This document summarizes the underhand stoping mining method. Key points:
1. The method involves benching a stope face in a series of 1.8m high by 1.2m wide benches at a 60 degree dip, with ore falling down a central raise after blasting.
2. It requires considerable physical effort from miners to clean benches by hand before drilling and blasting.
3. It is suitable for narrow veins with strong hanging walls and footwalls to prevent rock fall, and occasionally uses stulls and roof bolts for support.
This document summarizes the underhand stoping mining method. Key points:
1. The method involves benching a stope face in a series of 1.8m high by 1.2m wide benches at a 60 degree dip, with ore falling down a central raise after blasting.
2. It requires considerable physical effort from miners to clean benches by hand before drilling and blasting.
3. It is suitable for narrow veins with strong hanging walls and footwalls to prevent rock fall, and occasionally uses stulls and roof bolts for support.
This document summarizes the underhand stoping mining method. Key points:
1. The method involves benching a stope face in a series of 1.8m high by 1.2m wide benches at a 60 degree dip, with ore falling down a central raise after blasting.
2. It requires considerable physical effort from miners to clean benches by hand before drilling and blasting.
3. It is suitable for narrow veins with strong hanging walls and footwalls to prevent rock fall, and occasionally uses stulls and roof bolts for support.
This document summarizes the underhand stoping mining method. Key points:
1. The method involves benching a stope face in a series of 1.8m high by 1.2m wide benches at a 60 degree dip, with ore falling down a central raise after blasting.
2. It requires considerable physical effort from miners to clean benches by hand before drilling and blasting.
3. It is suitable for narrow veins with strong hanging walls and footwalls to prevent rock fall, and occasionally uses stulls and roof bolts for support.
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Presented by:-
SURYA PRAKASH GAUND
6TH SEM,36G10 1. This method starts from a raise driven through the centre of the projected stope. 2. A stope drive is carried below the crown pillar and face is benched underhand for short hole blasting. 3. A second stope drive carried some 3 to 5m above the haulage level and cones are cut into the floor of this drift. 4. The face is benched in a series of benches of 1.8m high 1.2m wide,with the overall face dipping at approx. 60deg. 5. After blasting ,the ore falls down the raise. 6. Stoping requires a considerable amount of physical effort on the part of miners as benches must be cleaned by hand prior to drilling and drills and explosives must be hauled into the stope. 7. Good hanging wall and foot wall are necessary to prevent scaling. 8. Stulls are occasionally left for support in underhand stope and roof bolts are also used where necessary. 1. Narrow veins at steep dips. 2. Strong walls. 3. Strength of ore is rarely a determining factor. 1. A row of stulls are placed, lagged and tracks are laid on them with timber. 2. A level-pillar may be left over back of stope which is formed by driving a drift from the raise and stoping below it. The choice between these two depends on grade of ore.The pillar is required to support the walls also. 1. All broken ore must be moved along the face to the heel of stope. Amount of shoveling required depends on:- • General slope of stope face, which may be varied by changing the proportionate lengths and height of the benches. • Dip of the vein which together with stope face, determines the pitch of the footwall corner of the stope and amount of broken ore which will hang and requires shoveling. Generally all the matter is usually sent to lower level. In narrow veins, where general slope of stope is kept sufficiently flat,waste may be stored and stored on stulls. On flat dips,regardless of vein width,waste may be stored on footwall. In a steep vein the area of unsupported and inaccessible walls overhanging a stope constantly increases. This makes an open underhand stope dangerous in weak grounds and is a serious disadvantage. So in narrow veins, slabs may be supported by stulls, larger areas of walls by Artificial pillars of waste piled on rows of stulls. These stulls are placed roughly on opposite benches , their dia varies with the width of veins and local conditions from 8 to 14 in Distance between stulls may be 3 to 6ft.Pillars of ores may be left where desired 1. Drilling is easy as one has to stand on firm ground. 2. Simple in operation. 3. Dangerous climbing is avoided. 1. Overhanging of walls constantly increases. 2. Manual loading. 3. Method is highly laborious. 4. Large use of timber. 5. Difficult to maintain the shape of the steps. •Mosabani mines. •Hutti gold mine.