Show mr mil goes m TT TV T va I 1 to Ws daily work r vi t f Z 14 fl f 01 fit a M I 1 at 94 W f X aitio 0 pa 4 W vii 1 1 ew rz AZ mechanization ventilation improves working conditions in underground industry the life of a miner is is much the same as the life that you and I 1 live when he leaves leases home ionic lit in the morning he gen generall genei crall ally drives to the mine or rides wit fel fellow low workers provided lie he lives ines too far from his work to walk upon arrival at the mine mine he enters the change room ft where here he dons working clothes and a hard hat ha which aich is is attached atta clied with lamp to laight light his way beyond the electric lights underground there are a number of jobs which require courage skill and intelligence if he is is a eager he takes his place at the c controls of a huge electrically driven hoist which lowers and lifts the cages in a shaft he may be a trammer operating a locomotive that pulls a string of cars or he may take Ms place at the controls of a mechanical which scoops ps up ole ore or waste and loads it into into a mine car there is electrical work to be done and he may put in his shift wiring or he may be a who do does e s his days ays w work 0 rk much th the e same as a carpenter if he is a drill oper operator he assumes s ume s his post at the end of a liner or drifter and directs the machine toward unknown new ground machines have eliminated virtually all of the land hand work of mining and most underground workers are skilled in several or all phases of machine operation after his days work has been completed he travels to surface via tram and hoist and he then returns to the change room here he ha takes a shower in a modern modem sanitary shower room and dons regular clothing for his return retura home |