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- Mining types and methods:
- Room and pillar mining
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- Peer reviewed journal articles
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1/1/2011 - Peer reviewed journal articlesStone mines in the eastern and midwestern United States use the room-and-pillar method of mining to extract relatively flat-laying sedimentary formations. A survey of pillar performance was carried out to identify potential modes of instability.
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10/1/2009 - Peer reviewed journal articlesInstruments remaining in a test section of a lead/zinc/copper room and pillar mine where pillar mining had taken place 14 years before were read to monitor long-term stability and quantify time dependent behavior in the mine roof and backfill.
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9/1/2006 - Peer reviewed journal articlesUS coal mining organizations are losing the knowledge they need to be able to respond to emergencies. Knowledge management provides a useful perspective from which to view the problem. Knowledge can be managed by cultivating it through narratives.
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5/1/2018 - Peer reviewed journal articlesA study exploring the geomechanics of bench room-and-pillar mining and the associated response of high pillar ribs at overburden depths greater than 300 m.
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6/1/2008 - Peer reviewed journal articlesThis paper describes a modeling approach that can be used as a tool to evaluate potential roof failure and optimize the stability of room and pillar layouts.
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Content source: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Mining Program