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  2. Stoping - Wikipedia

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    A large stope in the Treadwell gold mine, Alaska 1908; an example of shrinkage stoping. Shrinkage stoping is most suitable for steeply dipping ore bodies (70°—90°). In shrinkage stoping, mining proceeds from the bottom upwards, in horizontal slices (similar to cut and fill mining), with the broken ore being left in place for miners to work ...

  3. Underground hard-rock mining - Wikipedia

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    Shrinkage stoping is a short-hole mining method which is suitable for steeply dipping orebodies. This method is similar to cut and fill mining with the exception that after being blasted, broken ore is left in the stope where it is used to support the surrounding rock and as a platform from which to work.

  4. Stoping (geology) - Wikipedia

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    Stoping is a process accommodating the ascent of magmatic bodies from their sources in the mantle or lower crust to the surface. The theory was independently developed by Canadian geologist Reginald Aldworth Daly [ 1 ] and American geologist Joseph Barrell .

  5. Outline of mining - Wikipedia

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    Shaft mining, mining vertically; Slope mining, mining at an inclined angle Stoping is the process of extracting out the ore from underground, leaving a hole called a stope; Room and pillar; Longwall mining; Retreat mining; Fire-setting, a method used in stoping by setting fires to timber and letting the resulting collapse break up the rock

  6. Underground soft-rock mining - Wikipedia

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    Shortwall mining – A coal mining method that accounts for less than 1% of deep coal production, shortwall involves the use of a continuous mining machine with moveable roof supports, similar to longwall. The continuous miner shears coal panels 150–200 feet wide and more than a half-mile long, depending on other things like the strata of the ...

  7. Mining - Wikipedia

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    Mining of sulfur from a deposit at the edge of Ijen's crater lake, Indonesia. Mining is the extraction of valuable geological materials and minerals from the surface of the Earth. Mining is required to obtain most materials that cannot be grown through agricultural processes, or feasibly created artificially in a laboratory or factory.

  8. East Texas iron ore belt - Wikipedia

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    The East Texas iron ore belt refers to a significant region in East Texas characterized by the presence of iron ore deposits, primarily associated with the Weches greensand formation. This area has historical importance in the mining industry, contributing to the supply of iron ore in the United States .

  9. Category:Mining in Texas - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Mining in Texas" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Aurcana Corporation; T.