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Removal of Overburden

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Quarrying Opencast and Alluvial Mining

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The two machines which occupy the major roles in the stripping of overburden are the shovel and the dragline, although ancillary machines such as the bull- and calf-dozer, the shovel loader and the caterpillar and the four-wheel tractor-drawn scraper may also be used in a secondary capacity.

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  1. University College, Cardiff, UK

    John Sinclair M.Eng., Ph.D., C.Eng., M.I.Min.E., Barrister-at-Law (Professor of Mining Engineering and Quarrying)

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  1. John Sinclair M.Eng., Ph.D., C.Eng., M.I.Min.E., Barrister-at-Law
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Sinclair, J. (1969). Removal of Overburden. In: Quarrying Opencast and Alluvial Mining. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-7611-8_4

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