[modeleng] Re: Clinker
- From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2004 11:15:23 -0800 (PST)
There is an underground fire in one of the coal fields
in, I think, Western Pennsylvania that has been
burning for years and now one town is sinking due to
the coal support of the upper earth being burned away.
Al Messer
--- Clif Walker <clif.gwr@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Al and All,
>
> I think that there is only about one privately owned
> Welsh coal mine still
> operating.
> Most of the coal over here now comes from opencast
> or drift mines which are
> cheaper to operate.
> When the coal mines were privatised it was
> incredible how fast the closed
> pits were eliminate from the landscape.
> Almost within weeks of closure the pit head gear was
> gone and streams of
> lorries were tipping stone down the shafts to fill
> them in.It was almost a
> Political statement saying there was no going
> back.It was the Conservatives
> Government
> who closed them and the pits were mostly in Labour
> areas.
> The amount of stone required to fill a pit shaft
> must of been incredible,it
> seemed pointless and ridiculous to me at the time as
> I am sure that some
> time in the future, coal will be required again even
> it is for making oil.
>
> I have heard that a new technique has now been
> developed by which the
> underground coal seams can be set on fire after
> drilling a hole down to
> them.After they have been fired they burn in an
> airless atmosphere and the
> gases released are sucked up another hole which can
> then be piped to homes
> etc.The beauty of the idea is ,no subsidence as the
> remaining coke still
> holds the ground up.
>
> Regards
>
> Clif
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Allen Messer" <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, November 15, 2004 10:20 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Clinker
>
>
> > Throughout the years, the Steam Coal produced in
> Wales
> > has had a very high reputation over here. Have
> all of
> > these mines been closed?
> >
> >
>
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