Boring or penetrating the earth – Processes
Patent
1977-09-23
1979-12-18
Pate, III, William
Boring or penetrating the earth
Processes
175 94, 175171, 175257, 175325, E21D 300, E21B 1900
Patent
active
041790014
ABSTRACT:
In an underground mine, a machine for drilling upwardly is placed in one tunnel of the mine and is used to drill a vertical shaft communicating with another tunnel at a higher elevation. The machine is operated so as to install a liner or casing in the shaft in a step-by-step fashion, substantially concurrently with the corresponding steps of the drilling operation.
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patent: 4009909 (1977-03-01), Robbins et al.
Berry, Jr. Robert W.
Still Norman H.
Arant Gene W.
Pate, III William
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