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CISDOC database
Document ID (ISN) | 31227 |
CIS number |
79-808 |
ISSN - Serial title |
0026-5160 - American Mining Congress Journal |
Year |
1978 |
Convention or series no. |
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Author(s) |
Adams J.W. |
Title |
Bore hole rescue systems. |
Bibliographic information |
11 Nov. 1978, Vol.64, No.11, p.33-40. Illus. |
Abstract |
This article commences with a description of one of the first bore hole mining rescues in Aug. 1963 at Sheppton, Pennsylvania, and comments on progress in this field since that time: US Bureau of Mines sponsored study to determine how to improve miners' prospects of survival when trapped underground, formation in 1971 of a Mine Emergency Operations Group at the US Bureau of Mines, description of a simulated disaster, use of oil well rigs for drilling, technological progress in drilling, description of a deep (over 300m) rescue system developed by the South African Chamber of Mines, using high pressure (250psi) and high-speed drilling, and a vertical pipe rescue system recently invented in the USA. Other aspects considered include: availability of higher pressure air compressors (<350psi) commercially; role of US governmment; periodic retraining of personnel. |
Descriptors (primary) |
underground work; escape and rescue; mine rescue |
Descriptors (secondary) |
rescue equipment; drilling and boring (rock, earth) |
Document type |
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Subject(s) |
Mines and quarries
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Broad subject area(s) |
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Browse category(ies) |
First aid and emergency organization
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