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Although an indenture of 1721, naming “the Great Coal Pit” and “Little Coalpit”, provides the first definite evidence of mining on the Hawkley Estate, it is clear from accounts of the “Burning Well of Hawkley” that coal was being mined there in the previous century. Recalling his visit in 1659, Thomas Shirley says the location “was not above 30 or 40 yards distant from the mouth of a Coal-pit there. And indeed Wigan, Ashton, and the whole Country, for many miles compass, is underlaid with Coal....”. Believed to have been writing in 1683, Rev John Clayton “observed that there had formerly been Coal-pits in the same Close of Grounds and I then got some Coal from one of the Pits nearest thereunto...”.
At least two collieries were still being worked on the estate in 1748. Timber from Hawkley was at this time being used in the construction of locks and weirs for the Douglas navigation. Donald Anderson records that “in August 1748 a message was sent by the navigation proprietors to James Stock to enquire about possible coal supplies. Stock was the lessee of a colliery in the Hawkley estate. At the same time Molyneux, the owner of the estate, was working a colliery there himself. It is possible that Stock may have belonged to the same family as the well-known Ashton and Billinge colliery owners Samuel and Aaron Stock” (“The Orrell Coalfield, Lancashire, 1740-1850”, Moorland Publishing, 1975).
Richard Molyneux of Hawkley Hall, who died in 1762, directed by his will that his successors could “carry on my colliery in Pemberton, or ... omit the same as they in their discretion shall think fitting” but must “not ... let out the colliery for less than one farthing a basket for the lord's part”. In 1770 the lease of Hawkley Colliery, “ where there is a constant sale for any quantity that can be raised”, was offered “to the highest bidder for a term of 3 years with all and every whimsey [horse gin], gear, tackle and appurtenancies thereto belonging and necessary for working the same.”.
The Hawkley mines were said to be worth £100 in 1776. An advertisement of 1796/7, when several leases were offered for sale by auction, stated that the mines were “believed to consist of thirteen Acres of an Upper Mine, in part of the estate called Harvey's, and thirty-four Acres of a Lower Mine, of excellent Quality, four Feet six Inches in thickness in the same Estate”. Although “the Lower Mine [was] at the Depth of about forty Yards from the surface” there was, “at the depth of about twenty-two Yards from the surface, … a large Sough which will carry off the Water when lifted thither”. A plan shows this “Sough” passing under the Ashton-Wigan turnpike between Derbyshire House and Glass House Farms and draining eventually into Smithy Brook.
In 1832 the mining rights at Hawkley were leased to grocer Thomas Jenkinson and linen draper James Richard Grimshaw, both of Wigan, for a period of 40 years at a rent of £300 pa. The lease covered “all those 2 several mines or bed of coal commonly called the 5ft mine and the 4ft mine or so much thereof respectively as is now ungotten and lying within and under” the estate. The pair were allowed to erect such surface structures as were necessary for their mining operations, and to dig clay and make bricks for that purpose within the estate. Their activities were not, however, to encroach on or undermine any existing buildings (“Lease of coalmines under the Hawkley Estate, Pemberton for 40 years. Brian William Molineux, esq., and mortgagee to Messrs Thomas Jenkinson of Wigan, grocer & James Richard Grimshaw of Wigan, linen draper. 10th April 1832”, Wigan Archives ref. D/DX Ta/28/7). In 1835 they also leased the majority of Hawkley Hall itself and its associated farm (Bankes Estate Papers at Lancashire Record Office, ref. DDBa/3/5; the later sale of the freehold in the Hawkley estate to Meyrick Bankes of Winstanley Hall was “subject to the said lease thereof, and to the covenants and stipulations therein contained”).
A feature on the 2” drawings made prior to completion of the 1843 map suggests that coal from the Hawkley estate may at one time have been transported westward and then north to Wigan Pier via a railway constructed in the 1820s by Thomas Claughton. It is clear from the published map, however, that this alternative route had by 1843 been abandoned in favour of a direct connection to the Leigh Branch of the Leeds-Liverpool Canal at Moss Bridge.
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GHH mining machine underground shovel, when they were introduced in the Monteponi mine, helped to make the work lighter and faster. He wouldn't mind seeing it displayed in a protected area and not exposed to the elements. A machine created to work indoors that ends its "career" outdoors. The most interesting part are the reinforcements made by hand welding along the entire profile of the blade of the shovel. Although not a certainly functional artistic work; this is proof of the mastery and skills that the staff had acquired in working in a mine like this.
Pala da sottosuolo GHH mining machine, quando vennero introdotte nella miniera di Monteponi aiutarono a rendere il lavoro più leggero e veloce. Non sabbe male vederla esposta in una zona protetta e non esposta alle intemperie. Una macchina che nasce per lavorare al chiuso che finisce al sua "carriera" all'aria aperta. La parte più interessante sono i rinforzi realizzati con saldatura a mano lungo tutto il profilo della lama della pala. Seppure non un lavoro artistico sicuramente funzionale; questo a riprova della maestria e delle competenze che il personale aveva acquisito nel lavorare in una miniera come questa.
The circular brass pit check or tally is embossed with"NATIONAL COAL BOARD/ COMRIE" and is stamped with the number "445". There is also a hole for the miner to attach it to a piece of string.
Mine tokens or pit checks were issued to record the number of miners underground. Each miner would take the pit check with his allocated number from the board at the start of his shift and put it back when he returned to the surface. This board gave a quick and straightforward indication of which miners were underground.
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Satellite image showing details of landscape impact caused by an "in-situ" uranium leaching operation in central Wyoming operated by Power Resources, Incorporated. In 2008, PRI was fined by the Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality for multiple violations at this facility (read about it here: www.jacksonholestartrib.com/articles/2008/04/04/news/wyom.... Image prepared by SkyTruth (www.skytruth.org).
An indication of the number and location of tailings dam failures since 1985.
An analysis of tailings dam failures over the last three decades, indicates that while the overall number of failures has decreased, the number of serious failures has increased (Bowker and Chambers 2016).
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One of the old mining shacks at Animas Forks in the San Juan Mountains of southwest Colorado.
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Coal refuse (also described as coal waste, coal tailings, waste material, culm, boney, or gob is the material left over from coal mining, usually as tailings piles or spoil tips. For every tonne of hard coal generated by mining, 400 kilograms of waste material remains, which includes some lost coal that is partially economically recoverable. Coal refuse is distinct from the byproducts of burning coal, such as fly ash.
This bee kept coming out of its hole in the ground and walking backwards along a well trodden track. It looked like it was dragging away dirt from its hole, as can be seen in the picture. I don't know what species it is, but I think I saw it too late on in the year for it to be a tawny mining bee. Seen in the Cap Sizun, Brittany.
Tailings dam failure at the Mount Polley mine in Canada.
The Mount Polley mine, a large, open-pit and underground copper-gold mine in British Columbia, began operation in 1997 and currently processes about 22 000 tonnes of ore per day. The mine’s tailings dam failed in August 2014, releasing approximately 25 million cubic metres of tailings and wastewater into a nearby creek (OAGBC 2016).
Mine operations were suspended for a year following the breach and did not fully recommence until June 2016. The tailings storage facility (surface area approx. 2.4 km2 ) was designed with three embankments – the Main Embankment, the Perimeter Embankment and the South Embankment. These were constructed with a core built from excavated, fine-grained glacial till deposits, supported downstream by filter and rock-fill zones and upstream by a tailings/rock-fill zone. While the mine was in operation, the height of the embankments was increased in nine stages, to an eventual height of 40 metres. Shortly before the collapse, approval was being sought for Stage 10, which would have further increased the dam wall height (IEEIRP 2015).
The Mount Polley dam failure created the largest environmental disaster in Canadian mining history (Schoenberger 2016). The mine is adjacent to Polley Lake and Hazeltine Creek, which flow into Quesnel Lake, one of the world’s deepest glacial lakes and an important commercial, recreational and aboriginal fishery. It supports sockeye salmon, rainbow trout and a diverse range of other fish species. Prior to the dam collapse, the water in the lake had a very low level of particulate material. The collapse resulted in a massive sediment-laden plume scouring Hazeltine Creek and entering the west basin of the lake. Petticrew et al. (2015) monitored the lake for two months post-spill. They found increases in conductivity and temperature and a persistent, high-turbidity layer below the thermocline. While subsequent monitoring indicated that the turbidity reduced to near background level by the beginning of 2015 (SMA 2016), the full effects of the spill may not yet be apparent or easily identifiable.
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Long wall coal mining under the Waratah Rivulet, that feeds Sydney's water supply, has cracked the river. Peabody coal company is trying to glue the cracks together again with an epoxy substance.
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Audrey Headframe Park
Jerome, Arizona
Largest wooden headframe still standing in Arizona, it was completed in 1918 to haul ore up from the mine. Shaft is 1900 feet deep, concrete lined with cross tunnels every 100 feet to Edith shaft. Edith shaft headframe was completed in 1915 to haul men and supplies. A wooden structure, it was torn down in 1981 and replaced with the steel version you see today, 260' to NW.
Between 1915 and 1938 almost 4 million tons of ore was extracted from the mine, producing 397,000 tons of Copper, 221 tons of silver and 5.5 tons of gold. Ore was brought to the surface then transported by tram and burro train, to the railhead in the valley. Later, ore was taken out underground through the Josephine tunnel, which was 1300 feet down and 2.5 miles long.
The coal mining risk assessment includes an assessment of the Coal Authority Mining Report. The fundamental purposes of the coal mining risk assessment are to identify the risks of coal mining at the development site. The Coal Authority is a legal consultant for any planning application within a High-Risk Zone. Also, a visit to the offices of the Coal Authority to assess mining plans, a review of modern and historical published geological maps, and a review of technical reports/memoirs. For more details, kindly visit- www.earthenvironmental.co.uk/coal-mining-risk-assessment/
Despite temperatures being slightly above zero degrees Celsius, the heat rising from the bottom of the Lovozero mine (-600m deep) allows succulent plants to grow easily by the main well. 470 miners still work day and night shifts here to extract titanium, niobium and tantalum7 The mine is located in the middle of the tundra in the Murmansk region in Russia.
FR: Malgré des températures à peine au dessus de zéro, près du puits principal, la chaleur provenant du fond de la mine (-600 m) est telle que les plantes grasses poussent facilement. 470 mineurs travaillent encore jour et nuit à l'extraction de titanium, niobium et tantalium dans le site minier de Lovozero (-600 m de profondeur, 30 km de galeries) situé en pleine toundra dans la région de Murmansk. Reportage photographique en Féderation de Russie du 22 au 29 septembre 2006.
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About 1/2-way down this page on an official Mexican gov website promoting investment in Baja area: www.investinbaja.gob.mx/en/industries/mining.
Regarding Projects under Construction, the following are worth mentioning: Transpacific Mining Group, S.A. de C.V., installing iron extraction process equipment in sand dunes, in south San Quintin.
Winding house Pano, showing the two huge pistons used to drive the wire rope drum which raised and lowered the cage containing the men and coal tubs .
A winding engine is a stationary engine used to control a cable, for example to power a mining hoist at a pit head. Electric hoist controllers have replaced proper winding engines in modern mining, but use electric motors that are also traditionally referred to as winding engines.
Winding drum, with depth indicator to the left
The first powered winding engines were stationary steam engines. The demand for winding engines was one factor that drove James Watt to develop his rotative beam engine, with its ability to continuously turn a winding drum, rather than the early reciprocating beam engines that were only useful for working pumps.
They differ from most other stationary steam engines in that, like a steam locomotive, they need to be able to stop frequently and also reverse. This requires more complex valve gear and other controls than are needed on engines used in mills or to drive pumps.
Opal Miner at work with an electric jackhammer underground in his mine on the Three Mile Field near Lightning Ridge.
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