The successor to the Society's 1982 Underground Mining Methods Handbook affectionately known as the Blue Book, includes revised section of general mine design, mining methods, and foundations for design and a new section on the future of the field. Other sections cover the room-and-pillar mining of hard and soft rock, the longwall mining of hard rock, shrinkage stoping, sublevel stoping, cut-and-fill mining, sublevel caving, and panel caving. Among specific topics are cost estimating, modifications of the room-and-pillar mining method for Polish copper ore deposits, rock support in cut-and-fill mining at the Krisineberg Mine, and simulating underground mining operations. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
Underground Mining Methods: Engineering Fundamentals and International Case Studies presents the latest principles and techniques in use today. Reflecting the international and diverse nature of the industry, a series of mining case studies is presented covering the commodity range from iron ore to diamonds extracted by operations located in all corners of the world.
Industry experts have contributed sections on General Mine Design Considerations; Room-and-Pillar Mining of Hard Rock/Soft Rock; Longwall Mining of Hard Rock; Shrinkage Stoping; Sublevel Stoping; Cut-and-Fill Mining; Sublevel Caving; Panel Caving; Foundations for Design; and Underground Mining Looks to the Future.
Preface ix SECTION 1 GENERAL MINE DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS 1(80) Underground Mining Methods and Applications 3(12) Hans Hamrin General Planning of the Noncoal Underground Mine 15(14) Richard L. Bullock Planning the Underground Mine on the Basis of Mining Method 29(20) Richard Bullock William Hustrulid Cost Estimating for Underground Mines 49(24) Scott A. Stebbins Otto L. Schumacher Mineral and Metal Prices: Mechanisms, Instability, and Trends 73(8) Peter A. Howie Roderick G. Eggert SECTION 2 ROOM-AND-PILLAR MINING OF HARD ROCK 81(48) Mining Methodology and Description: The Immel Mine 83(6) William R. Begg Nikolai A. Pohrivchak The Viburnum Trend Underground-An Overview 89(6) Jon Carmack Bob Dunn Michael Flach Greg Sutton Pillar Extraction and Rock Mechanics at the Doe Run Company in Missouri 1991 to 2000 95(8) W.L. Lane T.R. Yanske L.M. Clark D.P. Roberts Modifications of the Room-and-Pillar Mining Method for Polish Copper Ore Deposits 103(8) Waldemar Korzenlowski Andrzej Stanklewicz Underhand Room-and-Pillar Mining as Applied at the Aurora Mine, Charcas Unit, Grupo Mexico 111(8) Marco A. Perez G. Abel Gonzdlez V. Underground Mining of Frozen Placers 119(10) Michael G. Nelson SECTION 3 ROOM-AND-PILLAR MINING OF SOFT ROCK 129(26) Mining at IMC Potash Carlsbad 131(6) P. Livingstone J. Purcell D. Morehouse D. Waugh Mississippi Potash, Inc.s, Underground Operations 137(6) Victoria Herne Tom McGuire Advanced Mine-Wide Automation in Potash 143(6) Stephen J. Fortney Closed-Circuit Mechanized Cut-and-Fill Mining at PCS New Brunswick Division 149(6) D.R Roberts SECTION 4 LONGWALL MINING OF HARD ROCK 155(32) Underground Mining at Impala Platinum, Ltd., in the Northwest Province of South Africa 157(8) G.R. Ackerman A. W. Jameson Mining Practice for Intermediate-Depth, Narrow Tabular Ore Bodies with Particular Reference to the Free State and Klerksdorp Goldfields 165(14) P.R. Carter Extraction of a Wide Ore Body at Depth in the SV2/3 Area at Placer Dome Western Areas Joint Venture 179(8) N. Singh A.J. McDonald SECTION 5 SHRINKAGE STOPING 187(18) Shrinkage Stoping at the Mouska Mine 189(6) Robert Marchand Patrick Godin Chantale Doucet Shrinkage Stoping Practices at the Schwartzwalder Mine 195(10) Bruce Norquist SECTION 6 SUBLEVEL STOPING 205(82) Ground-Stability-Based Mine Design Guidelines at the Brunswick Mine 207(8) Patrick Andrieux Brad Simser Stoping at the Pyhasalmi Mine 215(6) Pekka Pera Seppo Tuovinen Jyrki Korteniemi Marko Matinlassi Sami Nilranen Narrow Ore Mining in Zinkgruvan, Sweden 221(8) M. Finkel M. Olsson H. Thorshag J. Wernstrom G. Johansson Mining Operations at Pea Ridge Iron Ore Company-A Case Study 229(6) Jason Ovanic Sublevel Stoping at the Williams Mine 235(4) David Bronkhorst Greg Brouwer Sublevel Open Stoping-Design and Planning at the Olympic Dam Mine 239(6) Soma Uggalla Cannington Mine-30 Million Ounces of Silver per Year from a 300-m Cube 245(12) Paul Harvey Martyn Bloss Nicolas Bouliane Sublevel Stoping at Echo Bays Lamefoot Mine, Republic, Wash 257(6) Gordon L. Fellows Sublevel Open Stoping at El Soldado Mine: A Geomechanic Challenge 263(8) Nolberto V. Contador Marcelo F. Glavic Underground Mining in the Kola Peninsula, Russia 271(10) Anatoly A. Kozyrev Yuri V. Demidov Igor I. Bessonov Oleg Ye. Churkin Vladislav M. Busyrev Vladimir N. Aminov Victor A. Maltsev Underground Mining Operations at the McArthur River Uranium Mine 281(6) Doug Beattie Chuck Edwards SECTION 7 CUT-AND-FILL MINING 287(72) Raglan, Underground Production in an Arctic Environment 289(10) F. Pronovost Mining of PGMs at the Stillwater Mine 299(10) D. Bray A.C. Alexander W. Strickland D. Einarson Mechanizing Sunshine Mine Operations 309(4) Michael E. McLean Underhand Cut-and-Fill Mining at the Lucky Friday Mine 313(6) Clyde Peppin Tom Fudge Karl Hartman Doug Bayer Terry DeVoe Pasminco Broken Hill Mine 319(6) David R. Edwards Neil S. Rauert Rock Support in Cut-and-Fill Mining at the Kristineberg Mine 325(8) Norbert Krauland Per-Ivar Marklund Mark Board Underhand Gut-and-Fill Mining at the Murray Mine, Jerritt Canyon Joint Venture 333(6) Carl E. Brechtel Greg R. Struble Benjamin Guenther The Carlin Underground Mine 339(6) J. Gordon Sobering Underhand Cut-and-Fill at the Barrick Bullfrog Mine 345(6) Dan Kump Tim Arnold Case Study: Strathcona Deep Copper Mine 351(4) Hugh S. Maclsaac Graham Swan Evolution of Undercut-and-Fill at SMJs Jouac Mine, France 355(4) Ronan Le Roy SECTION 8 SUBLEVEL CAVING 359(36) Underground Iron Ore Mining at LKAB, Sweden 361(8) C. Quinteiro M. Quinteiro O. Hedstrom Sublevel Caving Update at INCOs Stobie Mine 369(2) Harvey Buksa Longitudinal Sublevel Caving, Big Bell Mine 371(10) John Player Theory and Practice of Very-Large-Scale Sublevel Caving 381(4) C.R. Quinteiro L. Larsson W.A. Hustrulid Sublevel Caving: A Fresh Look at this Bulk Mining Method 385(10) C.H. Page G. Bull SECTION 9 PANEL CAVING 395(70) Henderson Mine 397(8) William D. Rech Palabora Underground Mine Project 405(6) Keith Calder Peter Townsend Frank Russell Block Caving Lift 1 of the Northparkes E26 Mine 411(6) M. House A. van As J. Dudley Preundercut Caving in EI Teniente Mine, Chile 417(8) Eduardo Rojas Rigoberto Molina Patricio Cavieres Premier Diamond Mine 425(6) P.J. Bartlett Block Caving the EESS Deposit at P.T. Freeport Indonesia 431(8) John Barber Suyono Dirdjosuwondo Tim Casten Leon Thomas Finsch Mine: Open Pit to Open Stoping to Block Caving 439(16) Christopher Andrew Preece Cave Mining-The State of the Art 455(10) D.H. Laubscher SECTION 10 FOUNDATIONS FOR DESIGN 465(198) Rock Mass Properties for Underground Mines 467(8) Evert Hoek The MRMR Rock Mass Classification for Jointed Rock Masses 475(8) D.H. Laubscher J. Jakubec Use of Numerical Modeling for Mine Design and Evaluation 483(10) Mark Board Richard Brummer Shawn Seldon Pillar Design to Prevent Collapse of Room-and-Pillar Mines 493(20) R. Karl Zipf, Jr. The Stability Graph Method for Open-Stope Design 513(8) Yves Potvin John Hadjigeorgiou Norandas Approach to Evaluating a Competent Deposit for Caving 521(14) Simon Nickson Adam Coulson Jeff Hussey Rock Support in Theory and Practice 535(12) Hakan Stille Rock Bolting for Underground Excavations 547(8) John Hadjigeorgiou Francois Charette Cable Bolting 555(8) Christopher Windsor Shotcrete as an Underground Support Material 563(6) Sam Spearing Shotcrete Linings in Hard Rock 569(10) B. Jonas Holmgren The Role of Shotcrete in Hard-Rock Mines 579(14) P.K. Kaiser D.D. Tannant Support and Structural Use of Shotcrete in Mines 593(8) Richard K. Brummer Graham R. Swan Backfill in Underground Mining 601(14) Dave Landriault Mining Dilution in Moderate- to Narrow-Width Deposits 615(12) Charles R. Tatman Design of Ore Passes 627(8) M.J. Bats W.G. Nuiseau B.M. Stewnrt S.R Iverson Blast Design for Underground Mining Applications 635(28) Roger Holmberg William Hustrulid Claude Cunningham SECTION 11 UNDERGROUND MINING LOOKS TO THE FUTURE 663 Small Resource and Mining Companies-Present and Future 665 P.C. Jones H.B. Miller Telemining™ Systems Applied to Hard Rock Metal Mining at Inco Limited 671 G.R. Baiden Mine Automation at LKAB, Kiruna, Sweden 681 Jan-Olov Nilsson Irving Wigden Hakan Tyni Methods to Mine the Ultra-Deep Tabular Gold-Bearing Reefs of the Witwatersrand Basin, South Africa 691 Fernando M.C.C. Vieira David H. Diering Raymond J. Durrheim Simulation of Underground Mining Operations 705 Daniel T. Brunner
