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Gold Prospecting
Small Scale Gold Mining
Underground Mines - Victoria
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<blockquote data-quote="Nightjar" data-source="post: 287478" data-attributes="member: 1414"><p>When working for Alcoa Alumina and being a Fire & Rescue Captain the company sent me to Southern Mines Rescue facility in NSW for further training.</p><p>Was only 5 years after the Appin Mine disaster and during the course we were shown graphic photos of those who perished. </p><p>Very confronting seeing a miner sitting at a table in a lunch room, part of a sandwich still in his mouth, not a sign of injury but tragically dead.</p><p>Methane burns at the speed of light taking all oxygen with it, so fortunately these unfortunates never knew what happened.</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.mineaccidents.com.au/mine-accident/68/appin-colliery-1979" target="_blank">http://www.mineaccidents.com.au/mine-accident/68/appin-colliery-1979</a></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Nightjar, post: 287478, member: 1414"] When working for Alcoa Alumina and being a Fire & Rescue Captain the company sent me to Southern Mines Rescue facility in NSW for further training. Was only 5 years after the Appin Mine disaster and during the course we were shown graphic photos of those who perished. Very confronting seeing a miner sitting at a table in a lunch room, part of a sandwich still in his mouth, not a sign of injury but tragically dead. Methane burns at the speed of light taking all oxygen with it, so fortunately these unfortunates never knew what happened. [url]http://www.mineaccidents.com.au/mine-accident/68/appin-colliery-1979[/url] [/QUOTE]
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