Pike River Recovery Agency reaches furthest point in drift re-entry © Newshub Pike River Recovery Agency reaches furthest point in drift re-entry
The Pike River Recovery Agency (PRRA) has reached the furthest point it plans to go to in the mine s re-entry efforts.
The agency said recovery workers reached the roof fall yesterday, which is 2.26km up the mine drift access tunnel.
Chief operating officer Dinghy Pattinson said the team finished the last of the forensic work in front of the roof fall about 11.30am yesterday. We completed tunnelling through the plug late last week, and breaking through to the end of the drift was monumental. The boys and I feel pretty good to have now got as far as we can in the drift. That job has been done, and it has been done safely, Pattinson said.
The job has been done : Pike River Mine re-entry team reaches end of drift
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Major milestone reached in Pike River operation
23 Dec, 2020 12:34 AM
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NZ Herald
Miners have reached the Roscil Plug, near the end of the drift, in the Pike River mine.
It is the Pike River Recovery Agency s final milestone for the year and was reached last night, 349 days after dismantling the 170m barrier.
On November 19, 2010, an explosion at the mine was reported about 3.44pm. Only two people walked out of the mine that day – 29 people were unaccounted for.
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Advertisement We ve now achieved another milestone, reaching the Rocsil Plug around 2244m up the Pike River Mine drift. This is as far as we go this year, as we close down for Christmas today and restart on Tuesday, 5 January, 2021.
The work to re-enter the Pike River mine has reached a significant step, with the workers last night reaching the Rocsil Plug near the end of the drift.
Geotechnical engineer Rick Lee, mine worker Luke Taylor, chief operating officer Dinghy Pattinson, mine manager/health and safety manager Greg Duncan, and mine maintenance planner Liam Collins at the Rocsil Plug.
Photo: Pike River Recovery Agency
The temporary expanding foam plug, which was installed in November 2019 via a borehole, creates a separation barrier between the fresh air atmosphere in the drift and the nitrogen and methane atmosphere of the mine workings.
Pike River Recovery Agency chief operating officer Dinghy Pattinson, said work would end until next year.
The plug, made from a concrete-like resin which can be sprayed and hardens to form a seal, was installed in early November 2019 to allow the drift to be recovered in fresh air. “We’ve now achieved another milestone – reaching the Rocsil plug around 2244m up the Pike River Mine drift. This is as far as we go this year,” he said.
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Geotechnical engineer Rick Lee, mine worker Luke Taylor, chief operating officer Dinghy Pattinson, mine manager / health and safety manager Greg Duncan and mine maintenance planner Liam Collins at the Rocsil Plug on Wednesday. The agency is closing down for Christmas on Wednesday and will restart on January 5.
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