Saturday, June 27, 2009

Slope mining

Slope mining is a method of accessing valuable geological material, such as coal. A sloping access shaft travels downwards towards the coal seam. Slope mines differ from shaft and drift mines, which access resources by tunneling straight down or horizontally, respectively.

From http://en.wikipedia.org/

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