For the benefit of UK based list members, the message below relates to the
rescue today of nine coal miners trapped by an inrush in the US, and
certainly warrants rejoicing but raises a few questions.
Was 'history made'? Was the rescue method, drilling a large diameter shaft
c.240 feet to the air pocket in the mine, unprecedented?
The inrush of water is of course not unprecedented, neither is the apparent
ignorance of adjacent flooded workings. The Lofthouse inrush disaster of
1973 focused the UK authorities on the need to maintain the historical
record. Where do the US authorities stand on this matter?
Peter
>We've just seen history made this week. Thank God and
>congratulations!
>
>Sam
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Peter Claughton, Blaenpant Morfil, Rosebush, Clynderwen,
Pembrokeshire, Wales SA66 7RE.
Tel. 01437 532578; Fax. 01437 532921; Mobile 07831 427599
University of Exeter - School of Historical, Political and Sociological Studies
(Centre for South Western Historical Studies)
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