A determination of the strength of hard-rock mine pillars

CIM Bulletin

Volumn 90, Issue 1013, 1997, Pages 51-55

  Lunder, P J ^a   Pakalnis, R C ^b  

^a Royal Oak Mines   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hard rock mine pillars; Pillar strength; Rock mechanics; Underground mining

Indexed keywords

ROCK MECHANICS; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS;

HARD ROCK MINE PILLARS; UNDERGROUND MINING;

ROOM AND PILLAR MINING;

CONFINEMENT; CONFINEMENT FORMULA; FORMULA; HARD ROCK MINE; MINING; PILLAR STRENGTH; ROCK MECHANICS;

EID: 0031238051     PISSN: 03170926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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