underground: old works verification
Directionally drilled surface-initiated or underground boreholes of known location and trajectory can verify the location, and/or non-presence, of abandoned mines and their workings to permit safe mining by the active mine without the hazard of unexpected inundation of water or gases from the abandoned mine.
See Also Wellhead Control
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In-Seam Old Works Verification |
Outcrop Old Works Verification |
Surface Slanthole Old Works |



