Typically a mine or mine section undergoes a number of stages in its life and again it is important to recognise these stages in the interests of adopting a systematic approach to the planning. Most importantly the following two stages must be distinguished: Mine-construction stage which is characterised by shaft [or decline/incline] sinking,
An underground mine, in its early stages, requires a carefully planned network of shafts, drifts and raises which serves the following purposes:-. 1. Enables one to know the quality of mineral and extent as well as shape, thickness and dip of orebody, nature f country rock, strength or ore and wall rocks, nature and extent of overburden, etc.
Shaft mining or shaft sinking is excavating a vertical or near-vertical tunnel from the top down where there is initially no access to the bottom Shallow shafts typically sunk for civil engineering projects differ greatly in execution method from deep shafts typically sunk for mining projectsWhen the top of the excavation is the ground surface it is referred to as a shaft when the top...
Murray & Roberts Cementation has begun work on a contract awarded by Mining to provide a men-and-material shaft and a ventilation shaft as well as a decline and coal seam development on the ...
activities on the identification of hazards, risk s and their potential controls throughout the various stages of shaft construction. This Guidance Note is not a Guideline as defined in the Mining and Quarrying Safety and Health Act 1999 (MQSHA) or a Recognised Standard as defined in the Coal Mining Safety and Health Act 1999 (CMSHA).
The two major developments in shaft sinking between 2007 and 2020 are the successes in mechanical excavation and the number of shafts sunk in China. To have four major mine shafts, over six metres in diameter and over 1,000 metres in depth, completely excavated with mechanical excavators and one additional shaft partially completed, is ...
shafts are more often put down in soft rock and pass through faulted zones, whereas, the vertical shafts are usually in the fir.m wall rock. However, in. any. well con structed shaft,where the walls are reasonably firm, shaft maintenance is a relatively small item of the mining expense and the lower first cost of the inclined shaft might easily
Drift mining uses horizontal access tunnels, diagonally sloping access shafts are used by slope mining, and shaft mining uses vertical access shafts. Mining requires different techniques in hard and soft rock formations. Highwall mining. Highwall mining is another surface mining form that has evolved from auger mining.
Conventional mine shaft sinking methods involve the performance of a cycle of different operations—drilling and blasting, removal of smoke and cleaning of fly-rock lodged on overhead timbers, mucking and hoisting of the broken rock, and timbering. The latter (a) may be the last operation of the cycle, (b) may be carried on during drilling and mucking, provided it is done from a substantial ...
Shaft Mining. Shaft mining is a form of underground mining where shafts are pushed vertically from top to bottom to excavate the ores and minerals. It is also called shaft sinking. It is best suited for concentrated minerals such as iron, coal, etc. which can be found at the depth of the earth's surface. It is found mostly all over the world.
Extraction of 5 West Sub Vertical Shaft Pillar - the Final Stages A W STILLWELL West Driefontein Mine SYNOPSIS Preparatory work commenced in early 1982 for the extraction of the No 5 West Sub Vertical shaft pillar. It was not until 1986 that the actual mining of the 168 000m2 pillar started. It had been decided from the outset to keep the shaft ...
1.1.3 Active mining Once a mining company has constructed access roads and prepared staging areas that would house project personnel and equipment, mining may commence. All types of active mining share a common aspect: the extraction and concentration (or beneficiation) of a metal from the earth. Proposed mining projects
Shaft Sealing Construction Procedures Appendix B Abstract This appendix describes equipment and procedures used to constmct the shaft seals as specified in the main report. Existing or reasonably modified construction equipment is specified, standard mining practices are applied, and a general schedule is provided at the end of this,-
There are various types of underground mining that are categorized based on the kind of shafts used, the technique of extraction and the process used to get to a deposit. For instance, drift mining involves the use of horizontal tunnels, while slope mining uses diagonal shafts …
Shaft mining is a form of underground mini ng where shafts are pushed vertically from top to bot tom to excavate the ores and minerals. It is als o called shaft sinking.
simulations of (1) historical mining leading to the present shaft the 3200 level, which was more than 90 m (300 ft) distant. The pillar and (2) future mining of the ore reserve in the shaft pillar.need to take some action to ensure the safety of operations led to
4. Feasibility Study ("FS") The Feasibility Study is the final stage study prior to making a production decision. The feasibility study should preferably be done on a single project scope. Try to avoid more scenario analysis at this time. Smaller companies should be careful entering the FS stage since, once the FS is complete, shareholders ...
assets in the exploration stage, and for assets transferred from exploration to development phases. IAS 36 requires the subsequent reversal of ... significant difference for some mining issuers is the recognition of temporary differences on foreign currency non-monetary …
In surface mining, the ground covering the coal seam (the overburden) is first removed to expose the coal seam for extraction. The elements of a surface mining operation are (1) topsoil removal and storage for later use, (2) drilling and blasting the strata overlying the coal seam, (3) loading and transporting this fragmented overburden material (called spoil), (4) drilling and blasting the ...
Two shafts were sunk in the early 1950s – the South shaft at the Potash Company of America's mine near Carlsbad, New Mexico, and the Ojibway shaft at the Canadian Rock Salt Company's mine in southern Ontario. The South shaft was frozen only to a depth of 107 metres but the Ojibway shaft was frozen to a depth of 329 metres.
Due to the high in situ stress of the deep rock mass and the restraining effect of the surrounding rock, the deep hole blasting of vertical shaft faces the problems of low borehole utilization rate and poor blasting effect. In this regard, this paper proposes a deep hole multi-stage cut blasting technology of vertical shaft. Preliminary engineering practice shows that such cut blasting ...
4.1 Shaft geology. The geology of the shaft at the potash mine considered in this. case study was divided into 4 geotechnical zones as follo ws: • Zone 1: Soils comprising loam, clay and sand ...
Similar to all mining projects, shaft-sinking operations require a lot of dedicated people to be successful, explained Tom Goodell, general manager-shaft development for Resolution Copper. A photo of all of the people working on the project was taken before Resolution Copper lowered the Galloway work stage into the shaft in 2008 and most of ...
Shaft mining or shaft sinking is excavating a vertical or near-vertical tunnel from the top down, where there is initially no access to the bottom.. Shallow shafts, typically sunk for civil engineering projects, differ greatly in execution method from deep shafts, typically sunk for mining projects. When the top of the excavation is the ground surface, it is referred to as a shaft; when the ...
The progress available with shaft sinking machines may be appreciated from the following performance of a machine manufactured by WIRTH, a leading manufacturer in West Germany. In early 1983, one 7 m diam. shaft was sunk in Alabama, U.S.A., completing the sinking of the shaft, 650 m depth, in 6 weeks. Sinking rate at one stage was 35 m/day.
Mining is the extraction of valuable minerals or other geological materials from the Earth, usually from an ore body, lode, vein, seam, reef, or placer deposit.These deposits form a mineralized commodity that is of economic interest to the miner. Ores recovered by mining include metals, coal, oil shale, gemstones, limestone, chalk, dimension stone, rock salt, potash, gravel, and clay.
Shaft strains versus depth at various stages of mining 29 TABLES 1 Project chronology Mine, Lead, SD, has demonstrated the usefulness of the finiteelement method for evaluating shaft pillar mining plans and shaft stability In this study, borehole extensometers and other …
Shaft Sinking Technology: The Long and the Short of It. The Planning of PK2 Anglo Platinum's Paardekraal No. 2 (PK2) shaft project will sink the first of two or three new vertical shafts at the company's Rustenburg operation in South Africa. The project is part of an overall mining strategy for the Rustenburg Platinum Group Metals operation.
for stage winding at the Ventilation Shaft. Mechanised trackless machinery was used for the development of all horizontal works. The Aveng Electrical Shaft Safety System was developed, which uses PLCs to control shaft sinking and winder interlocks. The mine was designed for mining both the Merensky and UG2 reef with a
The subject of shaft sinking has been discussed at some length in an earlier Bureau of Mines bulletin. A number of shaft-sinking operations are described in detail in the series of information circulars on mining methods and costs, to some of which reference will be made later.