METHOD AND DEVICE FOR CONVEYING MUCK

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To improve a working environment and to enhance the efficiency of conveying operations by enabling muck to be conveyed by a belt conveyor. SOLUTION: This muck conveying device, for conveying muck from a tunnel, etc., includes a muck loader 11; a self-traveling crusher device 13 installed behind the muck loader 11 to receive the muck from the muck loader 11 and separate the muck into large and small components, with the large components forced backward after being crushed and the small ones directly forced backward; a self-traveling conveyor 25 installed behind the self-traveling crusher device 13 to receive the muck from the self-traveling crusher device 13; and a main belt conveyor 30 extended integrally from the self-traveling conveyor 25 up to a pit mouth and receiving the muck at the front from the self-traveling conveyor 25. The rear end of the self-traveling conveyor 25 is freely movably linked with a predetermined range of the front of the main belt conveyor 30, and a walking device advancing the position of the front of the main belt conveyor 30 is provided at the front of the main belt conveyor 30.