Paul Gauthier, Chief Engineer, Mines Bousquet, Preissiac, QC
Presented at 15 th AMQ
Ground Control Colloque
March, 2000
(Translated by J. Nantel)
ABSTRACT
Ground support with cable bolts at mine Bousquet represents an important part of production costs. Cable bolt pattern optimization becomes essential in an effort to reduce costs without lowering personnel safety and increasing dilution in stopes. With instrumented cable bolts, it now possible to measure the loads taken by cables and todetermine the optimum cable bolting pattern. This presentation is a summary of work done at Bousquet No.2 to optimize the cable bolts in the stopes of Zone 31.
