The paper elaborates completely the development characteristics of karst collapse columns in coalfields in West Shandong Province, probs profoundly into Their origin and puts forward some new viewpoints in the conditions and mechanism of formation of karst collapse columns. 对鲁西煤田岩溶陷落柱的发育特征作了全面的总结,对陷落柱的成因进行了比较深入的探讨,在形成条件和机理方面提出了一些新的看法。