BS: Chilean trapped miners - All Out & Safe!

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: Mr Happy
Date: 15 Sep 10 - 09:17 AM

.........so the rules on smoking down the mines now rescinded?

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: Gurney
Date: 15 Sep 10 - 03:55 PM

This isn't a coal mine, Mr. Happy. They're the mines with an explosive gas problem everywhere. And the guys trapped are experienced, so they possibly have a Davy Lamp with them so that they can test for firedamp.

From my own long-ago experience, miners are very much aware of the dangers of their profession, far more so than the average workman, because the dangers are far more immediate.

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 17 Sep 10 - 10:24 PM

Drill reaches trapped Chile miners A drilling operation has reached 33 miners trapped in a Chile mine since early August, but the 630-metre deep hole now must be widened to bring the men out safely, a government official said.

The work still required to extract the miners was to take at least another six weeks, according to officials' estimates ...

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: Ebbie
Date: 17 Sep 10 - 10:35 PM

Wonderful to hear of the progress!

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: open mike
Date: 18 Sep 10 - 01:29 AM

http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2010/9/18/worldupdates/2010-09-18T100929Z_01_NOOTR_RTRMDNC_0_-515818-2&sec=Worldupdates

I hope they will be rescued soon. I wish for
Fresh air and sunshine for them all!

One of them has proposed to marry his girlfriend of 25 years...
I hope they get the chance to do this soon!

i read that besides just visiting, some of the wives and mistresses are competing for possible compensation or support payments..

maybe the guys would just rather stay down below!

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 18 Sep 10 - 02:54 AM

tho the miner who has a new baby is probably eager to get to the fresh air & sunshine.

sandra

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 06 Oct 10 - 09:10 PM

It's looking hopeful - Chile drill will reach miners 'in days', say engineers

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: katlaughing
Date: 06 Oct 10 - 10:10 PM

That is wonderful news, McGrath, thanks for the update!

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: GUEST,Ebbie, housesitting
Date: 07 Oct 10 - 12:25 AM

Oh, how I hope that things go well. And now it looks like they've gained more time. The other day they speculated it would be late October.

I like that touch about sun glasses!

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: GUEST,Patsy
Date: 07 Oct 10 - 09:41 AM

I'm glad that it is getting closer and closer to them getting out. It sounds hopeful.

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 08 Oct 10 - 01:37 PM

Chile miners should be reached 'within hours'

8th October: Rescuers hope to reach the 33 miners trapped underground in Chile within 24 hours, the mining minister says.

Laurence Golborne said drilling equipment was being changed in preparation for the final push, but he said it would be three to eight days before the rescue mission would begin.

Engineers said the shaft was now just 34m (112ft) from the chamber.

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: GUEST,mg
Date: 08 Oct 10 - 02:00 PM

I know they were concerned about those who were overweight because they would not fit..any word if they have lost enough weight? mg

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: katlaughing
Date: 08 Oct 10 - 02:16 PM

I would imagine they have all lost some weight. One really good thing is they have set routines for work, sleep, personal time, etc. There's a neat sort of grid with pictures of each team on THIS PAGE. The oldest one, who is 63, has been working down in the mines since he was 12 and had been thinking of retiring. 53 years of working down in there! Amazing fellows.

May they all come to the surface, safe and well. What a wonder this has been and will be..such an incredible feat and example of what good folks can do for a common cause.

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 09 Oct 10 - 10:26 AM

Breakthrough in Chile mine rescue

A bell was rung and, in the morning mist, relatives scrambled up a barren hillside overlooking the site. They chanted and waved red, white and blue Chilean flags.

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: katlaughing
Date: 09 Oct 10 - 11:47 AM

YES!!

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: Rumncoke
Date: 09 Oct 10 - 12:04 PM

I was just wondering what thoughts would go throught the head of the last man down there after the last but one man had climbed into the cage and been hauled up.

I think that it would seem to be a very long time before the cage reappeared.

Anne

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: katlaughing
Date: 09 Oct 10 - 02:26 PM

If I am reading it rightly, one of the miners won't be the last as there are teams of rescuers who are going to go down to assist them. I would think it would be one of them who would be last. T'would be a lonely, nerve-racking thing, to be sure. I'll bet if the oldest miner, 63, had his way, he'd be last as in a captain on a ship. Just guessing from what I've read about him.

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: Sandra in Sydney
Date: 09 Oct 10 - 11:48 PM

kat - The men had lost an estimated 10 kilograms each during the two-and-a-half weeks before they were found alive.
Rescuers finish escape shaft for miners
(extract) ... However they are still several days away from freedom as the nearly 625-metre metre rescue shaft needs to be checked.

Mining minister Laurence Golborne says rescuers expect to start bringing miners to the surface on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Mr Golborne says the the shaft drilled to the miners will only need to be partially reinforced with 16 steel tubes.

"We only need to case the first 96 metres with steel. It should take about a day and a half," he said.

"Once they're in place it should take us 48-hours to put the phoenix rescue capsule and the winch at the top of the mine in place.

"If everything goes according to plan we should be able to start rescuing the first miners at the start of the next week."

It will then take three to 10 days to winch them to the surface one at a time in special capsules just wider than a man's shoulders.

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: Charley Noble
Date: 10 Oct 10 - 10:45 AM

I do hope the rescue capsule works as designed.

This could be the basis for a very long ballad.

Charley Noble

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: Ebbie
Date: 10 Oct 10 - 12:15 PM

I just hope the ballad has a happy ending.

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 10 Oct 10 - 12:26 PM

If something went wrong with this shaft they've drilled, there's still a crew working on drilling another one just in case.

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: Ebbie
Date: 11 Oct 10 - 12:25 PM

They now expect to start hauling them out on Wednesday \/ (fingers crossed)

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: open mike
Date: 11 Oct 10 - 04:00 PM

most of them have lost weight...perhaps they could start a weight loss spa down there.

here is an article about the other changes they may have gone thru
with links to other articles.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/10/08/trapped-chile-miners-near-rescue-changed_n_756667.html

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: GUEST,mg
Date: 11 Oct 10 - 04:31 PM

Is it deep enough and have they been there long enough to get something similar to the bends? mg

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 11 Oct 10 - 05:19 PM

Could be - see here:

...Dr. Bailus Walker, an environmental and occupational medicine expert at Howard University Medical Center, says one concern is the effect the barometric pressure will have on their bodies as they're brought up. "   You'll see muscular aches and pains in the joints called 'the bends' as a result of the decompression. You could see some respiratory difficulties called 'the chokes.' You'll see increased blood pressure, and some lung damage–but the adequate supply of oxygen should keep lung problems at a minimum."

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: catspaw49
Date: 11 Oct 10 - 10:18 PM

For almost three months I've been reading this thread title and always thinking, "Gimmee a Chilean trapped miner on rye, light mayo, mustard, and kraut, with an order of slaw on the side."

Sorry......had to say it.........

On the plus side I too am looking forward to the next days!


Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: GUEST,leeneia
Date: 11 Oct 10 - 10:47 PM

Here's a link to an informative article from the Kansas City Star. The drilling firm whose shaft reached the miners is in the Kansas City area - about a mile from my house, in fact.

The article will put a lump in your throat, especially at the end.

drilling

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: Ebbie
Date: 12 Oct 10 - 12:47 AM

On tonight's news they said that a more potent reason for vying to be hauled up last is that that is the one who will be entered in the record books. They also said that the last man up will be the foreman of the group.

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: The Fooles Troupe
Date: 12 Oct 10 - 02:01 AM

Apparently an Aussie Engineer was involved in organizing the rescue ...

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: Jeri
Date: 12 Oct 10 - 10:13 PM

The first rescue worker is preparing to begin going down into the mine. Apparently, the plan has changed from sending 4 rescue workers down before bringing any miners up. They just said they'll send down one rescue worker, then bring one miner up.

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: Q (Frank Staplin)
Date: 12 Oct 10 - 10:24 PM

One rescue worker, and one medical examiner.

I am setting the alarm for 12:00GMT and will watch the BBCnews channel on cable TV; they are scheduled to broadcast live.

The foreman always is the last to be rescued; there are parallels with the captain of a ship. Don't know his physical condition, however, and this enters into determining the order.

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: Jeri
Date: 12 Oct 10 - 10:28 PM

They think the first rescue worker will get to the bottom in about 4 minutes. I hope I can at least see the first miner get to the surface.

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: Jeri
Date: 12 Oct 10 - 10:40 PM

He's down. The camera in the mine captured him arriving and getting out of the capsule. That guy got hugged by what have to be some very fragrant men. Absolutely amazing!

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: Jeri
Date: 12 Oct 10 - 11:15 PM

First miner is out.

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: ClaireBear
Date: 12 Oct 10 - 11:20 PM

What a wonderful thing to see --- or rather hear; I don't think the transmission bandwidth is quite equal to all the people who've logged on to CNN for video. We heard the applause and cheering, and got video in time for some hugging.

This is a joy.

C

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: GUEST,mg
Date: 12 Oct 10 - 11:24 PM

They are getting ready to put a second medic or whatever down but something seems to not be going right..the tube looks a bit crooked but I am sure they will straighten it out.

What is that song that goes the whole wide world is watching..oh..the hour that the ship comes in. mg

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: GUEST,mg
Date: 13 Oct 10 - 12:15 AM

second one is out and seems quite exhuberant and healthy. mg

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: ClaireBear
Date: 13 Oct 10 - 12:18 AM

Yelling, even. Wonder what he's saying? His wife seems amused...

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: Big Mick
Date: 13 Oct 10 - 12:19 AM

His response and excitement is very cool, eh, MG? What a neat thing to witness.

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: katlaughing
Date: 13 Oct 10 - 12:25 AM

Fantastic!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: Stilly River Sage
Date: 13 Oct 10 - 12:49 AM

I don't have cable so I'm watching CNN online.

http://edition.cnn.com/.

SRS

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: Slag
Date: 13 Oct 10 - 01:36 AM

TA DA!

Hundreds of millions of caring people, world wide now watch and rejoice!

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: Big Mick
Date: 13 Oct 10 - 01:38 AM

yeah, Tom. I need to go to bed, but I am riveted to this. The looks on the faces of the loved ones, as these gents emerge is priceless. And huzzah for El President, verdad?

Mick

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: GUEST,mg
Date: 13 Oct 10 - 02:18 AM

The world has changed forever because of this...changed utterly...in all sorts of ways..mg

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: GUEST,Lizzie Cornish
Date: 13 Oct 10 - 03:44 AM

I've just watched Jimmy Sanchez, the youngest miner, being brought out..and the tears started pouring down my face...SO much love at Camp Hope, and so many lessons about love, support, and the wonderful side of human nature to be learnt from all this..

It's already on Youtube...here's the very first miner being brought up.

Florencio Avalos being rescued..Youtube

May they all make it back safely.

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: Richie Black (misused acct, bad email)
Date: 13 Oct 10 - 05:15 AM

Wonderful news. What these men went through we can never start to imagine. I see the BBC has come under fire today for spending tens of thousands of pounds sending an 'extraordinary' army of staff to cover the story of the trapped Chilean miners.

About 35 corporation staff was there for the release of the trapped men, 2 more than those being rescued. Other organisations covering the event have been shocked at the numbers of corporation employees covering the story in South America.


Rivals such as ITV News and Sky News have sent nowhere near the same amount of people. Sky News have three people covering the story for radio, online and TV. ITV News has four.

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 13 Oct 10 - 07:52 AM

Rivals such as ITV News and Sky News have sent nowhere near the same amount of people.

Is anyone watching their coverage? The BBC had the right understanding of what a very special story this is. There's never been anything that really compares to it.

Good news. The world needs that.

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: McGrath of Harlow
Date: 13 Oct 10 - 08:03 AM

Number ten, Alex Vega Salazar, up safe and well and happy. Here's a page with all the names and pictures - Alex is second in Grupo Rampa.

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: GUEST
Date: 13 Oct 10 - 08:17 AM

Anyone written a song yet?
Skipy

Subject: RE: BS: Chilean trapped miners
From: olddude
Date: 13 Oct 10 - 08:29 AM

I tell you, I was standing up yelling and clapping ... how wonderful is that !!