Site to assist in the management of the North Wales Mine Inspections for the LCMLA
This years round of mine inspections is now complete 🙂
No major issues where found which is pleasing to hear! Full reports will be made available to purchase in the coming weeks. Thanks to all who helped out during the inspections.
A few weeks (maybe months!!) ago we had reports that the bridge in Bwlch y Plwm (top of the stope) was dead…
Good news it its now been fixed! The new bridge has yet to be secured to the floor so please be careful if you’re using it (the exit at that level was flooded when we looked at it last week (19th Oct, 2022). We’ll look to bolt/tie it down soon. There’s also no mesh on the top so it may become slippery over time; we’ll need to monitor this and sort it out if it’s problematic. Please do let us know!
Invoices have just gone out for this years mine inspection reports. Once payment has been received access to the reports will be made available. Please get in touch if you’ve not received your invoice (note they are sent to the email address you’ve provided us for invoicing)
This years round of mines inspections for North Wales is now complete. Access to the latest round of reports is being made available to those who’ve contributed to the costs of the four days. It would be greatly appreciated if those who’ve yet to contribute could do so.
Note the website has moved (slightly!) and been updated. The same is true of the google docs location.
This was the last year Les, who’s been inspecting the mines for us since 2014, with the role now being handed over to Steve. As a sign of our appreciation Les was presented an engraved miners lamp:
If others would like make a donation towards the cost of the lamp you can do so here:
Thanks to everyone that came along to the users meeting. A summary of what was discussed and decided can be dowloaded from a password protected link. All those who buy into the scheme have been provided a direct link, however for those who can’t get access, get in touch and I’ll pass on the password.
Gethin
Following previous years gatherings, we’ve arranged another opportunity for those working within the mines to get together, discuss any hot topics, concerns and find out about on-going projects and issues.
Details are also available here: www.northwalesmines.worpress.com
Rough Agenda
I’d hope we could rattle through this lot in a few hours, hope you can make it. Directions to Oaklands can be found here: http://oaklands-centre.co.uk/index.php/contact-us/how-to-find-us/
Gethin
31 January 2018
We’ve introduced a periodic inspection regime for the BAs in Rhiwbach, with a log of the inspections held on a red clipboard in the mine.
Illustrations of the cover sheet, log pages (blank and following first entries) and numbered/marked BAs are here
Could staff using the mine please make sure any defective BAs are removed from the mine given there’s no secure “isolation” bin for any found to be damaged. Please also let us know if you do remove any BAs so we can make sure we keep enough in stock either through the contact us part of this site or through the email group.Â
Here’s a video outlining the method used to float test a sample of the BAs. 2 older BAs were tested, both exceeded standard rated on the BA.
This system may well evolve based on feedback from users so feel free to get in touch if you think the system is not robust enough.
Following some recent observations and comments about the brow in Rhiwbach the GB team have been up to have another close look at the tell-tale paint marks.
There’s been the suggestion that small bits of the paint has been flaking off as it’s dried, rather than there been any movement in the main body of the brow. To try and resolve this the GB team re-painted the cracks and have provided the following photos.
Users may find it useful to print out a few of these photos so they can check for any changes.
Gethin
The latest set of mine reports are now available to those who are buying into this years scheme.
As with previous years the reports are only accessible to those who have bought into the scheme, if you’re working for a provider they should be providing you with access to the reports.
Gethin
