Mining In Daylight
It is likely that Britain’s coal miners will be the first in the world to work in daylight. Tests with flourescent lighting have proved so successful that the National Coal Board plans to install it, first in selected pits in Yorkshire, South Wales, and Scotland, and eventually in all suitable mines. It is declared that the lighting is practical along main haulage roads, helps to speed up traffic along the pit bottom, and is safe. Hitherto the use of electric lighting in mines has been hampered by the danger of explosions, but this risk has now been overcome.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 26, 2 March 1948, Page 2
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101Mining In Daylight Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 12, Issue 26, 2 March 1948, Page 2
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