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back splinting
The working of the top portion of a thick seam that was left as a roof when the bottom portion was worked. The top coal is recovered by working over the goaf or packs of the first working.
- Part of Speech: noun
- Industry/Domain: Mining
- Category: General mining; Mineral mining
- Government Agency: USBM
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