lise
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Post by lise on May 7, 2008 11:52:48 GMT -5
During 2008, Barrick expects to hire up to 3,600 people at many locations around the world in a wide variety. Visit their mining careers website to find specific positions and locations. |
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Post by dazbt on May 7, 2008 12:39:51 GMT -5
Hya Lise, welcome on board. Do you work for Barrick? I noticed they were in the news recently, or at least South Deep was, am I right in thinking that Barrick own South Deep or play some part in its operation?
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Post by John on May 8, 2008 6:19:50 GMT -5
I'm too old now, but I did apply to one of Barricks companies in Elko a few years back. The price of gold was dropping and they ended up cutting back. My application was filed for the time.
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Post by dazbt on May 8, 2008 6:27:32 GMT -5
I'm too old now, but I did apply to one of Barricks companies in Elko a few years back. The price of gold was dropping and they ended up cutting back. My application was filed for the time. Am saem as thee John, but even as a younger man I don't think I'd have been too enthusiastic about working at South Deep or any other mine where winding (or shaft ropes) fail by breakage in this day and age, doesn't exactly fill a miner with confidence when he has to face stepping onto a cage over one of the deepest vertical shafts in the world. Not for me now or then either. |
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Post by John on May 8, 2008 6:40:34 GMT -5
I'm too old now, but I did apply to one of Barricks companies in Elko a few years back. The price of gold was dropping and they ended up cutting back. My application was filed for the time. Am saem as thee John, but even as a younger man I don't think I'd have been too enthusiastic about working at South Deep or any other mine where winding (or shaft ropes) fail by breakage in this day and age, doesn't exactly fill a miner with confidence when he has to face stepping onto a cage over one of the deepest vertical shafts in the world. Not for me now or then either. Sounds a nasty company to work for Daz, never had to worry about rope failures at the last deep mine I worked at either, they changed their ropes well before the mandatory maximum time. That was Boulby in North Yorks. |
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Post by John on May 8, 2008 6:44:38 GMT -5
Just looked it up Daz, thats one of Goldfields mines, they used to be a good company to work for at one time.
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Post by dazbt on May 8, 2008 6:47:59 GMT -5
The depths quoted for that particular mine make Boulby seem like a Bell Pit
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Post by John on May 8, 2008 8:18:31 GMT -5
The depths quoted for that particular mine make Boulby seem like a Bell Pit I think the only mines in the UK that were deeper than Boulby were around Manchester. But three quarters of a miles a long way to fall if anything happened. |
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Post by dazbt on May 8, 2008 11:43:53 GMT -5
The depths quoted for that particular mine make Boulby seem like a Bell Pit I think the only mines in the UK that were deeper than Boulby were around Manchester. But three quarters of a miles a long way to fall if anything happened. I can't verify that these figures are accurate but I did search them out a couple of years ago; Boulby is (or was) the deepest shaft in the UK at 1,100 metres, the actual workings went to 1,400 metres. Harworth Colliery has a shaft depth of 1,005 metres recorded. Bickershaw was listed as being 941 yards but the workings extended to a vertical depth of 1,300 yards. But .................. when I read of the cage failure at the South Deep mine that resulted in the deaths of several miners who were in the cage when it fell 50 metres and one female onsetter presumably in the pit bottom, I found that is recorded as the world's deepest vertical single shaft at an incredible 2,991.45 metres, the mine workings further extending to a 4,100 metres vertical depth. All these figures are Googled and there may well be someone else here able to correct or add to these. |
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Clive
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Post by Clive on Dec 6, 2008 14:31:23 GMT -5
I think Parsonage was the deepest at one time, a thousand and ten yards. We did our u/g training at Bold and that was 950 yds to the bottom, then you went down a drift into the Trencherborne.
there had been some deep mines round manchester as well, Clifteon was deep, and I think from what I can remember shafts of 8' dia??? But could be wrong
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Post by John on Dec 7, 2008 9:00:04 GMT -5
Clive sent me these photos of Ayle. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++    |
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