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Slope Mining

Slope mining is a process of accessing valuable geological material, like coal. A sloping access shaft goes downwards towards the coal seam. Slope mines vary from shaft and drift mines, which admittance resources by tunneling directly down or horizontally, correspondingly.

Slope mines are another type of underground mine. With slope mines, the coal or minerals are far sufficient under ground that surface mining can't get to it. Through the slope mining, the coal or mineral bed is located very profound and parallel to the ground. It is known as a slope mine as the shafts are slanted. This type of mining is done when there would be problems drilling shafts directly down. Slope mines are not normally too deep.

Conveyors bring the coal from the mine using the slope tunnel. At times there are two shafts like the one that is pictured in our diagram. When there are two shafts, special 'car' devices take the men inside and outside of the mine by one shaft. The coal or mineral is removed out of another slanted shaft.