(from the article `mining`) Shrinkage stoping is used in steeply dipping, relatively narrow ore bodies with regular boundaries. Ore and waste (both the hanging wall and the ...
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A stoping method which uses part of the broken ore as a working platform and as support for the walls of the stope.
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A mining method wherein the ore deposit is stoped from beneath, allowing broken ore to support the stope walls, but leaving a space above the broken ore just sufficient for the miners to stand on and drill overhead. Broken ore is drawn as necessary to maintain this headroom, and becasue the volume of rock expands upon breaking, about a third of the...
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