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Room and pillar.
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This procedure is an inefficient method of resource development but is nevertheless economically suitable for tabular seams particularly if the seams are narrow.
In this system a series of parallel drifts are driven with connections made between these drifts at regular intervals.
There are different variations of the method depending on rock.
Room and pillar is an underground mining method that has applications to a wide variety of hard rock deposits worldwide.
When the distance between connecting drifts is the same as that between the parallel drifts then a.
The most common mining system is room and pillar.
In the first pillars of untouched material are left to support the roof overburden and open areas or rooms are extracted underground.
It is commonly classified as an open stoping method meaning that development involves mining out underground cavities while leaving the surrounding un mined waste or ore as primary support.
Room and pillar mining is suitable for tabular bodies of room height but leaves about 40 of the rock in place while exploiting the other half.