In order to study on safety problem of seam mining under river in the hilly area with base rock exposed in Southwest China,based on the geological mining conditions,the paper discussed a failure height of the overburden strata and the size of the water prevention safety coal and rock pillars.And in combination with the surface movement and the deformation parameter prediction,the paper analyzed the mining operation affected to the river bed after the mining of the seam and provided the relevant safety minin...