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CORESafety Resources for Mining Safety
Posted in health and safety, tagged Coresafety, safety on April 20, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Peru Trapped Miners: Sinking Titanic and the Miners Who Died
Posted in health and safety, Mining history, tagged cornwall, death, mining, Peru, titanic, trapped miners on April 11, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
With a blogger’s eye, today I celebrate the miners who perished in the sinking of the Titanic. Their story epitomizes the story of all miners; people who go to the next ore body; the next mine; the next chance to earn an honest living; and who face dangers and death at every turn & move.
Mine Health & Safety as a Guide to Sound Investing
Posted in About the news, health and safety, Investing & Finance, North America, safety, tagged health and safety, hecla, invest, luck silver, mine on March 28, 2012 | 2 Comments »
A radical thesis: If I had a million dollars to invest in a single mine, I would go meet the mine’s Health & Safety Officer. If they impressed me, I would invest. If they did not, I would get on the next plane and fly to the next mine on the list.
Earthquake Preparedness In the Office and On the Mine
Posted in health and safety, Mining history, tagged earthquake, hector mine, lom prieta, northridge, preparedness on February 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
One day there will be a big earthquake: in your city; at your mine; or some place on the ring of fire where there are many mines, any one of which you could be visiting. As a matter of common prudence you should be prepared. Here are two recent postings in the InfoMine Library that [...]
Is Sex Necessary?
Posted in health and safety, Mining history, tagged e. b.. white, is sex necessary, sex, thurber on January 29, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
Today was cold, mainly as a result of last night’s snow which left a wet slush on the sidewalks of the townhouse complex. I trudged through the slush to dispose of garbage in the common shed from which it is collected at irregular intervals. Lying in the shed was a yellowed copy of an old [...]
Gleision Colliery Mining Fatalities Re-examined
Posted in About the news, Coal, health and safety, tagged colliery, gleision, queen elizabeth on January 14, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
What with Welsh miners in the news and possibly becoming a feature of the presidential election, let us turn to a story of the death of four miners last year in a Welsh coal mine. Here is what Queen Elizabeth said in her Christmas message about the deaths:
Another Bottle of Water For Failure at China’s Sichuan Mines
Posted in About the news, Asia, Enviromental, environmental, health and safety, tagged bottled water, China, lafarge, longmen moountain, mianyang, sichuan on October 27, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
From the ChinaDaily.com.cn a report that “Residents of Mianyang, a city in Sichuan province, have begun buying bottled water in a panic after authorities announced that the chief local water source had been contaminated by residue washed away by floodwaters from a local manganese plant.”
Trek, Cannondale, and Seymour Riding
Posted in British Columbia, environmental, health and safety, tagged bike, caoondale, lower seymour, sex, trek, Vancouver on October 17, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Mining made the metals and money; so today I bought a new bicycle. I do not need a new bike, but what the hell, it is beautiful and so light that I can pick it up with two fingers.
Why Dams Fail in Mining and Civil Projects
Posted in Asia, health and safety, Mining history, Tailings, tagged bakun dam, blondin, dam, quality control, sinhoydro, verwoerd on April 22, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Sometimes tailings dam fail because of the poor quality of the construction. Sometimes mine geowaste facilities fail because of poor design. On the basis of today’s events, I conclude that they may fail because of poor concepts, poor understanding of the theory, and plain simple incompetence.
Rules is Rules. In Mining Too!
Posted in health and safety, tagged accident, fire, rules on April 8, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The following arrived in my in-box this morning. Enjoy. The Good news: It was a normal day in Sharon Springs, Kansas, when a Union Pacific crew boarded a loaded coal train for the long trek to Salina.
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