This work is performed within laboratory-field studies begun in 2015 at the mines of Khibiny appatite deposit, Kola Peninsula, Russia. The studies are aimed to determine and implement seismic criteria of risky dynamic behavior in the areas of extreme mining pressure. We observe and fix different kinds of rock dynamics – from local scale (tunnel fracturing) to regional scale (induced earthquakes). The underlying factor of such a risky dynamic behavior is the tectonics acting in directions close to horizontal. We apply the acoustic emission (AE) technique to control local instabilities in rocks. For further development of the method, we need to search for the physically-proved AE parameters that deliver information about the focal nature of hazards in mines. I suggest an approach based on spectral-correlation analysis to study a selected number of AE events. This group of signals is characterized by a two-component spectral structure and manifests itself by a specific П-pattern coherence function. Relying on the long-term observations and considering the relation of these events to the fractured geological structure, I attribute this AE type to the stick-slip phenomenon. Detailed analysis of AE data revealed two natures of these AE-type sources: impulse (non-periodic) and regular (quasi-periodic) radiation.