Mining or in situ disintegration of hard material – Processes – Stabilizing underground structure
Patent
1981-07-14
1984-07-10
Purser, Ernest R.
Mining or in situ disintegration of hard material
Processes
Stabilizing underground structure
E21C 4100
Patent
active
044589476
ABSTRACT:
A deep level mining method wherein conventional mining takes place to recover ore and pillars are left for support purposes. The ore in the pillars is recovered before or after their formation by drilling overlapping holes into the reef in the pillars.
The holes are plugged thereafter to restore the supporting function of the pillars.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3167354 (1965-01-01), Macaul et al.
patent: 3578807 (1971-05-01), Barrett
patent: 4309059 (1982-01-01), Walsh
Hopley Robert J.
van der Westhuizen Wynand J.
Boart International Limited
Purser Ernest R.
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