How Mining Is Done?
There Are Four Main Mining Methods: Underground, Open Surface (Pit), Placer, and in-Situ Mining. Underground Mines Are More Expensive and Are Often Used to...
- Underground mines are more expensive and are often used to reach deeper deposits.
- Surface mines are typically used for more shallow and less valuable deposits.
What are the 4 steps of mining?
The mining industry operates through a sequence of stages: exploration, discovery, development, production and reclamation.
How underground mining is done?
It involves drilling a section of ore at the very bottom of the deposit and then blasting to make the roof collapse. Gravity then takes over, as the ore above the blast site fractures and collapses in succession as support is withdrawn. The collapsed ore is hauled out the mine for processing [source: Great Mining].
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