolts in tabular, pitching ore bodies.
It is one of the methods that can be applied to ore
bodies that have dips between 10° and 45°.
It often utilizes artificial pillars of waste to support the
roof.
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26. Square-set stoping also involves backfilling mine
voids; however, it relies mainly on timber sets to
support the walls during mining.
This mining method is rapidly disappearing in
North America because of the high cost of labor.
However, it still finds occasional use in mining
high-grade ores or in countries where labor costs
are low.
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28. Hand tools:-A hand tool is any tool that is powered by hand
rather than a motor.
Example-Augur, Mine shovel, Moil, Hammer, Mine picks,
wedge etc.
Power driven tools:-A power tool is a tool that is actuated by
an additional power source and mechanism other than the
solely manual labor used with hand tools.
Example-coal cutter machine, sharer machine, tunneling
machine, short wall cutter machine etc.
29. Electric Power Tool:
a portable power tool that is driven by an electric motor and that is used for th
e machining of materials.
Example-electric drill machine, mine car,conveyor etc.
Pneumatic power driven tools:-
A pneumatic tool, air tool, air-powered tool or pneumatic-powered tool is a
type of power tool, driven by compressed air, supplied by an air
compressor. Pneumatic tools can also be driven by compressed carbon
dioxide (CO2) stored in small cylinders allowing for portability. Most
pneumatic tools convert the compressed air to work using a pneumatic
motor.
30. Rock or coal transfer from low distance.
Differ/transfer rock from rock mass.
Coal-shovel blade- rectangular.
Broken rock-shovel blade-rounded.
31. Auxiliary tool which it break down soft rock.
It is use after that explosive.
Upper rock to underline and broken rock transfer from another place.
32. A compact excavator can be used in various ways such as digging and
loading earth into a dump truck. Its tight swing radius is best suited for
working in a confined area.
Example-power shovel,dragline,dragline bucket,cranes,hoe,trenching
machine,wheel excavators etc.Overburden and mineral excavate and soft
rock digging.
35. Spatial characteristics of the deposit.
Geologic and hydrologic condition.
Geotechnical properties.
Economic consideration.
Technologial factor.
Environment concern.
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37. Mine survey
Feasibility study
Mining method
Drilling / shaft sinking
Starting roadway
Necessary equipment for broken rock
Loading and transporting mineral to the surface.
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39. Necessity for shaft sinking:
Extract of mineral.
To transport of various machineries.
Transport miners.
Mine venntilation.
40. The general design of the mine.
The exact location.
Shape and dimension of the shaft.
Position of the permanent building
List of equipments.
Plan for the organization
41. Drill machine with bits
Rope of crane
Hoist bucket
Excavator
Sinking bucket
Loading grab
Pipe and pumps
Motors
Frame
By pass pipe
Hydraulic ejector
42. Its depands on geologic structure and ground water condition.
Strength of ground and water bearing condition of ground of
the depending shaft sinking for conventional method or special
method.
43. The main work of sinking,loading the stone,supporting
the walls and equipping the shaft.
Subsidiary work including hoisting,pumping
ventilation and lighting.
Services such as power supply,water
supply,transport,stores,repairs,housing and social life.
44. Here strong and relatively dry rock condition.
When we are cutting the face of create water,its
remove or easily handled by bucket or pump.
All of walls are temporary support.
45. Compressed air pipe
Ventilation air ducting
Bucket for lowering materials
Loading grab
Rock bucket
Bits and drill machine
Motor and pump.
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49. Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological
materials from the earth, usually from an orebody, lode, vein,
seam, reef or placer deposit. These deposits form a mineralized
package that is of economic interest to the miner.
Ores recovered by mining include metals, coal, oil shale,
gemstones, limestone, chalk, dimension stone, rock salt, potash,
gravel, and clay. Mining is required to obtain any material that
cannot be grown through agricultural processes, or created
artificially in a laboratory or factory. Mining in a wider sense
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