MIN 454: Underground Mining Methods

A Sublevel Stope.  Drawing by Rajive Ganguli The handouts can be downloaded from here:


Course description
Handout1: Mine Planning, Some Considerations - Updated 9/6/06
Handout2: A Very Brief Background on Coal
Handout3: Introduction to Room and Pillar Mining
Handout4: Designing Coal Pillars
Handout5: Pillaring
Handout6: Longwall Mining
Handout7: Non-coal Room and Pillar
Handout8: Sublevel Stoping
Handout9: Shrinkage Stoping
Handout10: Vertical Creater Retreat Stoping
Handout11: Cut and Fill
Handout12: Sublevel Caving
Handout13: Block Caving