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Not boys from the blackstuff, but boys from the potash mine. This photo was taken outside the surface workshops. From L to R: Bob Beadnell, Jack Wren, Wilf Mackinder, Gordon Fletcher, Albert Breckon, Jimmy Warral, John Richardson, Les Atkinson, Mel Picket, Raymond Pearson, Frank Smith, Ray Broom, John James, Colin Philipson, Alan Cox, Terry Robinson, Jeff Verrill, Dennis Bulman, and last but not least Colin Readman.
It doesn’t always go smoothly underground – I can imagine this caused considerable hazard underground, loads of toxic fumes, smoke and, worst of all, a lack of oxygen.
An example of the immense working pressures involved. This pillar was located in the far south of the mine in a panel mined late 2001 and completed early 2002, (and the instability of the crystal structures involved, possibly). (image courtesy of A Franks and information kindly supplied by Tim Coleman – who actually took this image when he was the Rock Mechanics Engineer at Boulby.)
An accident at Boulby Potash, the vehicle has gone from one level to another the short way! (image courtesy of A Franks)
Just to show that even modern mining isn’t without its hazards, here’s an image of a roof fall caused by the somewhat unstable (in air) compound Carnalite. (Carnalite (KMgCl3·6H2O, hydrous magnesium and potassium chloride). Carnalite crystallizes in a rhombic system and has a hardness of 2.5, the same as the finger nail. It usually displays a granular structure. Carnalite can be colourless, pinkish or reddish, always with a vitreous gloss. Carnalite is deliquescent, it dissolves even in the air humidity. Its taste is salty, spicy after the potassium and bitter after the magnesium content – from a web definition, rodders)
Sometimes it just isn’t your day! Running repairs on a big Cat! (image courtesy of A Franks)
A Class 37, number 37515, passes through Carlin How with a trainload of Potash from Boulby.
I think this is the same train looking towards the dispersal sidings at the filling bay.
This is a guess on my part – but looking at the train of wagons in the background I guess this hopper fills the rail wagons with Potash.
OK you troglodytes, time for another set of images from Boulby Potash. Didn’t know they had a Stock Car track down there! |
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