Feds Propose Concrete Pipe System for Escaping Mines

November 8, 2007

  • November 12, 2007 at 3:38 am
    caffiend says:
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    Have to admit that I’ve not seen it, can you provide any info on it? Or a link to where it can be seen?

    Have to admit thou that not too many people would do well in a 3-foot wide pipe with a long crawl. Especially if they have been injured in some fashion.

  • November 13, 2007 at 10:55 am
    lastbat says:
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    We have pipes that withstand pressures of several tons at the bottom of the ocean. Maybe this is made of the same stuff.

    As for nobody thinking of it before – I’m sure we’ve all seen a solution at one point or another that seemed to simple to not have been thought of before.

    I’d like to see it in some test runs.

  • November 13, 2007 at 4:26 am
    Bob says:
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    OK first of all, Im sure they thought of it b4, but if its expensive, it would take legislation to force them to do it. As far as an explosion, I dont really get it, if the explosion could destroy the pipe wouldnt it kill the people too?

    And as far as crawling up the pipe? I think they could throw in a rope no problem.

    For workers that wont fit in the pipe? They are probably unhealthy to begin with and this could be an incentive to lose weight.



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