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PostPosted: Fri Aug 10, 2007 11:33 pm 
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Just wanted to remark that our hearts go out to the trapped miners in Utah at the Crandall Canyon Mine and the miners who lost their lives over in Indiana.

The drilling of the 8 5/8 bore hole should be done in the next few hours, we hope that the miners who are trapped are found alive and well. Unfortunately the first bore hole which was drilled showed a large build up of black damp in an active area of the mine which the miners were supposedly not working in. The oxygen levels were around 7% which is far to low to be able to sustain life. While the originally intention of that bore hole was to drill in a location which the miners last worked in, the drill only being 2 1/2 inches in size, tracked into a different area of the mine. Hopefully in the area of the mine the 8 5/8 bore hole is being drilled, a higher level of oxygen will be found and or the miners found an area in a higher elevation of the mine which does not have such a build up of black damp.

Miner Greg


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PostPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 12:02 pm 
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what happened in ohio, i didnt hear about that one :shock:

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 10:53 pm 
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Sorry.. Mean't to say Indiana, not Ohio. I always confuse those states for some reason.

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PostPosted: Mon Aug 13, 2007 11:13 pm 
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oh, well thats a big big mistake, good thing we clarified that! yes im not sure exactly what happened in indiana, however i heard it had to do something with a fan house at an airshaft.

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