[SirLinksalot]

safe boxes with O2 were tried, and failed when the surviving miners lived long enough to be baked alive in the box when the coal burned around them. No one in the US will build/install one now because the F'n trial lawyers.

Excuse me for my ignorance, I'm trying to understand your point...

1) The Canadian mine was for potash, the WV mine was for Coal, how big a difference was it in terms of survivability ? Are you saying that had the mine been a potash one, there would have been enough O2 for the WV miners to survive ?

2) I don't understand why trial lawyers would object to building a safer box with more than enough O2.

3) I have been reading from the Slimes and other MSM (including CNN ) that the rules for mining have been relaxed, now you are saying they haven't... how do we know what really is going on ?

[xcamel]

1) Coal burns (in the mine) Potash does not, and only a machine could catch fire. Coal mine fires can burn for years because the fuel is unlimited. (and there is enough air trapped in the coal to sustain combustion)

2) O2 +unlimited fuel is a recipe for disaster. a "safe box" in a coal mine fire is like putting a hamster in a microwave and turning it on high.

3) Forget the MSM - they're clueless. Read the MSHA safety reports. (Mining has it's own OSHA) and their safety record has improved 500% even since the Clinton years (Clinton tried to get rid of the MSHA).

4) WV has taken the lead to strengthen state rules that are even more stringent than the federal rules.