Centennial Video - Drilling the Face

[centennial]

[Hoser John]

Hard,noisy,nasty work. Mining men are a definate seperate breed by themself. No dust/vapor masks used Tons a au 2 u 2-John

[djui5]

At the end...hahahaha

[truckinbutch]

Hard,noisy,nasty work. Mining men are a definate seperate breed by themself. No dust/vapor masks used Tons a au 2 u 2-John

Naaa.Everyone's like me and my buddies :in their youth,10 feet tall and bullet proof.30 years later;rock hard lungs and a portable O/2 tank to go take a whiz.

[centennial]

We have a 50hp vent fan blowing fresh air to the face.
Holes are drilled wet ie no dust
There is some water vapour that contains a small amount of vegetable oil which lubricates the drill
We take occupational health and safety very seriosly, we always stress in our tool box talks to look for any hazards , thanks for your inputs
Cheers.

[truckinbutch]

We've briefly talked about your ventilation and dust control and safety orientation which I uphold.Please do not feel that I was firing on you.
I was sharing the idea of the time when I first entered a mine and what the aftermath is after 20-30 years.
You folks are doing it smart.
Airline lubes for us were fine for machines but carcinogenic for drillers.Vegetable oil would have been safer for us and much more expensive for the mine operators.

[truckinbutch]

Centennial,we are missing you.....Give us an update,please.

[centennial]

Gday Trukinbutch
Weve been doing alot of maintenance lately, replaced 200 metres of ventilation tubing, replaced a heap of sleepers on our rail line, some work on sections of our access track were getting washed out from some heavy rain we had, replaced a shaft and pulley on our little loco for hauling mine cars, bought a 2500 watt inverter from Ebay to use for our lighting and small power instead of a generator etc etc. I have also been working on modifing a 3 cyl diesel John Deere lawn tractor to run on rails, this will save us a lot of walking along the tunnel. I will post some photos in a couple of weeks.
We are all ready to start tunneling again now and will be going to the mine in a week to drill and blast the face, will also be going down to the river about 1km from us for a swim, the weather is starting to warm up over here now, 35 deg C as I am typing this. I will be happy to start advancing our tunnel again, the country rock is becoming more deformed , possibly a sign we are nearing the fault jog which hosts the ore shoot, time will tell.
Cheers
The river near the mine
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...e/AR010202.jpg

[truckinbutch]

Gday Trukinbutch
Weve been doing alot of maintenance lately, replaced 200 metres of ventilation tubing, replaced a heap of sleepers on our rail line, some work on sections of our access track were getting washed out from some heavy rain we had, replaced a shaft and pulley on our little loco for hauling mine cars, bought a 2500 watt inverter from Ebay to use for our lighting and small power instead of a generator etc etc. I have also been working on modifing a 3 cyl diesel John Deere lawn tractor to run on rails, this will save us a lot of walking along the tunnel. I will post some photos in a couple of weeks.
We are all ready to start tunneling again now and will be going to the mine in a week to drill and blast the face, will also be going down to the river about 1km from us for a swim, the weather is starting to warm up over here now, 35 deg C as I am typing this. I will be happy to start advancing our tunnel again, the country rock is becoming more deformed , possibly a sign we are nearing the fault jog which hosts the ore shoot, time will tell.
Cheers
The river near the mine
http://i282.photobucket.com/albums/k...e/AR010202.jpg

Beaudy ! Mate. With a place like that to frolic it would be hard to go to work.Track maintenance is always a pain in the arse.I once became the most unpopular locomotive operator in the entire mine because of 35 10 ton loaded cars derailed and 2 and 1/2 miles of rail ripped out.
I digress; lawnmower powered mantrip sounds top shelf.
Wish I could be there to contribute.If you want the easiest way to do a job you put the laziest man you have in charge.
And here I stand.....Stay in touch.
Jim