Mine Rescue Training.
The training is given in the gas tight room of Building No. 17, or in similar rooms at sub stations (Fig. 2, Plate XII). This room is made absolutely dark, and is filled with formaldehyde gas, SO_{2}, CO_{2}, or CO, produced by burning sulphur or charcoal on braziers. At each period of training, the miners enter and walk a distance of about 1 mile, the average distance usually traveled from the mine mouth to the working face or point of explosion. They then remove a number of timbers; lift a quantity of brick or hard lump coal into wheel barrows; climb through artificial tunnels, up and down inclines, and over surfaces strewn with coal or stone; operate a machine with a device attached to it, which automatically records the foot pounds of work done; and perform other vigorous exercise, during a period of 2 hours. This routine is repeated daily during 1 week, after which the rescue corps is considered sufficiently trained for active service. Next >> |
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