(from the article `dam`) ...fragments, are compacted by vibration and then rolled. Coarse rock fragments (rockfill) are compacted to a limited extent by impact on being ...
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A variation of cut and fill stoping which involves returning carefully sized mill tailings in a slurry to the stopes underground, where the slurry is hosed into place as stope fill under the pressure developed by the head. Water quickly drains from the tailings fill, which becomes compact enough to support the weight of men and equipment as they co...
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