Mining Prospecting and exploration | Britannica
Unit operations; Underground mining. Mine development. Vertical openings: shafts and raises; Horizontal openings: drifts; Ventilation and lighting; Water control; Mining flatlying deposits. Roomandpillar mining; Longwall mining; Mining steeply dipping deposits. Blasthole stoping; Shrinkage stoping; Cutandfill mining; Sublevel caving; Mining massive deposits; Placer mining