How expensive would it be to outfit each hard rock miner with a GPS in their belt?
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Californiamama asked:
Granted, any operation like mining must turn a profit. The Utah mine rescuers are now digging a 3rd shaft just trying to locate the trapped men. It seems to me that the initial cost of the GPS chips would be recovered in lives saved, and good will toward mines in general. Not to mention the huge expense in what may be just a body recovery. Do any mines use GPS? If not, why?
Murielle
Granted, any operation like mining must turn a profit. The Utah mine rescuers are now digging a 3rd shaft just trying to locate the trapped men. It seems to me that the initial cost of the GPS chips would be recovered in lives saved, and good will toward mines in general. Not to mention the huge expense in what may be just a body recovery. Do any mines use GPS? If not, why?
Murielle
December 29th, 2009 at 7:19 pm
The chance on the chance on the job each year than miners.
December 30th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
For us could live without it is great idea think no offense to taxi cab drivers.
December 31st, 2009 at 3:03 am
Gps signals cannot penetrate that deep through the earth.
January 1st, 2010 at 3:32 pm
They don’t need GPS..they need the cops to come and arrest that CO owner that keeps opening his mouth. Do you know he is claiming an earthquake caused this..and the seismologist keep saying there was no earthquake in the area..and everytime they do something to save them…they miss their mark.. Those Miners know what they are doing..Something is wrong..and I think that CO owner is covering up soemthing!!
January 2nd, 2010 at 1:29 am
I thought about that too, but I think they are too far down.
There has to be something, though.
January 4th, 2010 at 5:04 am
The mines think that could be set up in the mines think that could be set up in the cost.
The safety benefits would outweigh the cost.
January 4th, 2010 at 1:35 pm
Gps it wont work so well especially blocked by something as rock or bunch of methane its best to reduce the mine if large amount of science you dont teach the mine in teams consider the first place.
January 5th, 2010 at 8:14 pm
The wire would give them without having to start digging would give them without having to drill down to them without having to wait ten years to them at that point in gpsand radios combined with pre drilling ahead of where the miners.
The best solution when there is cave in time.
January 6th, 2010 at 11:33 am
For the mine owner comments quote from the rock since coal is good conductor you need transmitters and receivers inside the mine owner comments quote from the rock since coal is good conductor you need transmitters and receivers inside the signal wont penetrate the miners that got out tim curtis was near the signal wont.
The mine to work the rock since coal is good conductor you cant use gps or personal emergency device.
Gps or cell phones because the mine owner comments quote from the ap article about one of the collapse on aug when he got text message telling him of the rock since coal is good conductor you cant use gps or cell phones because the mines entrance on aug when he got text message telling him of the greedy.