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Development Face Preparation

Development Face Preparation


and Drilling Practices
and Drilling Practices
By: Guy St. Jacques
Cambrian College
Face Preparation:
Wash work area.
Visual check of work area.
Check scale work area.
Shoot line and grade, and paint face.
Face Preparation:
Washing Work Area
Wash back and walls from a safe distance.
(Preferably from header)
Face Preparation:
Visual Check of Work Area
Look at back and wall for signs of loose, joints or
slips.
Look at face for signs of loose, joints or slips.
Look to see if there is any excessive muck at the
face that will have to be removed.
Face Preparation:
Check Scale
Sound walls, back and face for loose, with
proper length of scaling bar.
Always sound and scale from good to bad
ground.
Take down any loose that is in work area.
(Heading).
Face Preparation:
Wash and Scale Drill Face
Wash and scale face
Wash out all remnants of previous blast.
(all bootlegs, old cut and lifter holes)
Use non-ferrous copper washing tube
Flag all lifter holes ( with lifter sticks)
If blast remnants cannot be washed, re-blast
them
Face Preparation:
Wash and Scale Drill Face
If remnants cannot be washed, re-blast
them.
Muck out face after re-blast.
Repeat washing procedures.
Face Preparation:
Paint Face
Paint circles around old cut and all bootlegs.
Shoot line and grade.
Paint horizontal and vertical offsets.
Paint hash lines on walls and back for easier drill
alignment.
Paint drilling lines at proper widths and heights.
Drilling Practices
Selecting Drill Pattern
The main aim is to ensure the optimum number of
correctly placed and accurately drilled holes.
This will help to ensure successful loading and
blasting of the holes.
Produces accurate and smooth tunnel wall, back,
and floor.
Drilling Practices
Selecting Drill Pattern
Drill Pattern
Cut Types
Parallel 9 hole cut
Number of Reamer
holes (4 or 5)
Accurate and parallel
drilling
Drilling Practices
Selecting Where to Place Cut
Try to select an area on the face where there is no
slips or joints.
Try not to drill cut in large quartz vein, or sulphide
vein.
Drill cut in host rock, this will ensure better
breakage.
Rotate or stagger cut from round to round, do not
drill cut in same location on the face.
Use the painted hash marks on the back and walls
to help you properly align your drill steel.
Drilling Practices
Selecting Where to Place Cut
Drilling Practices
Parallel Drilling
It is essential to drill all holes parallel to
each other
Contour holes are drilled using the Look
Out Angle
An experienced driller will visualize where
the toe of the hole will be drilled
Use proper spacing and burden for holes
Drilling Practices
Parallel Drilling
It is essential to drill all holes parallel to
each other
Drilling Practices
Parallel Drilling
Contour holes are drilled using the Look
Out Angle
Drilling Practices
Parallel Drilling
An experienced driller will visualize where
the toe of the hole will be drilled
Drilling Practices
Parallel Drilling
Use proper spacing and burden for holes
Drilling Practices
Conclusion
If all these drilling practices and the proper
loading of explosive are applied, you will
get good results.

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