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TeachMeFinance.com - explain Room-and-pillar mining Room-and-pillar mining The term 'Room-and-pillar mining' as it applies to the area of energy can be defined as ' The most common method of underground mining in which the mine roof is supported mainly by coal pillars left at regular intervals. Rooms are places where the coal is mined; pillars are areas of coal left between the rooms. Room-and-pillar mining is done either by conventional or continuous mining'. Previous 5 Terms: Rooftop Antenna rooibok rooirhebok Room air conditioner Room heater burning gas, oil, and kerosene Next 5 Terms: root Root Mean Square (RMS) Root zone Rope Rope Cloud About the author Mark McCracken Author: Mark McCracken is a corporate trainer and author living in Higashi Osaka, Japan. He is the author of thousands of online articles as well as the Business English textbook, "25 Business Skills in English". Copyright © 2005-2011 by Mark McCracken, All Rights Reserved. TeachMeFinance.com is an informational website, and should not be used as a substitute for professional medical, legal or financial advice. Information presented at TeachMeFinance.com is provided on an "AS-IS" basis. Please read the disclaimer for details.