Enjoy and thank goodness we don't work there. Don
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Unbelievable!
and this is in the country producing modern high speed trains, not to mention our hi-tech Lionel and MTH trains
OSHA would have a field day there. I wonder how many guys are missing toes. One guy didn't even have any socks on. Then there's the lady operating the winch. If that cable breaks under tension she is lined up perfectly to loose her head. Very sad when you see the horrible working and living conditions in some other countries.
And this is upscale from working conditions in one of that country's neighboring people's paradises!
And when the boss shows up, he has the nerve to ask "What Happened??"
Marty
How wonderful to be in a country where big government doesn't destroy the coal industry with regulations!
Professor Chaos posted:How wonderful to be in a country where big government doesn't destroy the coal industry with regulations!
So,,,,,,,the extremely low price, and abundance of, natural gas had nothing to do with it?
Someone's pay is going to be docked!!!!
Hot Water posted:Professor Chaos posted:How wonderful to be in a country where big government doesn't destroy the coal industry with regulations!
So,,,,,,,the extremely low price, and abundance of, natural gas had nothing to do with it?
Nope.
And China is also importing coal from various countries, including 40 million tons from the US in the first six months of this year.
Rusty
Hey, I got an idea, lets use a couple mules to pull those cars......
Professor Chaos posted:How wonderful to be in a country where big government doesn't destroy the coal industry with regulations!
Yes, let's go back to putting children to work in the mines.
It'll probably be the kids that are sent down the hill to retrieve the car.
They are mules only two legged ones.
My back hurts just watching that. I think I'll go lay down now.
De-regulation at its finest. 
What century is this?
You dig sixteen tons and what do you get?
Kinda saw that coming a mile away. Begs the question, who shot the video, and how did they know it was going to happen?
Elliot, after seeing the first dump on that spot, I would have rolled tape every time they dumped there. Would love to see the guys in the tunnel working. Don
This mine closed in the 1990's. This is amazing. Don
This last one seems like it at least made it into the early 20th century in terms of technology. Comparably more modern than the one in the first video.
Like the steam of the 1990's, these are disappearing quickly. In five years, China created 64 MILLION jobs with a goal of creating 10 million a year until 2020. Most of that is to support internal growth, as the middle class in China is exploding. When I walked through massive toy markets in Guangzhou last November, perhaps 40 percent of the toys were marketed for domestic; so you saw bins of toy F-14 Tomcats beside toy J-20 (Chinese) stealth fighters. The US government agency I worked for at the time (National Weather Service) has about 5,500 employees and maybe another 1,000 contractors. The Chinese Meteorological Agency has 50,000 employees and 19,000 contractors. They have massive amounts of money (most of which used to be ours), are investing in technology and infrastructure like crazy and supporting outreach into the developing world like the US did in the 1960's.
Their high population, low labor costs can be a real plus. For now, and from what I've seen the government is allowing quite loose capitalism take advantage of this to fuel growth (and the resulting pollution and dangerous working conditions) that would stagger most Americans.
In China, if your personal skills and talents make one in a million, there are a 1000 people just like you.
Interesting place. I hope GE is watching carefully; attempts to break into the US locomotive market when it comes back from the current slide would not surprise me.
Bob
Presume this line is not tied in with the Chinese high speed rail system.
Exceeded load limits. 
If you look at old American Pictures of mines in the 1800's you will see much of the same thing. Don
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