Abstract: The overburden failure and surface movement law during mining of the steeply inclined multiple coal seams are different from the gently inclined one.With the similar material simulation，the mining process of steep inclined multiple coal seams in Zhaogezhuang mine is simulated.Through analyzing 7 groups of observed data，the surface movement deformation law and overburden failure at different mining stages were obtained.The simulation results show that the surface subsidence basin has the features of paroxysmal partition subsidence and controlled subsidence distribution pattern.With the increase of the numbers of coal seam mining layer and the expansion of mining depth，the space of rock strata failure is enlarged.The main performance of rock failure is cumulative and paroxysmal.

Key words: Steeply inclined, Multiple coal seams, Surface movement law, Rock strata failure characteristics, Similar material model