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FILE NAME: Colonial Sugar Refinery (CSR) DATE: 1948 Feb 23 DOC#: CSR172 DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION: Government Inspection Results Australian Blue Asbestos Mine - Wittenoom Gorge ; - / S tateJlin in g ifcS in or lilces Department} Perth* Toilgoorlie card yeuruary; A u stralian Blue Asbestos H ire - Wittenoom Gorge* eonmenoifig on the 10th ultimo Bn~inBpw>tion was madtl >f the underground and~8uTfaoe arrangem ents o f the aboy mine re la tiv e to v e n tila tio n and dost* Underground " '"The workingo ore la id o a f w i t h th re e main headings extending some 800 f e e t f r c a 't h e entranoe to the a d i t s , too o f which serve a s 'th e main intake and re tu rn a irw a y s,-th e " th ird 1 b sealed c f a t a point 70 f e e t from th e entranoe and oerves a s a capping s ^ .t a m t i o ei n * e_* ' Qie method o f development IP roughly on the Bord end P illa r syotsa with flood ligh tin g in eaoh bord* Iho three main headings and garsion hords serve also a s the-h m lage planes along whioh o d ie s e l looomotive oper a t e s and transports* the ore ttnd mullock d ir e c t from the fooe to a bin situ a te d on tho "Lenoh" in clo o e proxim ity to the m ill* _ _ - . _ . ` V o n tllation o-r-the mine i s por meCiua o f a Hiohardson Lim it lo a d 'fa n operating a t '4 4 0 r*p*u* w ith a ratod ma x imum ca p a city o f 70,0 0 0 c*f*n* and i s powered by a 7 i E*P* motor - a t 1400 r,p*m* __ _ _ _ _ _ * * The point o r in sta lla tio n la a t a oo-ordinate position of 800 Tiest and 180 i o r t h oxd a l l ' develoiment ends are vent i l a t e d by e le c tr io m ill exhaust fan s oupled.to 8 " v lo tu o liio pipes laid along the floor o f th< hord to vhloh a re attaohod venturi olotho, , _ ^ _ __ ,, At tlm e~of Inspeotlon tho volume en terin g the mind was ltJ.OOO c.'f.ia, end on'the retu rn sid e 1 ,0 0 0 d .f .m , w itiren in ta k e teim uraturo o f 89D -- 67#fPW w h ils t On the retu rn side th e teoperbture reoorded bus 82 D - 68 7 ' Taaporctures throughout" tho mine were found to be s a t i s ; f a o to r y w ith an avorego c i'fe re n o e in K1U o f 4 degrees. Puring the course o* the inspnotion i t was noted the d i 3s l lo a o "wa8 operotlng op to the end o f rood a t fooe and the ` a tte n tio n o f the manager waB drawn td t h i s fa o t* Ifi reply t o 'a question ob to the ncmber o f oooaaions i t would be-neoessary t o r th e looo to enter eaoh bord per s h i f t I tob in fom ed 3 to 4* Jhtf'grade h e ir d e fin ite ly in favour o f the load and the la rg e r end heavy trucks in use i t would be"impos8ible to get the eaptieo into the fooe otherwise than by meohonioal hauloge* * As I understand speoinl"perm isalon"woe"granted to the Company to uoe d ie se l looomotlon underground and although the fumes do cause a o ligh t smarting o f the eyoe i f One i t oempetled to follow the looo into a bord'oe was my experience 1 would not i be prepared to issu e a otateaenfc th a t euoh voltmes would co n stitu te Produced in Asbestos Perecnal Injury Cases: Abrcns lead and f f i d to Richard F. Scruggs 5Q1 -2 - a dfinger to the h ea lth o f tho m unless same had* been a s c e r .tainod hy oheoioal a n a ly sis* *X th erefo r# ro B p ectfu lly suggest that e i i snmples"be obtained from bords daring the period the looo iB operating, therein* Vith regard to dost in " the corking p k o e s * with One exoept- " ion ootflta were in tho v itJin ity f 200 p*p*o*c* ond under*" The one exception Y? re g iste re d in Bord Vo* d"righfc anfl resa lte d in a 95 the maohincaan operatin g a t thh e x tra se " rig h t hand B id e .o f th e bord; w L ilst" the v en tu ri ly in g on the broken d ir t and th ero fS rc the a i r flow being thus retarded was a t the ea>* treae l e f t hand B id ** t request was*enterBa in tho Heoord bood that venturi olot 1*3 u o t be kept to fboe and suspended# . - M , . , **" the qneotion O f fttoefl from the d ie s e l looo In detelojaont ties and th e eat^etision o f ventttML olotba th e o o n d lt- ion^of the T e n tlla tlo n was found to be s a tis fa o to r y * SurfeoeT T T -N o t *0*P&tion the k i l l was i d l t owing io"a d ecision W change tho soreons" fo r purpose oV oaabating wnstt in the t a i l s and therefore Z was Unable to obtain dust samples in the H ess* coca which I s adjaoent to the K i l l . However th e re was su ^-fioient evidenotl o f dost in " th e " " building to warrant a request thht a f t e r onb week the new Pining room^ situ ated seme f o f a n i l o from tho mine ole old b e made follow ing Qn inspootlflji U1 Ills TPKTTTllluing in t h e Hnnnfleff- I pas given on osourahoo th at immediately " o ' etolec tr ic ia n hod caapleted the w iring -the request would be oooeded At"the present* time there uro 120 mon employed. 50 under ground and VO on B u rfeoa. " On" p le tio n "0f the in sp ection * M atters requ irin g th e atten tio n o f th ella n a g er were entered in the Becord book* itt ached p le a se ^xna-oanv iini.Li,,r lll>4- ^ n r T * " T ^ itlla tio n nl 1*0a i t ion o f main fi4 a o x illi& ry ftttiB Produced in Asbestos Pe- f K r v Cases: Abrcnsjcao Rifihard F. L c.lsgs \