Subject: |  | Re: Pumping of underground minewater in East Durham. |
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3567 49 47_Re: Avoca (Ireland), Copper Mine's Preservation11_John [log in to unmask], 19 Jan 2003 23:46:58 -0000611_iso-8859-1 The works you saw have been undertaken by the Vale of Avoca Development
Association (VADA), as part of an ongoing programme to conserve various key
elements of the mine heritage of Avoca. To date they have completed works
on the Tramway Arch and Ballygahan Engine House on the west side of Avoca,
as well as providing temporary shoring to the remains of the Baronets Engine
House in east Avoca. These works are separate from the visitor centre
planned by Mr. Nicholas Coy for the Williams Engine House and adjoining
area, and I am uncertain what plans might still exist for [...]41_19Jan200323:46:[log in to unmask]
3617 19 26_Re: CANNONS AND CONDENSERS14_Sallie [log in to unmask], 19 Jan 2003 20:56:51 -0000399_iso-8859-1 > What was wrong with stuffing a few bricks in the mixer. It does the
job and
> annoys the neighbours. A lump-hammer removes those stubborn bits
around the
> rim and gives your mixer that personalised, dimpled look.
I hadn't realised there was any other way. And never having had a new
cement mixer, thought the dimples came as standard on all models! [...]44_19Jan200320:56:[log in to unmask]
3637 30 30_Fairley and Colliery Managers.9_Barry [log in to unmask], 20 Jan 2003 10:18:50 +0000669_us-ascii After concerns were expressed that anyone could set themselves up as
a colliery manager, and that a standard should be set, the Coal MInes
Act of August 1872 contained the requirement that colliery managers
should hold a statutory certificate. The requirement was initially
postponed, but was passed soon after. Problems had arisen with the
appointment of examiners and the award of service certificates to
persons who had been carrying out the job for many years. Thus, since
1872, every colliery manager must hold a "First-Class Certificate of
Competency" to show that he has met the required standard. I think
that [...]40_20Jan200310:18:[log in to unmask]
3668 47 47_Re: "Pitshaft death that shocked the Potteries"10_Dave [log in to unmask], 20 Jan 2003 13:51:51 -0000644_iso-8859-1 Not quite the same as the Potteries story as the deceased was recovered but
near to the Old Park pit in Wednesbury STS........
"In 1897 a Corporation nightwatchman, Mr Hodgkiss, put there to
specifically warn passing pedestrians of the underground burning coal holes,
himself fell into one of the burning voids on the Old Park Road quite near
to the Black Horse public house and died. A Police Constable Richard Goldby
bravely climbed down into the 15ft deep crater to recover the workman's
charred body - later receiving a commendation from Queen Victoria. There was
an underground fire in Old [...]46_20Jan200313:51:[log in to unmask]
3716 16 30_Seaham Colliery Explosion 188012_Graham [log in to unmask], 20 Jan 2003 14:24:36 +0000336_us-ascii I was reading an abridged account of the Seaham Colliery Disaster of 1880
at the weekend (The Coalminers of Durham - Norman Emery). Reference is made
to the fact rescuers, while bodies were being recovered, held camphor bags
between their teeth. Was this simply to cover the smell?
Yours curiously
Graham46_20Jan200314:24:[log in to unmask]
3733 13 62_Coal Mining in Liddersdale & Eskdale (Border Region, Scotland)12_Graham [log in to unmask], 20 Jan 2003 14:43:00 +0000360_us-ascii Does anybody know of any references to coals mined in the Border Group of
strata (DinaQ6Ê) |
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Alan
There have been several other instances of 'crown holes' appearing
throughout the Co Durham and Tyne & Wear area. The explanation given by
geologists from 'The Mining Legacy Research Group' and the University of
Sunderland is that existing faults are being reactivativated by rising
minewater levels. The mine water act as a lubricant, reduces friction,
and causes premature ground movement.
The work to-date indicates that these features do not have a random
distribution but that they form in areas where a specific combination of
geological phenomena occur.
The rising mine water levels are also approaching the Permian aquifer
overlying the Durham coal field and contamination of this water resource
could be a problem in the near future.
Brian Plemper
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Alan Vickers
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"The mining-history
list."
The pumping of underground minewater is to be resumed in East Durham to
protect underground water sources. The pumping was stopped in the mid
1990s when the area's coastal pit closed. The Coal Authority is planning
to set up a temporary pumping station at Horden, near Peterlee, to deal
with rising mine water levels. This will discharge into the sea from a
pipe running from the old shaft at Horden, the water will be treated to
avoid pollution of the sea.
In the longer term, the authority plans to build a permanent pumping system
for the area. Four sites are being considered for this - Hawthorn,
Hawthorn Quarry, Dawdon and Horden.
Separate from the above, a large recurring crack in the carriageway of the
A690 road at the top of 'Houghton Cut', Houghton-le-Spring, is said by
geologists to be due to the rising levels of underground minewater in the
area. A nearby pumping station at the former Nicholson's pit ceased
pumping some years ago. The crack in the carriageway extends for quite a
distance on either side of the road.
Alan Vickers.
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