Appendix F: Underground Coal Mining Methods and ...
In both methods, the coal seam is developed by driving entries and crosscuts to create blocks or pillars of coal by the roomandpillar method. In the past, separate machines were used for cutting, drilling, blasting, and loading the coal and the method was called conventional roomandpillar mining. At the present time, in roomandpillar mining, a continuous miner mechanically cuts and ...