A mine roof support comprises two or more frusto-conical, tubular sections, the sections each flared outwardly from an upper end to a lower end thereof, a skirt portion of a section being received and secured within a neck portion of a section below in a frictional fit to define a continuous, interior volume of the mine roof support. A continuous, solid, compressible, load-bearing material is located within the interior volume. An uppermost section is closed at an upper end thereof, and a lowermost section is closed at a lower end thereof. Methods of installing a mine roof support and a pre-installation assembly for a mine roof support are also disclosed.

A mine roof support comprises two or more frusto-conical, tubular sections, the sections each flared outwardly from an upper end to a lower end thereof, a skirt portion of a section being received and secured within a neck portion of a section below in a frictional fit to define a continuous, interior volume of the mine roof support. A continuous, solid, compressible, load-bearing material is located within the interior volume. An uppermost section is closed at an upper end thereof, and a lowermost section is closed at a lower end thereof. Methods of installing a mine roof support and a pre-installation assembly for a mine roof support are also disclosed.

A self-stabilizing integrally-molded pillar filling structure for underground mines is provided, belonging to the field of supporting structures, which includes an airbag, and the airbag is provided with a feed filling port and a gas inflation port; a telescopic bearing piece, and the telescopic bearing piece is fixedly provided on an inner surface of the airbag and is capable of expanding and contracting with volume change of an inner cavity of the airbag; and steel hoops, and the steel hoops are fixedly provided on an outer surface of the airbag.