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Definition of Stope
1. n. A horizontal working forming one of a series, the working faces of which present the appearance of a flight of steps.
2. v. t. To excavate in the form of stopes.
3. p. p. Stepped; gone; advanced.
Definition of Stope
1. Noun. A mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Stope
1. to excavate in layers, as ore [v STOPED, STOPING, STOPES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Stope
Literary usage of Stope
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Transactions of the American Institute of Mining, Metallurgical and (1916)
"Drawing-Off Chutes on Both Sides of stope.—In order to overcome some of these
defects the scheme shown in Fig. 8B was adopted. Here the tramming drifts, ..."
2. Timbering and Mining: A Treatise on Practical American Methods by William H. Storms (1909)
"Underground Open-Cut and Sloping-stope Systems, at Broken Hill "The term underground
open-cut system may at first seem erroneous or misleading, ..."
3. Timbering and Mining: A Treatise on Practical American Methods by William H. Storms (1909)
"The winze is used as a starting place or face from which to work the stope, and,
after the ore is extracted, say, the first 10 or 20 ft., it is timbered up ..."
4. Elements of Mining by George Joseph Young (1916)
"protected by vertical ribs of ore and through these the manways giving access to
the stope extend. At different points short drifts through the rib connect ..."
5. The Witwatersrand Goldfields, Banket & Mining Practice: With an Appendix on by Samuel John Truscott (1907)
"In the Durban-Roodepoort, owing to ihe low size of the stope and the ... Where the
reef is flat and the stope a large one, rails are sometimes placed in the ..."
6. Mining Engineers' Handbook by Robert Peele (1918)
"Lifts are mined in 3 series of ¡ each say 40 ft high, with pillars at bottom of
each stope; poor hanging wall often r< pillars as close as 25 ft along ..."
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