Blasting to stabilize abandoned underground mines in eastern and midwestern coal fields: A feasibility study. Open File Report

Technical Report · Wed May 22 00:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:5215435

The study was designed to assist individuals involved with problem of abandoned mines that are subsiding. The study analyzed the practicality and desirability of using blasting to stabilize subsiding abandoned underground mines. Application of blasting to subsidence problems could provide a valuable alternative technology to classical methods of injecting fill material into abandoned mines to fill voids and prevent subsidence. By blasting, subsidence can be induced in a controlled manner, completed, and the site returned to its desired usage.

• Research Organization: CSP Associates, Inc., Bethesda, MD (United States)
• OSTI ID: 5215435
• Report Number(s): PB-91-220343/XAB; CNN: HQ-51-CT6-0146
• Resource Relation: Other Information: Sponsored by Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (DI), Washington, DC
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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01 COAL, LIGNITE, AND PEAT
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
ABANDONED SHAFTS
EXPLOSIVE FRACTURING
STABILIZATION
ABANDONED SITES
BACKFILLING
COAL MINES
COMPARATIVE EVALUATIONS
COST ESTIMATION
DAMAGE
ECONOMIC ANALYSIS
FEASIBILITY STUDIES
GROUND SUBSIDENCE
LAND RECLAMATION
MINING ENGINEERING
MITIGATION
ROCK MECHANICS
UNDERGROUND EXPLOSIONS
UNDERGROUND MINING
COMMINUTION
ECONOMICS
ENGINEERING
EVALUATION
EXPLOSIONS
FRACTURING
MECHANICS
MINE SHAFTS
MINES
MINING
SHAFT EXCAVATIONS
UNDERGROUND FACILITIES
010900* - Coal
Lignite
& Peat- Environmental Aspects
540250 - Environment
Terrestrial- Site Resource & Use Studies- (1990-)