Isi buku ini ditulis oleh banyak orang yang berasal dari praktisi dan akademisi pertambangan dari seluruh dunia, yang kemudian diedit oleh William A. Hustrulid dan Richard L. Bullock. Diterbitkan oleh Society for Mining, Metallurgy, and Exploration, Inc. pada tahun 2001. Dicetak setebal 718 halaman , dijual dengan harga USD 149.

Buku ini terdiri atas 77 chapter yang kemudian dikelompokkan menjadi 11 Section.Yaitu :

1. General Mine Design Considerations
   - Underground Mining Methods and Applications
   - General Planning of the Noncoal Underground Mine
   - Planning the U/G Mine on the Basis of Mining Method
   - Cost Estimating for Underground Mines
   - Mineral and Metal Prices : Mechanisme, Instability, and Trends
2. Room and Pillar Mining of Hard Rock
3. Room and Pillar Mining of Soft Rock
4. Longwall Mining of Hard Rock
5. Shringkage Stoping
6. Sublevel Stoping
7. Cut and Fill Mining
8. Sublevel caving
9. Panel Caving
10. Foundations for Design
    - Rock Mass Properties for Underground Mines
    - The MRMR Rock Mass Classification for Jointed Rock-Masses
    - Use of Numerical Modeling for Mine Design and Evaluation
    - Pillar Design to Prevent Collapse or Room-and-Pillar Mines
    - The Stability Graph Method for Open-Stope Design
    - Noranda's Approach to Evaluating a Competent Deposit for caving
    - Rock Support in Theory and Practice
    - Rock Bolting for Underground excavations
    - Cable Bolting
    - Shotcrete as an Underground Support Material
    - Shotcrete Linings in Hard Rock
    - The Role of Shotcrete in Hard-Rock Mines
    - Support and Structural Use of Shotcretein Mines
    - Backfill in Underground Mining
    - Mining Dilution in Moderate to Narrow Width Deposits
    - Design of Ore Pass
    - Blast Design for Underground Mining Appliactions
11. Underground Mining Looks to the Future

Section 2 sampai 9 adalah contoh contoh kasus tambang bawah tanah yang ada di dunia.

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