WELCOME TO THE GRADE 3/4 TOUR

OF THEDAWSON MINE

by Mrs Butler

Waiting for the bus to arrive

Still waiting ............

and still waiting......................

Don’t we look intelligent

Our tour guide, Layla

Let the tour begin........

And now we see a close up

Is a mine natural or man-made?

A dump truck being refueled

Dump trucks waiting to begin work

Looking into a pit from the viewing tower

On the right is a drill

Standing on the viewing platform

The bits of black is coal that has been dug up

Water trucks keep the roads wet to keep the dust down

A dump truck hauling dirt out of the pit

At the bottom of the viewing tower

Giving way to a dump truck

Do you remember how much coal the dump trucks can carry?

Cat 797B

Looking through the windscreen of the bus down the haul road

Layla answers all our questions

Everybody wave now........

We pass a dozer along the way

This is the construction of the new tunnel along Gibihi Road

A front end loader loads coal onto a truck

The dragline is busy digging for coal

It scoops up the dirt and dumps it to the side of the pit

The dragline runs on electricity

The End