Comments on: Legacy of Fire http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/05/legacy-of-fire/ Fri, 10 Feb 2012 02:54:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 By: explorer http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/05/legacy-of-fire/comment-page-1/#comment-569 explorer Tue, 24 Jun 2008 14:51:03 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/05/02/legacy-of-fire/#comment-569 Like dcclark said, Larry Lankton's "Cradle to Grave" has a great section on this fire. He mentions how the damage to the mine would of been considerably less if they had acted sooner in sealing off the shafts. But with the familes standing around, and act on the companies part to do that would of seemed heartless and cruel. Letting the fire burn and destroy a good deal of the No. 3 shaft could be considered a public relations move in today's corporate world. Like dcclark said, Larry Lankton’s “Cradle to Grave” has a great section on this fire. He mentions how the damage to the mine would of been considerably less if they had acted sooner in sealing off the shafts. But with the familes standing around, and act on the companies part to do that would of seemed heartless and cruel. Letting the fire burn and destroy a good deal of the No. 3 shaft could be considered a public relations move in today’s corporate world.

]]> By: dcclark http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/05/legacy-of-fire/comment-page-1/#comment-568 dcclark Tue, 24 Jun 2008 01:12:42 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/05/02/legacy-of-fire/#comment-568 The Osceola shafts were definitely covered (by heavy, sealed doors) in an effort to smother the fire -- that's how most big mine fires were put out. However, the shafts weren't covered until several hours after the fire started. Lankton spends a lot of time writing about that, and how the manager was certain that nobody could have made it out just a few minutes after the fire was started -- but he kept the shafts open just in case, to avoid the potential liability. The Osceola shafts were definitely covered (by heavy, sealed doors) in an effort to smother the fire — that’s how most big mine fires were put out. However, the shafts weren’t covered until several hours after the fire started. Lankton spends a lot of time writing about that, and how the manager was certain that nobody could have made it out just a few minutes after the fire was started — but he kept the shafts open just in case, to avoid the potential liability.

]]> By: Jay Balliet http://www.coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/05/legacy-of-fire/comment-page-1/#comment-567 Jay Balliet Mon, 23 Jun 2008 22:04:32 +0000 http://coppercountryexplorer.com/2007/05/02/legacy-of-fire/#comment-567 I read somewhere (Boom Copper I think) that they actually capped the shaft in an effort to smother the flames much to the horror of onlookers. But like you said, the smoke was way too thick to send anyone down to rescue any trapped miners. It may have been a different mine though. I read somewhere (Boom Copper I think) that they actually capped the shaft in an effort to smother the flames much to the horror of onlookers. But like you said, the smoke was way too thick to send anyone down to rescue any trapped miners.

It may have been a different mine though.

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