Document KzK9mqYE6L91Nvab5ME32nbV0
FILE NAME Colonial Sugar Refinery CSR
DATE 1955 DOC CSR182
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Excerpt - Govt Inspection Report Wittenoom Gorge - Australian Blue Asbestos
Meee
25
J.
N. PLAINTIFF'S
Bayonne
EXHIBIT
Bayone Bayonne 102770
PENGAD
PENGAD
2
Kornal Hard Report 1/55
estisfactory at has asrried blown down breaks dowa The minor stands on the 80mm of Owsile firing yy
Auged
Early Great
in
the
year
a
modified method of
rising was
on a
Western Consolidated N.L.
diamond drill hole The
intro-
This is atoga rising :
out the rive cut using the diamond drill on a stigo and bores
stage is raised into
hole au the burn hole
above
the
coll^,rof
the
position and hole
held
there by o
hoist
rigged
lation for the miner
This hole provides type of venti-
out the rise after working on the stage and definitely cleare
in the font that
However in my opinion in
reports are that compressed only ie conditions in the rise are
hole f^,r
Rising on a drill hole
boon
timo but . withou witht out
using stage Here normal turi cloth is also
in
von-
provided cone diamond b thelveo ntuc rikale othdupIo nn tthheessttaaggeerising it impossible to 1c0arry
Bomo ethod of inducing fresh oir occupies the rise
with the compressed air is
through the diamond drill hole
a hole drilled to meet the requirod This may be possible with
diamond drill soute sagle This could be the restricted
hole az`on az`on
section of a type of venturi blova
4
threo trommeluthreo trommelu makceleafniinnagl drying the Asbestos
Alterutions Limited
to
the
treatment pleat
of Australian
Blue
1956 were commenactedWitTthoonsoeom Gorge to be completed by February .
wet procEAB The flow
alterations will
the treatment
cruching
se
at present
sheet The
is
to
be
Primary end
secondary
olanuifiers in
orethen to three red mills and four
open circuit The classifier overflow will
'
whore the Fibre will be
go tont
from
the
trommele
will pane
separated
through another
The underflow
recovered added to the initial fi^re The trommel and the fibre
be transported by a screw
whole of the fibre will
be squeezed out
conveyor to a Rolls for and thence
the molature to
The dried fibre will
to the rotery drier for
grading and finally
pess to a
to
another
tremmel for
and
completed and
begring section When this proceto la +.
7+
decided
operating efficiently it improvement will be
is
anticipated
that a
pleat
will
shown in regur^to dust content in
,
;
wee
company now
piece
During
of
the
yoor
a
mining
equipment
equipment to these
introduced
and
the
collection
through
the
fields
otael
which
involved dry boring
so created
During
the
into
demonstration
a
container
of
the
dust
, Assistent Inspector Simmons and
dust samples were taken by
, of samples taken ore not
included in o report The number
demonstration the dust
conclusive but indicate that at the
.
ch
collection was quite officient
Alinining
:
Alinining Thereny
...
Limited Big mining #stivities therapy Vi^-os
<"
With the cescation of
Vi^-os Limited the number of
at
Bell
pomter
is
dispersed
hos
changerooms
dropped to 26.
in
which aluminium
. -
. in the changerooms are meusured
The concentration of powder
, minne and are checked at
by the ventilation officer on the
cut dep^rtment
irregular
,
intervale
by
offices
of
this
:
.
A census of men
during
the
period
reociving Aluminium of Jenuory - Karch
Therapy
mua
tukea
The method of conducting the
of the your under review
previous
census
and
census way
explained
the
quite so
that used
in
of
in ceneus
the Annual Report for 1953.
The
tebulated result comparison
comparison of
is strokedbulation
this strokedbulation strokedbulation showing results for thethe fofouur r sch646
1953 1955 utt ohed Fuming Accidents iw olmo
sch646 mmadeade during the period
RW4G to
ecluante cre_ro cre_ro orted to
ecluante
the ecluante Shine Supine fotel
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nocnoici
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toodgeae oy
i,
32,200 a.f.m. along No. 5 level This
air uposets uwonrdkmeidllohuotlesstopienntotsotoNpoe.s2 to No.3 level Then thr tho rou ugg h h ri
level and shoft '
a oon
thence the old mein
thence
old
*
wr,
at
~
this was
The sinking of the reported as being
main
a
cheft
hes
been
.
resterted
: end
resterted end
as
satisfactorily ventilated .
Asbestos Austrelian se AustreliaAustnrelian Blue
i
say
a
2
ini snspepctedectedTihneAwuogrukisntgs = of this.cocommpenypeny et Wittenoom Gorge were Wittenoom
fe 48,600 ?
Hine '
c.f.m.
Wittencom messurod exhaust Yrou + thi a mine paut the on This wns the
ii, Portel end blong the main
air flows in through the New
drive
7 :4:00 feet diverge from the
Crosscuta st intervale of
.
2.) ih . tilation doors
drive and #lthough fitted with
ven- *1% last croseout 1so4me,a0ir0l0 eake through to old stopes At theven-
.
ithrough working places in we nensured This sir flows
.,
*fi the ~
.
the
whole
flowing through
stopes old
and
joins
othe othr er
air
development proccedingopen stopes +, Es The only
to the sa
*
thferom possout further along \*
main drive About About one
third
in's
of the
are
this
mine
ooh
Pia)
About
ested is obtains
.
~
ested eare.e MegatColonial
kines kines The
: Ae tage o
eu
ested Aang 3
treated v3
Colonial Colonial kines kines
where
The
thirds
other Tibra
thirds
of a
ore treated treated
Colonial mine A agte
thirds of the ore
der:
treated x
where gorge provsile Katurel Katurel - vont^flletion
graster of the Tibra la openings
at Two openings ~% provide the intake whilstthis mine
to the gorge
the exhaust to the 1: through
break
sir returns The
thres throughs The siz A. currente'sround the face of
atopes
the
to the gorge fluctuations
Sh
The
gorge cause
sirflow to fluctuations st. *
tions to the messured was 11,600
conne
face connection Purtuer cliff
proposed A
*e the top connection to d this miofne the h hiillll is enviunged in the future ventilation ofk
ofk -
a
on
oar
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on
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ta
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voy
the
at year eee cae & No. f
44 ventilation wno not
during - Pruosioolly no mining was done at this mine
I boon adviced that the auggestion to
centrifugal fan on the adopted
inatel
pheft at the surfac
fan an
ventilation ventilation et : pheft
surfac
ten
ot,
.
pots ;
7
og
<.
:
2 .,
iad
Loed Wing Protch+^. roNo mining operations were undertak.on during the year
mm .
flows
The main nhoft of this
:
flows from the shuft at No.2
mine to downeast
1700 o.f.me.
No.3 o.f.me. and 1,600 ...
along No.
level
Invel
3,200 0.7.m.
:
obtained when measured in
These were the figures
.
levels to uporst
April
1955
-
The air
flows
|
through the working atopes and
slong the
Nroe.a2chlethveelmirfice through o shutt connected to old stojen ta
The
This
fen
one
is
equiped with
a 20
scope above
fun should be cepekle of
cimeter darex
fectory Irant node
node
exhausting more hough the
wir
through
mine very quite
shtir-