Ebook: Techniques in Underground Mining - Selections from Underground Mining Methods Handbook

This book consists of selected material from the out-of-print industry standard, Underground Mining Methods Handbook. More than 40 chapters covering such underground mining topics as sampling, planning, reserve analysis, cost calculations, various methods of support, block and panel caving, and sublevel caving make up this comprehensive text. Numerous tables and figures enhance the extensive material found in each chapter. An excellent teaching tool and source book, this book is a must for any mining student or engineer.
Content:
Front Matter
• Preface
• Table of Contents
•Section 1. Overview 1. Ore Reserve Calculation
2. Choosing an Underground Mining Method
3. General Mine Planning
4. Sampling, Dilution, and Recovery
•Section 2. Methods Requiring Minimum Support 5. Room-and-Pillar Method of Open-Stope Mining
6. Production Methods of Noncoal Room-and-Pillar Mining
7. Open Stope Mining at the Magmont Mine, Bixby Missouri
8. Sublevel Stoping
9. Considerations for Sublevel Stoping
10. Excavation Design and Mining Methods in the 1100 Orebody, Mount Isa Mine, Australia
11. Stråssa Mine
12. Sublevel Stoping at the EB Massive Reefs at Loraine Gold Mines, Ltd.
13. Large Blasthole Stoping at Rødsand Gruber, Norway
14. Vertical Crater Retreat: An Important Mining Method
15. Crater Blasting Method Applied to Pillar Recovery at Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd.
16. Cost Calculations for Sublevel Longhole Stoping
17. Cost Estimation for Sublevel Stoping - A Case Study
•Section 3. Stopes Requiring Additional Support other than Pillars 18. Shrinkage Stoping: An Introduction
19. Shrinkage Stoping at the Crean Hill Mine
20. Shrinkage Stoping at the Idarado Mine
21. Cost Calculations for Mechanized Shrinkage Stoping
22. Cut-and-Fill Stoping: An Introduction
23. Principles of Stope Planning and Layout for Ground Control
24. Cut-and-Fill at Mount Isa Mines Ltd.
25. The Zinc Corporation, Ltd., and New Broken Hill Consolidated, Ltd.
26. Cut-and-Fill Stoping at Star Mine
27. Cut-and-Fill Stoping at Lucky Friday Mine
28. Cut-and-Fill at the Bruce Mine
29. Cut-and-Fill at Homestake Mining Co.
30. Cost Calculations for Highly Mechanized Cut-and-Fill Stoping
31. Undercut-and-Fill Mining: An Introduction
32. Undercut-and-Fill Mining as Practiced by Homestake Mining Co.
33. Undercut-and-Fill Mining at Falconbridge Mine of Falconbridge Nickel Mines Ltd.
34. Cost Calculations for Underhand Cut-and-Fill Mining
•Section 4. Sublevel Caving 35. Sublevel Caving: An Introduction
36. The Mechanics and Design of Sublevel Caving Systems
37. Sublevel Caving at Craigmont Mines Ltd.
38. Sublevel Caving at the Stobie Mine, Inco Metals Co.
39. Sublevel Caving at LKAB's Kürunavaara Mine
40. Planning Economics of Sublevel Caving
•Section 5. Block and Panel Caving 41. Block Caving: General Description
42. Climax Panel Caving and Extraction System
43. San Manuel Mine
44. The Henderson Mine
Index