Inmine horizontal drilling and appliions
WEBJan 1, 2020 · Improved auger mining. Many coal seams outcrop in the mountains of Eastern United States. A popular method of mining is to mine the coal with an "auger." It is a 3 to 5ft.diameter machine that drills into the coal seam and the coal is carried out by conveyors that discharge into an articulated conveyor to take the coal to a loading point.