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Rock Mechanics.pdf - Mining and Blasting

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Figure 13.29 (a) Stope <strong>and</strong> pillar<br />

layout for an extraction sequence<br />

based on primary stoping <strong>and</strong> pillar<br />

recovery in secondary stopes. The<br />

‘1-3-5’ sequence involves primary<br />

stoping of each second ore block. (b)<br />

Pillarless mining sequence in which<br />

ore blocks are mined to maintain a<br />

‘chevron’ mining front (after Morrison,<br />

1996).<br />

Figure 13.30 Three-dimensional<br />

representation of the pyramidal<br />

pillarless mining sequence at the<br />

Brunswick Mine (after Andrieux <strong>and</strong><br />

Simser, 2001).<br />

PILLAR SUPPORTED MINING METHODS<br />

convergence behind the advancing face is relatively uniform. According to Morrison<br />

(1996), although the sequence does not eliminate large seismic events <strong>and</strong> associated<br />

rockbursts, it can significantly reduce the magnitudes of such events.<br />

An interesting example of sequencing of extraction in a complex mining geometry<br />

is provided by Andrieux <strong>and</strong> Simser (2001). The Brunswick Mine is characterised<br />

by states of stress which lead to damaging seismicity <strong>and</strong> rock structure which poses<br />

instability problems in zones of stress reduction. In two dimensions, the extraction<br />

sequence resembles one half of the chevron pattern illustrated in Figure 13.29. The<br />

stopes are mined ‘en-echelon’, by pillarless stoping, with overall progression of stoping<br />

towards the final abutments for the extracted orebody. In three dimensions, the<br />

orderly displacement of the abutment stress is provided by a sequence called pyramidal<br />

pillarless mining, as illustrated in Figure 13.30. Implementation of the sequence<br />

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