Evaluation and demonstration of underhand stoping to control rock bursts.
Contributors: Blake, W.; Board, M. P.
Series: United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Mines
Publisher: National Technical Information Service
Published: 1982
Place of publication: Springfield, VA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 190
Subjects: Rockburst alleviation.; Destressing (Rockbursts)
Description:   This government report examines the undercut and fill mining method as practiced in the U. S. and Canada as one method for controlling rockbursts.  The result of a demonstration test at a site with the Star Mine was evaluated.  It was concluded that the undercut and fill stoping method, with mass destressing, was an effective method for controlling rockbursts and falls of ground for deep mining in the Coeur d'Alene mining district.
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