Post by rob52 on May 10, 2015 4:59:57 GMT -5
Wambo Homestead Starting Out
The Lads into it
ie pre Longwall at the Homestead site roof fall on CM. Vent tubing to face for Aux Fan. Safety clothing just king gee or yakka shorts….don't worry about a respirator
Posing
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Did a Box Cut and drove the CM straight into the coal seam at say 30m down…started out as Bord & Pillar but plans were soon laid for Longwall. Kept the bord & pillar ops going while the main headings & M/G + T/G development roads were driven for the first Retreat Longwall. Took eight (8) longwall blocks out to south of main headings, seam dipped away and we followed it. Then turned around and took LW9 parallel to Main Headings but we had to flyash & cement grout up the old Bord & Pillar workings so we could mine the Longwall through it, while Wollemi Super Pit Was developed. But things did not go so well at Wollemi and we were delayed going across so had to Grout up more old Bord & Pillar workings and take LW9a parallel to LW9 & the Main Headings, had to pull the block up short though else would have drained the Wollembi Brook that would not have been a good outcome..
I fancy you can just see the roof of the Original Heritage Listed (or it should have been)WAMBO Cattle Station Sandstone Homestead at the top of the Highwall…not much stands in the way of Old King Coal.
Rob
The Lads into it
ie pre Longwall at the Homestead site roof fall on CM. Vent tubing to face for Aux Fan. Safety clothing just king gee or yakka shorts….don't worry about a respirator
Posing
General Page
Did a Box Cut and drove the CM straight into the coal seam at say 30m down…started out as Bord & Pillar but plans were soon laid for Longwall. Kept the bord & pillar ops going while the main headings & M/G + T/G development roads were driven for the first Retreat Longwall. Took eight (8) longwall blocks out to south of main headings, seam dipped away and we followed it. Then turned around and took LW9 parallel to Main Headings but we had to flyash & cement grout up the old Bord & Pillar workings so we could mine the Longwall through it, while Wollemi Super Pit Was developed. But things did not go so well at Wollemi and we were delayed going across so had to Grout up more old Bord & Pillar workings and take LW9a parallel to LW9 & the Main Headings, had to pull the block up short though else would have drained the Wollembi Brook that would not have been a good outcome..
I fancy you can just see the roof of the Original Heritage Listed (or it should have been)WAMBO Cattle Station Sandstone Homestead at the top of the Highwall…not much stands in the way of Old King Coal.
Rob