Mining in Manitoba

Cut & Fill Mining

Engineering Considerations

Development

Regular Mining Advance

Special Procedures

Timbering

Sandfill

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Opening a New Cut

The new cut is opened in an area of the stope suitable to the mining cycle. As a general rule, the new cut is opened in a narrow area of the stope, often adjacent to a footwall orepass. Mining in a cut and fill stope generally progresses through a raise.

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