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Originally Posted by harmitage
Most if not all, abandoned pits can't be reopened without spending an unrealistically large amount of money and untried engineering. Once a pit is allowed to flood and fall into disrepair it's gone for good.
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i agree that is the problem .It was very shortsighted of the gov. to allow this to happen some of the larger pits should have been maintained .I do remember it was a big political issue at the time (shortley after the strike and the pits started to close ) but as usual maggie got her way and had them closed instead of mothballed
maybe the gov. should look at long term spending over say 10-15yrs to re-open some of the larger ones or even sink new shafts in new fields ..if there are new fields to be found
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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
If they decided to re -open the mines tomorrow, the mining families would all get together and dance with joy. And bring plenty of employment to those effected areas.
And with all the money this government and that governments before have waisted on new contraptions to create energy for the future, we have got that under the soil, we still import coal, so why not create our own.
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would the youth of today work down the pit?