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backfill
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backfill

In construction and excavation work,to fill something with additional dirt.When building foundation walls or retaining walls,one excavates a space large enough to build the walls and provide a comfortable work space,and then backfills with additional rock and dirt afterward.



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If crown pillars were present, they could only be mined safely after the underlying stope had been backfilled with overburden.
``Clean soil will be placed into the openings, which will be backfilled as quickly as possible.
We are entering the year with a tremendous pipeline that continues to be backfilled as we sell other assets.
 
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