In earthmoving, cut and fill is the process of constructing a railway, road or canal whereby the amount of material from cuts roughly matches the amount of fill needed to make nearby embankments, so minimizing the amount of construction labor. ==Cut section== Cut slopes are rarely created greater than a slope of two to one (horizontal to vertical ...
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removing earth from one place to another, usually mechanically.
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The process of removing soil from one area and placing it elsewhere to form a base for any given activity.
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A method of excavating ore material in a stope and its replacement with waste material or tailings from a concentrator.
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While creating railways and canals, construction workers would create cut slopes (like a mini valley) to install the railways. The soil that’s been moved, the fills, would subsequently create adjacent embankments, minimizing the labor. The approach is now frequently used on construction sites of any size.
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A method of stoping in which ore is removed in slices, or lifts, and then the excavation is filled with rock or other waste material (backfill), before the subsequent slice is extracted.
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a process of localized gradation whereby material eroded from one place is deposited a short distance away.
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