top slicing and cover caving

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top slicing and cover caving [′täp ‚slīs·iŋ ən ′kəv·ər ‚kāv·iŋ]

(mining engineering)

A mining method that entails the working of the ore body from the top down in successive horizontal slices that may follow one another sequentially or simultaneously; the overburden or cover is caved after mining a unit.

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