Min-Hist Biblio
National Associations of Mining History Organisations Newsletter Autumn
1999 4 pp no pictures.
It was a surprise to receive this newsletter. NAMHO has always appeared
to me as a secret society. No individual members, only club members.
The newsletters go the club secretaries and the ordinary member never
gets to see them. Ideally it should go to the club editors who could
abstract any interesting information for the club publication.
One article did catch my eye - “Safety Alert” - as it appears to be
riddled with inconsistencies. [The diggers] “concealed their activities
from the authorities and responsible voluntary sector associations”.
Well, it was public knowledge in Crymych! The farmer who died in this
tragic accident was digging out a shaft on his own land and had omitted
to tell “Big Brother”.
HM Inspectorate of Mines got involved and claimed “He and his three
friends, none with any mining experience ..... had been excavating a
shaft for 10 years”. Sounds like more mining experience than most
mining engineers I know.
“The shaft top was not fitted with safety trap doors: the landing had no
handrails or toeboards” [just like most of the mines in mid- Wales] “and
the dead man had not been wearing a safety harness.” Surprising, as the
other diggers made a point of being belayed when working at the top of
the shaft.
National Associations of Mining History Organisations Newsletter Autumn
1999 4 pp no pictures.
It was a surprise to receive this newsletter. NAMHO has always appeared
to me as a secret society. No individual members, only club members.
The newsletters go the club secretaries and the ordinary member never
gets to see them. Ideally it should go to the club editors who could
abstract any interesting information for the club publication.
One article did catch my eye - “Safety Alert” - as it appears to be
riddled with inconsistencies. [The diggers] “concealed their activities
from the authorities and responsible voluntary sector associations”.
Well, it was public knowledge in Crymych! The farmer who died in this
tragic accident was digging out a shaft on his own land and had omitted
to tell “Big Brother”.
HM Inspectorate of Mines got involved and claimed “He and his three
friends, none with any mining experience ..... had been excavating a
shaft for 10 years”. Sounds like more mining experience than most
mining engineers I know.
“The shaft top was not fitted with safety trap doors: the landing had no
handrails or toeboards” [just like most of the mines in mid- Wales] “and
the dead man had not been wearing a safety harness.” Surprising, as the
other diggers made a point of being belayed when working at the top of
the shaft.
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