longwall retreating

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longwall retreating [′lȯŋ‚wȯl ri′trēd·iŋ]

(mining engineering)

A longwall working system in which all the roadways are in the solid coal seam and the waste areas are left behind; developing headings are driven close to the boundary or limit, and the coal is taken out by the longwall retreating toward the shaft.

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