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FILE NAME Colonial Sugar Refinery CSR
DATE 1951 DOC CSR150
DOCUMENT DESCRIPTION Excerpt - Govt Inspection Results Noting Need
for Better Ventilation - Australian Blue Asbestos Mine - Wittenoom
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Department KALGOORLIE KALGOORLIE Elst August
1951
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Ventilation - AustraliAustralian an BBlue lue Asbestos Mine - Mitienoom
a visit was made to the asbestos mine operated by Australian
Blue Asbestos Ltd. at Witzenoom and underground workings and
treatment plant inspected The attached sheets give the tion of dust counts and temperature readings recorded
tabula-
In conjunction with the ventilation officer of the mine 50 air survey was completed and the accompanying plan gives direction and volume of air flow temperature readings and
. dust counts recorded in the air channels
with
The the
following points ngaged my attention
mine memenger Mr. Paul Thomes
and
were
discussed
Underground
fair volume of sir 17,560 c.f.m. enters the mine through
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the South haulage
aproxaimately pproapxroximately imately 300
and or another
edit on the uppers uppers am but after flowing
fest this volume dir^nishes to 11,560 c.f.m.
4 ft the initial volume is diminished to
5,25 c
it this
.m - isce then helf the volume volume which enters the mins entrance Frattices in poor condition and
a
ellow this good sir to escape through old
Arkin
wSE AS
circuit to the edust fen Some of the diers and rulators to the flow of
Lene estion
and ckled considely considely fus to
ring ring
Some doors need eining
strong revice f.8
atting
sprin especially g especs ially
station Hr Whes
said
self closing device
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Venturi ducts and
in most cases
cloth were not suspended to
were not
were lying n the floor of
up to the working face
and in
the
the walls and
workings Cloths
then 15 ft and this
70 ft
distance
no case were they neare
in
the No.
4 Drive
on
varied
the
being up
to
approximately
Upper Seam
approximately
sorbing inntilating
The section of the
inntilating inntilating inntilating
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poor
the sorbing
In the
position of the electric
face in development
Cans
and in
used
fan is shead of an
partic lar cases of the L
some
the sir to be
opening to the upper stam
Drive the
recirculated
and thus causes
The
ventilating of stopes secondary secondary mechanical
requires
attention
The
the
stope
is
ventilation advanced
is
urged
where
one
use
of
the
more than 10 ft
section of
stope
past the general face of
.
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Ventilation Officer
necessity At the time of my visit the
position of ventilation ventilation officer surveyor was filling the
officer is a
The appointment of
supervision necessity Ventilation on this mine
a permanent
sites as instaasnceevdidaebncoevde by Tthhee incorrect selectionneeodfsrm ao dre
action
necessary when when
they
they are
recording of temperatures and
found
great importance and if
to be too great is of
Mor supervision should for keeping keeping venturi
possible
be
dust
samples should
be
given by shirt bosses to the
taken
of the miners also ocbltoatihnsedup to the face and the co operation necessity
Tristment Flant
By comparing the result
| visit with these teken by Hr
of dust
samples
token
furing
this
be seen the conditions have Lloyd in September 1950 it will
problue problue to the
improved The Ingement is
net and
ons
installation
which
of
a
~s must
must
collector
exhaust to atmosphere above the mill
ing
build-
treatment olent appears
exhaust from the fens in
down by the wind
the walls of th- gorge sug estedsuggested that more
ft higher end in
to!
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trF toa
Whilst
the
fibre
boring
and
boring the mechine miner endeavours thus he is subjected to v
not
to bore in
ibral The country rock
ry little attack by the
varicuss
surrounding
ferriincestzite
the
fibre
is considered considered
16th of thich rock av
ferriinferciiencestszitetzferiiinctestziete or fries fries andstone
a high silics content
,
AS8
Teed sen be}
nF
oor,
tributed
Mee Eee ge
orking rieges ~
in
the
mainly to the factors
1 the look
aces of orking
or bring by jjed
of the use of
places and on
.
ater on the walls be ks and
the broken Cirt either left
2 The neglect by min to keep the venturi
working places and a lack of
cloths up to
supervision in this matter
of water
drying as
that
attention to the above matters The
mine could be achieved if a process
incorporated in the treatment plant
greater use of fibre-
bes
Since my visit to the mine the
been advised that Hr K. McMahon
Senior Inspector
has been
of Mines
tion Officer attrched to the
appointed Ventile-
erpointment
will
have
the
company It is hoped that this effect of improving supervision and
installation installation of ventilating appliances