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Hey there, the reason I asked is being from Camborne, we refer to people from tge neighbouring town Redruth as Choppers. Its a bit like a Sunderland/Newcastle thing.
I spent a bit of time working at Boulby (20 miles south of Middlesborough- its really interesting)
On the Coal/metalliferous mining differences, coal is far more dangerous due to risk of gas causing explosions or asphyxiation as well as generally unstable strata - frankly coal mining frightens the life out of me!
Hi CK, many thanks. Very interesting - and I often wondered how strong steel mesh and shotcrete type linings were! Unfortunately, not from Redruth but from the NW and NE so coal predominates. Probably get told off as o/t but the site http://www.dmm.org.uk/mindex.htm is worth a look at to understand just how dangerous coal mining was (I doubt if tin mining was any better). I was in Seaham, Durham, recently and checked out that mine on the site, horrendous and very sad! Judging by the Australian mine safety sites referenced tonight, plenty of accidents still happen but with much lower casualties, thankfully. We should remember these things when (eventually, if ever) we are counting our profits and complaining.
Hi chopper (not from Redruth are you?) The second incident on this report bears more of a similarity to what happened in this collapse: -
https://www.amsj.com.au/rockfall-traps-mine-vehicles/
I don't know much about modern mining (and thus appreciate the experiences of CK in particular). I would have imagined that stopes were designed to collapse to a certain degree, so was idly trying to research the process a little. I found the short article at the below link very interesting, especially the photo. Though probably unrelated to the RMM type of stoping and collapse, it does show an aspect of the problem - and risks. GLA. https://dmp.wa.gov.au/Documents/Safety/MSH_SIR_272.pdf