Investigation of Overburden Movement and Ground Stress Behaviour in ...
The panel was 207 m wide and 1932 m long. The lower 35 coal seam dips at 1° to 4° with a thickness of 18 m. The completed adjoining 8105 panel was separated by 38 m wide chain pillar. The longwall top coal caving (LTCC) method was employed with m mining height. The average depth of the coal seam was 450 m.