Method of strip mining

A method of moving waste material from a mining site using at least one excavator and a plurality of dozers, including

• excavating said waste material with the at least one excavator from a dig area, said at least one excavator moving along an excavator path that is parallel with the dig area;
• transferring the excavated material to a plurality of slots, each of said slots are positioned at an angle to the excavator path;
• and
• pushing the transferred material by one of said plurality of dozers along the slot and away from the excavator path;
• wherein the excavator path is bordered by a high wall of the dig area and a low wall adjacent the slots, and wherein each slot allows each of the plurality of dozers to move between a proximal position and a distal position relative to the excavator path;
• said excavator path has a width to form an excavator bench, and wherein the excavator bench is higher near the low wall compared to a section of the excavator bench adjacent the high wall.