A box cut (box pit) is a small open cut built to supply a secure and safe entrance as access to a slope to an underground mine. Generally the box cut is sunk until sufficiently unweathered rock is found to permit the development of the decline. [1] The portal is generally made safe with rock bolts, wire mesh, and shotcrete, which prevents accidental rock falls from closing access to the decline. [2]
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References
- ^ "What Is a Box Cut? (with picture)". wiseGEEK. Retrieved 30 March 2019.
- ^ "Box Cut Mining Techniques, Underground Mining, Mining Companies, Mining Equipments". www.greatmining.com. Retrieved 30 March 2019.