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MSHA News Release: [10/09/2002]
Contact Name: Rodney
Brown
Phone Number: (202) 693-9425
Mine Mapping Symposium Seeks Solutions to Quecreek
Event to be held Oct. 29 in Charleston,
WV
ARLINGTON, Va. — The U.S. Department of Labor's Mine Safety
and Health Administration (MSHA) is inviting mining industry representatives to
attend a one-day seminar on Oct. 29 to address the problem of verifying the
locations of old, underground mines across the country. The proximity of an
abandoned underground mine to an active mine contributed to the recent water
inundation at the Quecreek Mine in Somerset County, Pa., which trapped nine
coal miners underground for three days.
“Inaccurate mine maps or the lack of maps for many abandoned,
underground mines throughout the country poses a significant problem for the
U.S. mining industry,” said Dave D. Lauriski, assistant secretary of labor
for mine safety and health. “We need to solicit ideas from the most
talented, knowledgeable people in the mining industry to come up with a
workable solution to this problem. We want to avoid another Quecreek
situation.”
MSHA’s Symposium on Geotechnical Methods for Mine Mapping
Verification will be held in Charleston, W.Va., on Tuesday, Oct. 29, 2002, at
the Charleston Civic Center.
Miners, mine operators, academicians, and vendors as well as state and
federal mining officials are being asked to attend the symposium which will
include panel discussions, question and answer sessions, individual
presentations, and displays of the latest technology for detecting abandoned
underground mines.
Interested participants may obtain further information or pre-register
for the event by sending an e-mail to bdon@msha.gov or by calling
202-693-9477.
The Charleston Civic Center is located at 200 Civic Center Drive.
On-site registration begins at 8:30 a.m. and the symposium begins at 9 a.m.
There is no charge to attend.
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