Author

Rainer Gevers

Date of Award

Spring 5-11-1956

Degree Type

Bachelors Thesis

Degree Name

Bachelor of Science in Mining Engineering

Department

Mining Engineering

First Advisor

Professor Koehler S. Stout

Abstract

While the practice of back-filling is almost as old as mining, it was only when modern machines made possible the removal of vast tonnages of rock, that the support of underground workings-- by filling work-out stopes-- became peremptory from both the humane and economic aspects.

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