Protecting miners from coal bursts during development above historic mine workings in Harlan County, KY
In order to reach a large, untapped reserve of high-quality coal, D8 Cloverlick Mine proposed to mine a corridor nearly 600 m deep beneath the Benham Spur of Black Mountain, Kentucky’s highest peak. D8 Cloverlick Mine was extracting the Owl seam, but the corridor’s route lay approximately 20 m above...
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| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2021-01-01
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| Series: | International Journal of Mining Science and Technology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095268620309496 |