Work at an underground mine, and the answer is yes. The hoist is operated by a person that has manual control of the cage and there is a cage tender that uses a belling system to tell the hoist operator what to do. The people hoist at mine is 3 tiers, but somewhere around 10-14 feet height of standing room for each tier and with full doors so you can’t fall out.
I think the bottom station is around 6400 feet, I’ve only gotten off around 5000 feet but that’s about 2-3 minutes down and probably 4 up. It’s fast enough down that my ears don’t adjust on their own and I have to manually pop my ears about 2-3 times on the way.
Yes, fellow surface-dweller, I see. I’ve been in a few caves and didn’t like the experience. Maybe man-made tunnels are different but I ain’t gonna go find out.
Fresh heading? Gotta scale that to get rid of loose rocks and beware moving machinery. Established area? Already scaled, metal screening installed, and possibly shotcrete added which makes it pretty safe.
There’s offices down there, with AC and whatnot. Just no plumbing in the traditional sense. It’s pretty neat, but I definitely still prefer surface.
I would imagine so. What’s a little twice-daily six foot drop on the knees of these poor bastards up top?
But maybe it chugged down one level at a time to avoid potential collisions from dropping workers. Can’t say that I’m well-read on the subject - or that I really know anything about the subject at all other than that safety regulations in the past were utter dogshit.
Like how do they board and deboard? Move it flush with the ground for each level?
Work at an underground mine, and the answer is yes. The hoist is operated by a person that has manual control of the cage and there is a cage tender that uses a belling system to tell the hoist operator what to do. The people hoist at mine is 3 tiers, but somewhere around 10-14 feet height of standing room for each tier and with full doors so you can’t fall out.
How deep is the mine you work at and how long does it take the elevator to go up and down?
I think the bottom station is around 6400 feet, I’ve only gotten off around 5000 feet but that’s about 2-3 minutes down and probably 4 up. It’s fast enough down that my ears don’t adjust on their own and I have to manually pop my ears about 2-3 times on the way.
Scary stuff, whatever you’re mining, thanks. I couldn’t do it.
No praise needed, it’s gold and I’m not doing the hard work. I’m in a support role and work on surface. But thank you anyways!
Yes, fellow surface-dweller, I see. I’ve been in a few caves and didn’t like the experience. Maybe man-made tunnels are different but I ain’t gonna go find out.
Fresh heading? Gotta scale that to get rid of loose rocks and beware moving machinery. Established area? Already scaled, metal screening installed, and possibly shotcrete added which makes it pretty safe. There’s offices down there, with AC and whatnot. Just no plumbing in the traditional sense. It’s pretty neat, but I definitely still prefer surface.
I imagine they squeeze themselves in and out.
Squeeze yes, I’m talking if they have to jump down (or jump up to load).
I would imagine so. What’s a little twice-daily six foot drop on the knees of these poor bastards up top?
But maybe it chugged down one level at a time to avoid potential collisions from dropping workers. Can’t say that I’m well-read on the subject - or that I really know anything about the subject at all other than that safety regulations in the past were utter dogshit.