Coal mine bump
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coal-mine-bump-281-15171046
title:
Coal mine bump
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A coal mine bump is a seismic jolt occurring within an underground mine due to the explosive collapse of one or more support pillars. In room and pillar mining, tunnels are advanced in a rectangular pattern resembling city streets (tunnels), leaving behind blocks (pillars) of coal. To a miner, a partially completed tunnel resembles a room dug into the coal seam. As mining proceeds, the weight of rock overburden previously supported by coal mined from rooms is redistributed to pillars. If that we
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Type of mining industry accident
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coal_mine_bump
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date modified:
2023-05-09T14:24:45Z
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