Wall-to-wall surface mining process

Details Wall-to-wall surface mining process Wall-to-wall surface mining process

1995-11-16

1998-07-21

Bagnell, David J.

Mining or in situ disintegration of hard material

Processes

Stabilizing underground structure

299 19, E21C 4100

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057825394

ABSTRACT:
A mining process that consists of a combination of surface mining and underground mining techniques carried out in a novel extraction sequence. The coal seam is first mined by surface-mining stripping methods to produce a highwall. Roadways to a predetermined distance underground from the surface highwall are then developed using continuous mining equipment, so that a panel of coal with a minable underground face or wall is blocked out. A longwall is then set up at the face and the panel is mined in retreat toward the surface highwall to a safety barrier determined by the highwall slope. Adjacent panels are successively developed and extracted by longwall mining, thereby permitting the recovery of substantially all coal reserves between the surface highwall and the predetermined distance at which the underground wall was set up.

REFERENCES:
patent: 4017122 (1977-04-01), Simpson

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