Caving Definition

Caving Sentence Examples

• The subdrift caving system, fig.

• Deidre paced for a moment before caving.

• The bottom-slice caving system of mining begins at the bottom of a hundred-foot block of ground, a floor being excavated under the whole area, leaving pillars of sufficient size to support the ground above.

• In the latter case the top-slice caving method will usually be employed for the working of such intervening pillars.

• While the mine workings are small the overlying rocks support themselves of and the full pressure does not come upon the mine Caving p i llars.