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.
Tunnel Boring a Mine Slope
Sae Technical Papers
29th Annual Earthmoving Industry Conference ; 1978
1978-02-01
Conference paper
English
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