>3500 miners killed in China so far this year (at least);
>5395 miners killed in China in 2001, a drop of 403 compared to 2000;
>more than 3700 miners killed in the Ukraine in the last 10 years
>
>So Ukraine is not quite in the same league as China, but then China has a
>lot more inhabitants and I've no doubt a heck of a lot more mines too.
>
It would be interesting to know the number of miners employed and the
outputs. In 1913 (the year of Senghenyyd), I believe, some 1,700 men and
boys were killed in UK mines. Certainly in Yorkshire, Nottinghamshire
and Derbyshire alone, 291 were killed in 1913 and 2,950 between 1901 and
1913.
>I am intrigued as to how many mines near to the Yangtze river above the
>three gorges dam will be closed due to flooding. The opinion when I asked
>this on the list a few years ago (after a holiday in China) was very few.
>However they will already have had to build a lot of new coal loading
>'docks' at a higher level on the river. I hope to return to the Yangtze one
>day when the dam is up to its top level to see the huge difference that it
>is bound to have made to the area.
There was an article in the Guardian (21-01-2002) which stated that some
1300 mines would be flooded. Whether you believe this is another
matter.
Quote: Engineers say that the area to be inundated includes "1,300 local
mines, 300,000 sq metres of latrines, and 2.8m tonnes of rubbish", as
well as graveyards, abattoirs, medical centres and other potential
hazards.
A Guardian search finds all sorts of info.
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