noun
definition
A mining excavation in the form of a terrace of steps.
verb
definition
To excavate in the form of stopes.
definition
To fill in with rubbish, as a space from which the ore has been worked out.
Examples of stope in a Sentence
The right branch went into a large stope with a wooden launder in the floor.
The main haulage tracks are laid at the bottom of the stope, which thus forms the level.
West passes a winze on the left to reach a collapsed stope.
When the roof is weak, or when it is undesirable to leave so much ore in the stopes, false stulls are sometimes erected in the upper part of the stope.
The ore below the false stulls can then be drawn out without waiting for the completion of the top stope.
In steep pitching beds sufficient excavated material is allowed to remain in the stope for the support of the machines and men, the excess being drawn out from time to time and loaded into cars.
The rest of the mineral is allowed to remain until the stope has so far advanced that its support is no longer needed.
The ore as mined is hand-picked and the barren material allowed to remain in the stope where it falls.
W and down dip from the junction with the hauling level leads to a flooded stope, Blue Lake.
After a short distance the level turns to the right into a small stope.
Five days after they began to work the high stope I went to the mine and found Alexander McMaster & Alexander McPhee at work.
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