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Post by John on Oct 7, 2010 7:33:01 GMT -5
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Post by John on Oct 7, 2010 7:35:11 GMT -5
And here's some video from Youtube.
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Post by John on Oct 7, 2010 7:36:26 GMT -5
And another video of of one of it's other drifts.
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Post by erichall on Oct 15, 2010 7:11:39 GMT -5
Definitely a Drift mine, John. In fact it eventually had FOUR drifts.
originally worked in the Clowne seam, then drifted into the Two Foot Seam.
On the opening of the Two foot seam, it became a ropeless mine, everything being supplied by Free Steered Vehicles.
Will do a full history at a later date.
By the way, its original name wasthe 'Bluebell' Mine. It was originally opened as a 'stop-gap; for men to be used on hand filling until retirement. These were the men transferred from local mines who were considered too old to adapt to mechanisation. but like Topsy, it grewed.
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Post by John on Oct 15, 2010 8:14:30 GMT -5
Hope the video's brought happy memories back Eric.
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Post by erichall on Oct 16, 2010 5:27:50 GMT -5
They certainly did. I've actually seen them before, and I know the gentlemen who took them. Worked for a number of years with both of them.
The no 4 Adit brings back many memories. A section of the hillside on which High Moor was built was extracted, and the exposed surface was roofbolted until access could be made. meanwhile, a Titan Header was sent from Shirebrook colliery and made ready on the surface until such time as the heading had advanced far enough to accommodate it. This heading was cut and fired carefully and the debris outloaded using LHD's Meanwhile the surface adit and a connection to the fan adit was concreted, and the machine driven in to the heading. The team used were officially Area Development men, and the heading was classified as a separate entity, with its own Manager etc. The Manager used came from the recently closed , nearby Westthorpe pit. In order not to interfere with the running of the colliery, and to cover for absences by the Manager, I was maintained in my position as Safety Engineer, but appointed Deputy manager of No.4 so I had the advantage of seeing the drift from its begining to its commisioning, and then it became part of High Moor itself. I road, and walked that drift many times.
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Post by John on Oct 16, 2010 7:32:56 GMT -5
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Post by erichall on Apr 22, 2011 9:57:22 GMT -5
Trawling through some old photos yesterday for something completely different, isn't it always the case, when I came across three photos taken at High Moor early in the life of the No.4 Adit. These show the machine which had been used at Shirebrook Colliery, and was brought overground on a low loader. Here it is being unloaded from it's flat bed truck alongside what was the Powder Store. From here it was driven into the new adit, and commenced its journey into the newly formed entrance and from where it drove the No.4 Adit. A further picture shows the Coal Tower where the crushed ROM coal, complete with all the dirt and its sweetening coal passed after being crushed. It was then loaded into 36 ton Coal lorries, and despatched to the nearby coal-fired power stations of Cottam and High Marnham in the 'notorious Trent 'Kilowatt' Valley. Attachments:
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Post by John on Apr 22, 2011 10:39:31 GMT -5
Eric, I use Photobucket to store images for posting. Photobucket is free to use, there are others like Flickr and others.
Photobucket allows you to upload photos, size them if necessary and edit them. You upload photos in your photobucket account direct from your computer, it's 100% safe!!
When uploaded, you will see four codes either under the photo or at side of it when you move your mouse over the photo in question.
The code you need is the "IMG" code, just move your mouse pointer over the "IMG" code and left click, it will briefly show as copied.
In your post here just paste the IMG code, don't worry that all you see is IMG and the URL inbetween the IMG tags, that's normal, you can "preview your post" if you wish and you will see the photo, I don't bother these days and just go ahead and post.
If you go to any post I included a photo of, click on "quote" you should see the IMG code of the photo to clarify what I just posted.
I'll take a look at how you posted the picture of the road header.
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Post by John on Apr 22, 2011 10:49:12 GMT -5
Ahhh I see, you posted the photo as an attachment, I wouldn't advise that way of posting pictures, stick with the photo repository sites, they are all free to register with and use. The only problem with them is if you remove photos in your account, they are no longer viewable here.
After posting a photo, click enter, select your next IMG code and paste here, ditto with the next etc, that's how I posted the GEB photos, bit like this:-
IMG and the rest of the code
IMG and the rest of the code
IMG and the rest of the code
In the above example, if I'd "pasted" the code of three pictures, the post would show three pictures.
Hope that helps, I'm thinking of doing some tutorials using screen captured images with pointers. Like "they say" a picture is worth a thousand words.
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