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UGMiner Banks
 Post subject: Mine Rescue competition, No. 9 mine, lansford, PA
PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:21 pm 
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http://www.tnonline.com/2012/jun/27/mine-rescue

Im in a couple of the pics.. :wink: Lifting the head end of the stretcher then draggin it out..

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 Post subject: Re: Mince Rescue competition, No. 9 mine, lansford, PA
PostPosted: Thu Jun 28, 2012 9:59 pm 
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Nice job Bink :D :D :D Hey while I'm thinking of it, are they having any new miner training this summer? Is Paul Wagner still in charge of it? I heard he retired from doing the training.

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Nick
 Post subject: Re: Mince Rescue competition, No. 9 mine, lansford, PA
PostPosted: Sun Jul 01, 2012 12:08 am 
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that green hatted fool made it into this?

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UGMiner Banks
 Post subject: Re: Mince Rescue competition, No. 9 mine, lansford, PA
PostPosted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 7:53 pm 
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naw he was just there..

Scott: Don't know when the next new miner training classes are... they just had one about 3 weeks ago so it may be a while. Paul won't be doing it though.. hes retiring the 10th as far as i understand. Not sure who the new guys gunna be yet...

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chemistry1969
 Post subject: Re: Mince Rescue competition, No. 9 mine, lansford, PA
PostPosted: Mon Jul 02, 2012 8:05 pm 
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Thanks Banks. If you hear of any new training could you drop me a line. I still want to take the class.

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UGMiner Banks
 Post subject: Re: Mine Rescue competition, No. 9 mine, lansford, PA
PostPosted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 3:43 pm 
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Roger dodger.


by the way theres a few more pics:









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Riding back outside....

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Me and my boy in the mine rescue truck.

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Some pics from when we weren't in smoke... Scenario was explosion/fire, 5 people missing in the mine. We found 3 dead, brought 2 out alive but badly injured. things you never wanna do for real..................

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Chris
 Post subject: Re: Mine Rescue competition, No. 9 mine, lansford, PA
PostPosted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 6:32 pm 
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last 2 pics are great banksy........

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chemistry1969
 Post subject: Re: Mine Rescue competition, No. 9 mine, lansford, PA
PostPosted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 9:15 pm 
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I agree with Chris on the last two pictures. Great looking kid Banks. :D :D :D :D

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 Post subject: Re: Mine Rescue competition, No. 9 mine, lansford, PA
PostPosted: Mon Jul 30, 2012 10:20 pm 
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here ya go.......


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 Post subject: Re: Mine Rescue competition, No. 9 mine, lansford, PA
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Having fun with Photoshop are we? Makes a neat pencil drawing.

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UGMiner Banks
 Post subject: Re: Mine Rescue competition, No. 9 mine, lansford, PA
PostPosted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 4:30 pm 
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NICE! Thanks Shhhhhcott!

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 Post subject: Re: Mine Rescue competition, No. 9 mine, lansford, PA
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congradulations! nice to see more MR guys here.

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