Soft ore and rock were laboriously mined with a pick and harder ore with a pick and hammer wedges or heat fire setting Fire setting involved piling a heap of logs at the rock face and burning them The heat weakened or fractured the rock because of thermal expansion or other processes depending on the type of rock and ore
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Get PriceMethods of Mining For more infomation about download this image please click here According to the Kentucky Department of Mines and Minerals 131 8 million tons of coal was mined in Kentucky in 2024; 62 percent 81 million tons was from underground mines and 38 percent 50 million tons was from surface mines There were 264 active underground mines and 240 active surface mines in Kentucky
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