Use of a destress slot for underground gold mining in Northern Ontario
Use of a destress slot for underground gold mining in Northern Ontario
2 PagesUse of a destress slot for underground gold mining in Northern Ontario A high-resolution microseismic monitoring system was implemented at the Golden Giant mine to observe conditions during the excavation of a destress slot designed to create a stress shadow to protect the production shaft from mine induced stresses during ore extraction. Operated by the Newmont Mining Corporation until 2006, the Golden Giant gold mine was located in the H
