Mine Fire

UGMiner Banks · **Posted:** Sat Feb 04, 2006 1:01 am

Took some buddies of mine up to the mine fire tonight, and apparently they're done working for a while. The dump trucks and 1 excavater are gone. The second excavator is on the hill visible from the highway. You pass it climbing up the hill after the turn-back. They piled dirt and culm up so that no one can drive down the access road they were doing the new work from - which was a good thing. The ground is now glowing in places on that road. Last time Chris and I were there (a week ago) cracks were forming in the road. Now they're glowing orange. We also saw it glowing orange on the outside of the brand new trench.......which means they're going to have to extend it or make another trench. It's really going nutz up there..........

Banks

Chris · **Posted:** Sat Feb 04, 2006 11:43 am

wow did you take any pics of the glowing? gonna have to get up there. maybe on the way home from st clair tomorow. yea!!

UGMiner Banks · **Posted:** Sat Feb 04, 2006 12:51 pm

No pics..... didn't have my camera. I was wishing I did though

chrismecca · **Posted:** Sun Feb 05, 2006 9:46 am

they're done working because the trench now has to cross the path which means they have to take apart that cliffside... dybamite.. euclids... tri-axles and 2 backhoes arent going to cut it

Miner Greg · **Posted:** Sun Feb 05, 2006 10:19 pm

So in other words, the fire has spread too deep underground and past where would normally have been diggable? If thats what your saying, that ain't good..... Should have found the money when the fire was small...

Greg

UGMiner Banks · **Posted:** Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:16 am

no... not really deeper, but into the rock where it goes up the hill on the side.... yeah.. i think some blasting of the hill will be in order..

chrismecca · **Posted:** Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:42 am

it is also completely under and now passing the sewer line

Miner Bond · **Joined:** Mon Jul 18, 2005 11:12 am **Posts:** 385

Chris,

Next time up to see ya I would really like to see the mine fires! Maybe we can plan it into the next trip up. Let me know,

Thanks

MB

Chris · **Posted:** Mon Feb 06, 2006 1:27 pm

mecca did you see the boreholes on the other side of the road have some sort of monitors on wires going down them. how do you know its under the sewer, ive not seen any steam over there yet. but close

gsantarelli1 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 06, 2006 3:55 pm

Chris, I was up there with Mecca and the fire is literally right next to the sewer line. There is a manhole, a foot of ground next to it, the pile at the edge of the trench, and then the fire in the trench. It's REALLY close. I didn't see the cracks in the road or the glowing, but I'm gonna see if Mecca wants to take a ride up tonight to check it out.

Chris · **Posted:** Mon Feb 06, 2006 5:54 pm

lemme know when your going, call me later.

gsantarelli1 · **Posted:** Mon Feb 06, 2006 6:29 pm

I'm waiting for Mecca to get home from work. I'll call ya when we go.

UGMiner Banks · **Posted:** Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:32 pm

it's not the road you go up on... its the raod they were working from

gsantarelli1 · **Posted:** Tue Feb 07, 2006 1:58 pm

We went up last night. Mecca was taking some pics and as we were standing there, a pile of garbage and brush went up in flames inside the one pit. Those pipes on the opposite side of the road that have the monitors in them have smoke and heat coming out, which I assume means that the fire is now on the other side of that road and sewer line.

Chris · **Posted:** Tue Feb 07, 2006 3:39 pm

seriously? when i was up there the other day there was no heat or steam coming out. wow its moving fast that way.

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