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Use of concrete blocks to form circular lining 11 ft to 16 ft in diam at Haunchwood mine, Great Britain; it is essential that center line and grade line be maintained while putting in lining and special care must be taken to ensure that any spaces behind blocks are packed solid; in solid heading it was found best to put bottom half in first and take heading about 9 ft high; total length of roadway completed is 1090 yd; construction of refuge holes, functions, transformer and switch houses on locomotive roads, repairing lining, ventilation.
Use of concrete blocks to form circular lining 11 ft to 16 ft in diam at Haunchwood mine, Great Britain; it is essential that center line and grade line be maintained while putting in lining and special care must be taken to ensure that any spaces behind blocks are packed solid; in solid heading it was found best to put bottom half in first and take heading about 9 ft high; total length of roadway completed is 1090 yd; construction of refuge holes, functions, transformer and switch houses on locomotive roads, repairing lining, ventilation.
Roadway lining using circular segment blocks
Colciery Guardian
Smith, L. (author)
Colliery Guardian ; 209
1964
5 pages
Article (Journal)
English
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