ChrisJC said:The company is in financial straits, as the miners on the surface haven't been paid and have been marching in protest!
So I suspect this is the end for this particular mine.
Chris.
AndyF said:500m pitch 2 feet diameter? Not very appealing.
One possible lesson might be to pre-drill the escape shaft and line it,
(soon after the first ton of mineral has been brought to the surface).
whitelackington said:I hope the World's mining industry will learn all the lessons of these events.
One possible lesson might be to pre-drill the escape shaft and line it,
(soon after the first ton of mineral has been brought to the surface).
Apparently submariners are trained in sub-sea rescue before they go for their first trip.
If the rescue shaft was created first and the miners were trained first,
they could have been evacuated after the first three weeks.