Tatiya, Ratan. <br/><br/>
Surface and underground excavations:  methods, techniques and equipment / 
Ratan Raj Tatiya. 
 - 2nd ed. 
 - Boca Raton :  CRC Press/Balkema,  ©2013. 
 - 1 online resource. 
<br/><br/>Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. Rocks, minerals and mineral inventory evaluation -- Chapter 3. Prospecting, exploration & site investigations -- Chapter 4. Drilling -- Chapter 5. Explosives and blasting -- Chapter 6. Mucking, casting and excavation -- Chapter 7. Transportation -- haulage and hoisting -- Chapter 8. Supports -- Chapter 9. Drives and tunnels (conventionalmethods) -- Chapter 10. Tunneling by roadheaders andimpact hammers -- Chapter 11. Full-face tunnel borers (TBMs) & special methods -- Chapter 12. Planning -- Chapter 13. Excavations in upward direction -- raising -- Chapter 14. Shaft sinking -- Chapter 15. Large sub-surface excavations -- Chapter 16. Underground mining/stopingmethods & mine closure -- Chapter 17. Surface excavations -- Chapter 18. Hazards, Occupational Health and Safety (OHS), environmentand loss prevention -- Chapter 19. Sustainable Development -- Subject index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780203440940 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Excavation.<br/>Rock excavation.<br/>Underground areas.<br/>TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING--Structural.<br/>Excavation.<br/>Rock excavation.<br/>Underground areas.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>624.1/52  / T+23