Mining Methods and Machinery · Mining Methods · 1 mark · Multiple choice
A steeply dipping metalliferous deposit is not susceptible to spontaneous heating. Broken ore provides the working platform in the stope. Identify the method.
Shrinkage stoping retains much of the blasted ore temporarily as a working platform, withdrawing enough to allow for swell. The steep dip helps later gravity discharge, and heating-resistant ore is important because broken ore remains stored. Thus D.
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