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FILE NAME Colonial Sugar Refinery CSR
DATE 1952 DOC CSR163
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Excerpt from Govt Inspection Reports for Wittenoom Gorge
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Report on Recent Inspections of Werth West end Timberley - by district Inspector of Mines Out Boylan J. 25.6.52
WITTRACI 14th May 1952
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Austreiden Blus Asbestos
Ante men of which approximately 85 work around are now employing 285
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reminder 87 are employed
the township Of the
note that there is now
underground It is interesting to
employees and
practically no turnover in
underground very little in the surface sections
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amounted to
For the past two montke production of fibre
340 approx 250 tons per month As a
has
production
340 tons per month will just pay costs it will be
of 210
the company is
a credit income from
seen that at last
the operations
32 enowing the
introduction
Unerground of
conditions
are
very
satisfactory
end
more sir lege Ens crented such an
| increase
in men shift production that there is a
ground shift
surplus of minara
shift Whilstpays are slec high ranging from between 5 to 1U2nder-
one
globe
underground I filament in use
Lotioc^' electric These
caplumps
with
per
only
quelted but as safety
globes or 'new to me and I re-
be used During the
precaution only globes with t o
filements pushed ahead at a
past few months duveiniment work has been
past
the
major
repid rute
fault shown
une
has
chown
the
the
fiore
content
tent
new hdit will be
on our plans is not economic con-
offices The position of commenced from a position wear the
m in 800's
Coordinates
se
the
obown
adit
entrance
will
be
appr^1160
on Australiaz Blue Jebeuton plon 1 7
80 The edit will follow a direction
will be
approx K20 W.
The upper
150'x It is
opened up and stone blocks 150'x 150 will be
seam only
anticipsted that each block will
usensd up
estimated on 80 extraction Surface produce 200 tone ci fibre
carried
out
in
a position
100'E
und
prospecting
2100 1
is
fluo
being
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the dust
Several additions heva been acde in the mill
hazard agoin become evident I have
and {
company to totally enclose ink or cycloneo If the
the mill
section
now instructed the and place loger extract-
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temperature increuses cool air is to be
A new changeroom is zleo to be built
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COPY PROK HIIND FILE NO 31/521
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QUVERINFRIT OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
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Engineer The State Lining
PERTHIGA
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CUE 17th September 195
itereunder are brief notes made during my recent tour
of inspection -
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NITTON NITTON Australiur Blue Asbestos
MINES DEPT
request
.Conditions here have improved still more At
request
the
mill
building
is
boing
totally
crclosed
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great improvement can already be seen in just control
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Pro-
duction is now on a paying basis but as the presert_price presert_price
received for the qsbestos is of un irfleted riture it is
evidert that production must increase urtil the
at
least
500
tons
of abhentos
per month before
outgut
the
touches
car be classed as a sourd business
project Several Iterations
screaring and bagging have been made and this has also
in .
the dust ruiserc~
.
this
lesserad
severs cru back A zore of severs
set back has been encountered underground fibre ims beer
encountered underground this stretches right across from itterson Gorge to Testern
Gorge ard 1,500 Thnon Shar
The area of useless fibre is ut
least 1,500 ft mide
This zone is located in the
area chown un plans
This set uvek
mujor fault
ar overage foot ) 12 mortis
uevelopment for ( or The new adit workings 120
being rushed ahend the although although the set back in
will be lost
It is arto
severe no tim
qsting to rote that practice has
reverted to the use of machine burs currying 2? nachines are th"t
Ju
hos quick quick
and air 13 a rip used in the lurLD Kim ft footage in enfertial Very few t^er lesve
dura
itterood rom