Method of strip mining

Details Method of strip mining Method of strip mining

1978-03-02

1979-04-24

Pate, III, William

Mining or in situ disintegration of hard material

Processes

With material-handling

299 19, E21C 4702

Patent

active

041508530

ABSTRACT:
A strip mining technique wherein an active mining area is continuously moved across a mining ground. In one form of the invention, overburden is removed from a leading end of the active mining area and conveyed by a conveyor system located on a highwall of the mining area to a following end of that mining area. The conveyed overburden is dumped adjacent the active mining area following end to form a spoil bank which is landscaped and reclaimed. Another form of the invention includes a conveyor system located on the main bench.

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patent: 1980634 (1934-11-01), Philips
patent: 2948520 (1960-08-01), Densmore

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