Lecture 4: Underground Mining
02/11/2011 · Shortwall mining A coal mining method that accounts for less than 1% of deep coal production, Shortwall involves the use of a continuous mining machine with moveable roof supports, similar to longwall. The continuous miner shears coal panels 150–200 feet wide and more than a halfmile long, depending on other things like the strata of the Earth and the transverse waves. Coal .