Based on conversations with my late Dad, who worked in both areas as
Area Mech Engineer my memory is that the mines along the
Northumberland/Durham coast went out further. Having only been down
the East coast one or two but having taken the train "out to sea" I
have no reason to doubt my memory
Dave
>Am I right in thinking Haigh Pit at Whitehaven (or any other Cumberland
>pit) extended further out under the sea than any other coal mine in Great
>Britain or the world. I understand Haigh went out between 4 and 5 miles. I
>have heard a suggestion that a colliery in the North East went out 6 miles.
>
>Edgar
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David A. Summers
Curators' Professor of Mining Engineering
Adjunct Professor of Nuclear Engineering
Director
Rock Mechanics and Explosives Research Center
University of Missouri-Rolla,
Rolla, MO 65409-0810
"fools talk, wise men listen." (a variant of Prov 12:23)
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and can be accessed through the Bibliography
http://www.umr.edu/~rockmech/faculty/biography.html
Rock Mechanics http://www.umr.edu/~rockmech/
Waterjet Lab: http://www.umr.edu/~waterjet/
UMR Stonehenge: http://www.umr.edu/~stonehen/
Personal: http://www.umr.edu/~rockmech/data/Summers.html
Mining Eng. http://www.umr.edu/~mining/
Waterjet Assoc http://www.wjta.org/
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