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Chilean Mining Chilean Mining DisasterDisaster
A Case StudyA Case Study
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• P6n have been looking at Victorian coal mines for our topic.
• Coal mines in the Victorian era were dangerous places to work and often there were terrible accidents such as explosions and cave-ins.
• Mining disasters are still an issue today in the 21st Century and there have been two high-profile cases in the news since August.
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• We did a case study on the Chilean Mining Disaster, an incident which shocked and gripped the attention of the whole world…
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Introduction: an overview Introduction: an overview of the disasterof the disaster• On the 5th August 2010 the
world was shocked because 33 miners became trapped in a Chilean mine following a cave in.
• They got out on the 13th October - that’s 69 days without sunlight or fresh air.
• The mine had already had a disaster so it should have been shut down!
• By Cameron and Eimantas
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The conditions in the The conditions in the minemine
• The miners were 3 miles underground and away from fresh air.
• They only had 1.2miles of galleries to move around in. It was very dirty and cramped.
• Ventilation problems led them to move to a tunnel to shelter for the rest of their time stuck down in the mine.
By Paula and Matthew
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How the miners survived How the miners survived trapped in the minetrapped in the mine
• The miners got their food and drink from the people on the surface sending food down a very long tube.
• Before they were having food sent down to the mine, the men were living on just two spoon fulls of tuna and a sip of milk a day.
• They only ate meat and rice because the rescue tube was 66cm in diameter and nothing else could fit down to reach them. By Brendan and AmberBy Brendan and Amber
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Thoughts and feelings of Thoughts and feelings of the miners and their the miners and their familiesfamilies
• Videos were sent up to the families from the miners.
• “Dario knows we’re all up here and now he has to be strong,” said Dario’s mum.
• Osman Araya sent a message to his wife and daughter saying, “I will fight to the end to be with you.”
By Ami and Brandon
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Camp Hope• The relatives of the
miners stayed in their cars nearby and prayed for a miracle.
• People stuck flags in the ground for each miner at Camp Hope.
• Camp Hope is going to be turned into a museum.
By: Dean and Nicole
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The machinery used in The machinery used in the rescuethe rescue
• An American man named Jeff Hart drilled the hole that helped get the miners out. The crew used a Schramm T130 drill.
• Each miner was strapped into a harness 21 inches (53 cm) wide inside a bullet-shaped capsule.
• The rescue crews planned to raise the miners one by one with the pod.
• By Kristen and Katie
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TheThe RescueRescue MissionMission
• It took 50 minutes for each miner to be rescued, with the rescue operation taking forty-eight hours to complete.
• Florencio Avalos, aged thirty-one, was the first miner to be rescued.
• The thirty-three miners were pulled up in a capsule safely to land.
By Lauren and Reece
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The impact of the disaster The impact of the disaster on the rest of the worldon the rest of the world
• The disaster took over all the newspaper pages and TV programmes.
• Lots of countries such as the U.K, Brazil and Peru contacted Chile to send their support.
• People all over the world tuned in to see the rescue mission live on the internet.
By: By: AlexAlex and and JohanJohan
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What happened when What happened when the miners were the miners were
rescued?rescued?• The miners sung
songs and gave their family members hugs and kisses when they reached the surface.
• All of the 33 men had to go to hospital.
• One man had to stay in hospital longer because he was traumatised.
By Lisa and Connor
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• The Chilean miners were very lucky to survive their ordeal.
• Others have not be so lucky. Just two weeks ago, 29 New Zealand miners lost their lives in a mining disaster.
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