MAD 243 - Underground Mining

Course Objectives

1. Learning of main underground mine development-elements and main developments
2. Learning the panel construction and principles for selection the proper mining method
3. Learning the making of underground mining project

Course Description

Introduction. Prospecting and evaluation. Exploration, reserve definitions and calculation methods. Grade, sampling. The value of ore deposit. Planning of underground structures. Planning of audits, drifts and inclines. Shafts, shaft location. Interval between levels, level planning, sublevels, Time scheduling. Structures in ore deposits, Classifications of underground production methods. Longwall methods, shortwall methods, pillar methods, chamber methods, block methods. Method selection. Production methods in Turkey.