Tunneling with a boring machine has been used extensively in the construction industry but has been virtually ignored by the mining industry. Looking for a faster and more economical way of constructing a mine slope, the Rochester & Pittsburgh Coal Company turned to a tunnel boring machine to replace the former drilling and shooting method. The results of this decision and the construction of two coal mine slopes are discussed in this paper.


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    Title :

    Tunnel Boring a Mine Slope


    Additional title:

    Sae Technical Papers


    Contributors:

    Conference:

    29th Annual Earthmoving Industry Conference ; 1978



    Publication date :

    1978-02-01




    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Print


    Language :

    English


    Keywords :


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