Conference Proceedings
Fourth Australian Tunnelling Conference
Conference Proceedings
Fourth Australian Tunnelling Conference
Instability of Roof Conditiond in a Hunter Valley Coal Mine due to Large Scale Mass Sliding
This paper descrioes a case history of a coal mine which developed un'tahle roof conditions due to mass sliding of the overburden strata on a claystone band within the coal seam. The sliding is believed to have been initiated by stress relief associated with the removal of overburden alongside the entry portal of the underground workings. Once in motion, the roof block was kept moving by bulking due to roof collapse in the normal underground goafing operations. Control measures in the form of an earth and rockfill buttress against the entry portal and a sequential mining plan to create goaf areas alongside the entry portal have been initiated to attempt to limit movement. The operation has been continually monitored and a gradually decreasing pattern of movement is being re, orded.
Contributor(s):
L P de Ambrosis, C R Longworth
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