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So ventilation was key," said Zachary Petroski, superintendent of the No. 9 Coal Mine and Museum. Now, construction is underway to give them a new home in a new building at the attraction in Lansford.
LANSFORD – A pair of 19th century steam-powered mine fans are being preserved at the No. 9 Coal Mine and Museum, officials announced Monday.With blades 30 and 35 feet in diameter, the giant fans ...
The $4 million Dorrance Fan House project at the No. 9 Coal Mine and Museum in Lansford is under roof. The building houses ...
MSHA Releases Ventilation Guidelines for Coal Mines. Aug 19, 2010; MSHA recently announced the release of four new program information bulletins (PIBs) pertaining to ventilation issues in ...
A worker at a NSW underground coal mine has been taken to hospital after she was injured servicing an exhaust fan. A 32 year old woman has been injured while servicing a resource fan in an ...
People living near the idled underground coal mine in Donkin, N.S., may be getting some relief soon after the mine's owner, Kameron Coal, announced plans to modify its ventilation system.
CHARLESTON, W.Va. – CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — Massey Energy is suing to strip the federal government of its power to influence how coal mines are ventilated. The troubled Richmond, Va.-based ...
Up to 1,020,000 Nm 3 /h of ventilation air methane and 60,000 Nm 3 /h of coal mine methane are thermally oxidized in the project using Durr’s Regenerative Thermal Oxidizer (RTO) technology.
Federal mine inspectors were told Monday to step up their enforcement of coal mine ventilation regulations to ensure companies are complying with standards designed to protect underground miners.
LANSFORD – A pair of 19th century steam-powered mine fans are being preserved at the No. 9 Coal Mine and Museum, officials announced Monday. With blades 30 and 35 feet in diameter, the giant ...