Underground coal mine definition
Underground coal mine means a coal mine where coal is produced by tunnelling into the earth to the coalbed, which is then mined with underground mining equipment such as cutting machines and continuous, longwall and shortwall mining machines, and transported to the surface;
Underground coal mine means (i) the working face and other active and inactive areas of
Underground coal mine means (i) the working face and other active and inactive areas of underground excavation of coal; (ii) underground travel ways, shafts, slopes, drifts, inclines, and tunnels connected to such areas; (iii) on-site preparation plants, shops, tipples and related facilities appurtenant to the excavation and processing of coal; (iv) on-site surface areas for the transportation and storage of coal excavated at the site; (v) impoundments, retention dams, and tailing ponds appurtenant to the excavation of coal from the site; (vi) equipment, machinery, tools, and other property, on the surface and underground, used in, or to be used in, the excavation of coal from the site; (vii) private ways and roads appurtenant to such area; (viii) the areas used to prepare a site for underground coal excavation activities; and (ix) areas used for the drilling of vertical ventilation holes. A site shall commence being an underground coal mine upon the beginning of any site preparation activity other than exploratory drilling or other exploration activity, and shall cease to be an underground coal mine upon completion of initial reclamation activities.
More Definitions of Underground coal mine
Underground coal mine means a coal mine in which persons are employed underground when the mine is being worked.
Underground coal mine means (i) the working face and other active and inactive
Underground coal mine means (i) the working face and other active and inactive areas of under- ground excavation of coal; (ii) underground travel ways, shafts, slopes, drifts, inclines, and tunnels