FIRES IN THE MINES
Several recent fires, involving loss of life, have resulted in further tighten-ing-up precautions against fire on the Wilwatersrand (South Africa) gold mines. Candles have now been entirely eliminated from use underground and carbide lamps are now generally employed. The whole underground working area of a mine is divided into different "fire posts," and differently coloured metal discs are changed every 12 hours to prove that the district is free of smoke or. signs of fire. On.some mines metal tables or containers art being used to hold the "tschisa sticks" during the lighting up of charged holes, the lighting torch being retained in the tube until the torch is burned out. Fires have often been traced to the careless throwing away of the burning tschisa sticks. Often water is not available underground when needed, and in many instances small dams have been constructed to supply water in case of need. Worked-out areas which sometimes have been responsible for fires, are also being watered regularly. I
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Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 27, 31 July 1937, Page 10
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168FIRES IN THE MINES Evening Post, Volume CXXIV, Issue 27, 31 July 1937, Page 10
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