Monitoring networks for open pit mines

ABSTRACT

Monitoring networks are used in open pit mines to ensure safety of men and equipment and avoid disruptions in the mining operation. The methodology applied to monitoring networks includes their design, selection of suitable instrumentation, control of systematic errors, and analysis of the observational data. In this paper it is proposed that the methodology suggested in Larocque (1977) be modified to give a more reliable determination of movement. A BASIC computer program suitable for a hand held computer, which enables one to detect statistically significant horizontal movement in the field, is also given.