BS ISO 14180:2017 PDF

1   Scope This document provides guidance on methods for taking samples from coal seams in the ground, whether from exploration areas or tenements, or from operating underground or open-cut mines. The following methods are described:

a) sampling of small or large diameter holes;

b) drill cuttings sampling;

c) open-cut slot sampling;

d) adit, drift or shaft sampling;

e) pillar sampling;

f) channel sampling;

g) strip sampling.

This document does not apply to sampling from moving streams in production or any other source of coal that is not in situ . Recommendations are made for selection and preparation of the sampling site, and methods are described for taking both small and bulk samples , and for preparing the samples for transport.

NOTE Annex A gives an example of a channel sample record form that can be used to record sampling and other...