Mining or in situ disintegration of hard material – Mine layouts
Patent
1976-07-19
1977-06-28
Purser, Ernest R.
Mining or in situ disintegration of hard material
Mine layouts
299 18, E21C 3520, E21C 4104
Patent
active
040321959
ABSTRACT:
A push-pull mining system comprising a pre-formed arrangement of personnel entry shafts, laterally extending service tunnels, flumes in the form of ditches extending substantially throughout each service tunnel, a holding tunnel at one side of each service tunnel and a chamber below the lowermost service tunnel at the end opposite to the holding tunnel for receiving a separation tank, a slurry mix tank, and an underground water reservoir. A mobile mining unit, comprising a mining machine at each end and carriers therebetween, is of substantially the same length as the holding tunnel. The mobile mining unit moves across the service tunnel to mine the opposing face and form a working tunnel which when finished is of the same length as the mobile unit. A mobile water station is mounted in the service tunnel and is connected to the mid-carrier which conveys the water to the mining machine at the end which is effective. A slurry line extends from a slurry mix tank in each mining machine to the midcarrier where it is connected to a main slurry line by a three-way valve. The slurry line extends along a working tunnel and is then diverted or bent into the service tunnel. A reverse drive motor is positioned in the service tunnel and engages the main slurry line to move it in reverse directions as the mobile mining unit moves back and forth across the service tunnel to form additional working tunnels. The slurry line opens onto the flume when in a retracted position but when advanced to a predetermined extent enters the upper end of a downflow slurry tube. The latter extends to a separation tank from which mineable material is passed to a main slurry mix tank. It is moved outwardly to the ground surface through a tube. Water for the slurry mix tanks in the mining unit is supplied from either a surface reservoir or an underground reservoir.
REFERENCES:
patent: 3790214 (1974-02-01), Kilroy
patent: 3924895 (1975-12-01), Leasure
patent: 3942841 (1976-03-01), McCain et al.
Purser Ernest R.
Robertson John A.
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