2010-08-25

coal mine

Pit props

Much of this blog is devoted to the abundant forests in Saarland and Lorraine. This is why many of the forests are there.
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Location: Petite-Rosselle, France

11 comments:

  1. Joan ElizabethAugust 25, 2010 at 9:48 AM

    Is this a historic mine. Surely they are not propping up pits with wood today?

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  2. Cezar and LéiaAugust 25, 2010 at 11:20 AM

    I like a lot the angle in this picture, I'm a kind of dizzy! :)
    Very interesting subject this mine!
    Léia

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  3. SandraAugust 25, 2010 at 1:43 PM

    Fascinating. Your blog has become a learning experience to me. :)

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  4. arabesqueAugust 25, 2010 at 2:54 PM

    interesting, i have so much to learn about forest and stuffs. i like how it looks upclose.
    and i can say, you really are fond of trees. ^0^

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  5. UnknownAugust 25, 2010 at 3:38 PM

    Impressive! Scary at the same time... as I am now thinking of all those miners stuck 700m below the surface somewhere in Chile!

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  6. ElenaAugust 25, 2010 at 4:30 PM

    Cuantas talas de árboles se necesitan para construir una sola galeria de una mina? Mejor no pensarlo! Un abrazo!

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  7. EkiAugust 25, 2010 at 4:54 PM

    If I had not read your introductory note, I would not have believed that the pictures in this blog are produced from mobile phones. Their quality and compositions are beautiful. What are these? Stilts?

    Thanks for following my blog. I'm following yours too. Looking forward to more interesting shots from your cell phones.

    Eki

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  8. jooAugust 25, 2010 at 6:34 PM

    Eventually I know what happens to the forests:)

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  9. Catalina GinardAugust 25, 2010 at 10:16 PM

    curiosa, interesante el poder visitar una...un abrazo

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  10. ABAugust 26, 2010 at 7:59 AM

    Thanks for the comments.

    Joan Elizabeth: This is just a reconstruction in a museum. There was an audio-visual exhibit that showed how they moved from wood, to rigid steel, to hydraulics and then to some machine that automatically inches forward.

    Cezar and Léia: Obrigado.

    Sandra: Gracias.

    arabesque: Thanks. Be sure there will be more trees and wood to come.

    JM: Yes, things have got better over time and the miners no longer have to physically hew the coal, but still the life seems tough: dirty, noisy, badly-lit and dangerous.

    Elena: Lo bueno para esta zona es que se ha quedado con muchos bosques.

    Eki: Thanks. This shot is of the wooden “props” that are used to keep the mine shafts from collapsing.

    joo: You have such forests for the mines in Silesia?

    Catarina: En realidad es un museo en el terreno de una antigua mina. Lo gracioso es que bajas en un ascensor y parece que estás bajando mucho. En realidad supongo que casi no bajas nada.

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  11. DomAugust 26, 2010 at 11:27 AM

    fascinating... never been inside one of those strange places...

    thanks for your comment too

    cheers
    Dom

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