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MINER`S WORK IN A COAL-MINE
THE REGION WE LIVE - ZAGŁĘBIE DĄBROWSKIE - HAS BEEN CONNECTED WITH COAL MINIG INDUSTRY FOR TENS OF YEARS
• THE FIRST COAL-MINE WAS FOUNDED IN 1785 IN DĄBROWA GÓRNICZA.
• BETWEEN 1785 AND 1939 THERE WERE 146 COAL-MINES OPERATING IN OUR REGION.
• THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE COAL MINING INDUSTRY RESULTED IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE RAILROAD BETWEEN WARSAW AND VIENNA AND THEN MODERNIZATION OF THE HEAVY INDUSTRY IN THE FIFTIES OF 20 th CENTURY.
• TILL TODAY THERE ARE ONLY A FEW COAL-MINES IN OUR REGION, HOWEVER MINERS ARE IMPORTANT LABOUR FORCE.
MINER`S WORK IS EXTREMELY HARD AND DANGEROUS.TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE WORKING CONDITIONS IN WHICH MINERS
WORK OUR PUPILS VISITED A TRAINING COAL-MINE IN DĄBROWA GÓRNICZA .
THE MAIN ENTRANCE INTO THE COAL- MINE
BEFORE ENTERING THE COAL-MINE WE HAD TO
PUT ON PROTECTIVE OVERCLOTHES
VENTILATING FAN (GROUND-BASED EQUIPMENT) HOIST (GROUND-BASED EQUIPMENT)
UNDERGROUND CORRIDORS IN THE COAL-MINE
THE GUIDE IS SHOWING WAGONS USED FOR
TRANSPORTING COAL ONTO THE GROUND
THESE WAGONS ARE USED FOR TRANSPORTING MINERS.
THE MONUMENT OF ST. BARBRA – THE PATRONESS OF MINERS.
MINERS CELEBRATE THEIR HOLIDAY ON 4 th DECEMBER
VENTILATING FANS BLOWING AIR INTO THE COAL – MINE MAKE A LOT OF CLANGOUR
A VENTILATING DUCT SUPPLYING AIR INTO THE COAL-MINE
A HOIST IS USED FOR PULLING WAGONS LOADED WITH COAL
A MECHANICAL COAL MINER
BELT CONVEYORS ARE USED FOR TRANSPORTING COAL
GLITTERING COAL WALL BEHIND WAS EXTREMELY IMPRESSIVE
MINERS HAVE DETECTORS WHICH WARN THEM
OF DANGEROUS GAS – METHANE
1. FACE MASKS2. LIFE KIT
3. A MINE LAMP LOADER
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A MINER IN A GALA DRESS AND A MINER IN
WORKING CLOTHES
MINERS` EMBLEMS
THE MINERS` EMBLEM CONSISTS OF A MINER`S HAMMER AND AN IRON WEDGE.
THEY ARE INSCRIBED IN A CIRCLE
MINERS` COLOURS ARE BLACK AND GREEN. THE BLACK COLOUR SYMBOLIZES THE BLACKNESS OF
THE UNDERGROUND. THE GREEN COLOUR SYMBOLIZES THE NATURE FOR WHICH MINERS
LONG WHILE WORKING UNDERGROUND.