Stoping is the process of extracting the desired ore or other mineral from an underground mine, leaving behind an open space known as a stope. Stoping is used when the country rock is sufficiently strong not to cave into the stope, although in most cases artificial support is also provided.

Is stoping a volumetrically significant pluton emplacement process?
Is stoping a volumetrically significant pluton emplacement process?: Discussion
On the mechanics of ignous diaprism, stoping and zone melting
Numerical modelling of ore dilution in blasthole stoping
Discrete stoping events in granite plutons: A signature of eruptions from silicic magma chambers?
A view from the roof: magmatic stoping in the shallow crust, Chita pluton, Argentina
ANALYSIS OF STABILITY OF DEEP STOPING AREAS AND OPTIMIZA-TION OF MINING DESIGN FOR NO.2 MINING AREA OF JINCHUAN MINE
Thermal-mechanical modeling of the role of thermal stresses and stoping in magma contamination
Numerical modelling of two stoping methods in two Indian mines using degradation of c and mobilization of φ based on Q -parameters
Nearly circular plutons emplaced by stoping at shallow crustal levels, Cerro Aspero batholith, Sierras Pampeanas de Córdoba, Argent...