heerebodies are inclined and have a medium thkkness,witha unstable roofand floor in shanxi silver mine.The key to the successful experiment in mining method isto keep the stope roof stable during stoping. The tested mining method,i.e. sublevel stop-ing with advanced stope roof cut and explosive ore removing,is a compromise of stope roofcontrol in which sublevel and slice stoping, decrease in the exposed area of stope roof,ad-vanced stope roof cut,rock bolting,reservation of temporary pillars and successive sublevelpillars as well as forced roof caving in the mined-out area after stoping are considered.Theresults of field test have shown that this mining method is practical, with a satisfactoryeffectiveness.