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Old 18-12-2015, 15:16   #12
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Re: Yet again the Tories are allowing British Industry Grind to a halt

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Originally Posted by techguyone View Post


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I don't know if shafts etc have to be maintained, but presumably they got a shaft there in the first place, I'd have thought if they did it then, they can do it again if the will & need is great enough.
I can't see why not - I would imagine that if not maintained then the shafts and galleries would eventually flood, collapse or be far too hazardous to use again but I can't imagine that it would be impossible to dig new ones.

I expect that it would be far more expensive to dig new tunnels and hence make the cost of the coal higher but it might still be economic to do so in the future.
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