Abutment Pillar "Notching" Improves Abutment Tunnel Roof Conditions At The Cayuga Rock Salt Mine
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Plumeau, David B. (1981). Abutment Pillar "Notching" Improves Abutment Tunnel Roof Conditions At The Cayuga Rock Salt Mine. Proceedings Of The 1st Annual Conference On Ground Control In Mining
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Plumeau, David B. (1981). Abutment Pillar "Notching" Improves Abutment Tunnel Roof Conditions At The Cayuga Rock Salt Mine. Proceedings Of The 1st Annual Conference On Ground Control In Mining
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Organization: International Conference on Ground Control in Mining
Pages: 9
Publication Date:
Jan 1, 1981
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| The Cayuga Mine, a deep rock salt mining, operation, changed from a standard room and pillar mine design to a yielding pillar/pressure arch design five years ago. In general the roof conditions improved. However, entries adjacent to the abutment pillars continued to fail. It was noticed that where abutment pillars were accidentally "notched" (by driving cross- cuts one cut into the pillars), the abutment entries had better roof conditions than where there were no "notches". Experiments with intentionally notched abutment pillars showed that notching did improve abutment entry conditions. During the past four years notch configuration has been varied to suit local ground conditions. Recently, "pre-cutting" of notches has proven itself as a means of protecting abutment entries under severe ground conditions. As an added bonus, the notches improve productivity by providing more places to work and reduce costs because it is not necessary to bolt the notches. |
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