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Caption: Marker detail: Big Shot diagram
Additional Description: Fractured rock in the area above the stopes will continue to break and spall due to its own weight. This rock creates a grinding and breaking process all its own as it falls and is fed to the haulage level by the force of gravity.

The block-cave mining technique pioneered at Climax in the 1930's increased production, lowered costs and allowed Climax Mine to dominate the world molybdenum market for many years.
Submitted: September 3, 2018, by Cosmos Mariner of Cape Canaveral, Florida.
Database Locator Identification Number: p444067
File Size: 0.678 Megabytes

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