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Methods of Supporting Excavation.
TIMBERING; FILLING WITH WASTE; FILLING WITH BROKEN ORE; PILLARS OF ORE; ARTIFICIAL PILLARS; CAVING SYSTEM.
Most stopes require support to be given to the walls and often to the ore itself. Where they do require support there are five principal methods of accomplishing it. The application of any particular met