because the narrator uses the words such as‚ they‚ them‚ etc. . The author talks about the stampeders‚ and how the miners struggled throughout the bad timing in the gold rush. Also the topic is‚ most of the miners worked so hard‚ yet the outcome wasn’t as planned. For example in the text it says‚ “The work necessary to retrieve gold was incredible.” And this means that‚ the miners struggled to get gold‚ but when it happened they were pleased. As well as the first passage‚ the third passage/video
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lot of effects on the people who got in it. Disability was one of them‚ and so was death of course. These were used as themes for many of the poems he had produced. ‘Miners’ and ‘Disabled’ were both written during the period of WW1. They share the reality of war and the effects of it on humans‚ both psychological and physical. ‘Miners’ is Owen’s respond on a colliery disaster‚ which caused a big shock to him and made him very disappointed. Many men and even young boys were killed there and he wanted
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of independence‚ and the importance of a generous heart”.In the movie Stenders shows how a group of people who move to Dampier to become miners and earn more money. Red helps them by bringing them together as a community‚ he shows the importance of love and friendship. Red Dog pulls the community together by making the town more than “just a bunch of dirty miners…” . He makes them
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Martin explores the following: (1). A coal company sensitive only to profit incentives. (2). State regulatory agencies inadequately enforcing mine safety legislation. (3). Federal officials and mine unions complacent about a growing problem. (4). The miners incapable of protecting themselves against the impending disaster. Ultimately‚ “Modern society depends on the proper functioning of unseen administrative arrangements--- for safeguarding our environment; for protecting the purity of our food; for
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Coal mines were more unsafe than the factories in many way. Miners´ lungs were often affected by the coal dust that filled the air around them. There were many other problems that made the mines so dangerous. In an article of the working conditions of miners‚ it is stated‚ ¨Problems included flooding and the presence of explosive gases (called fire damp). A spark‚ which could easily come from a miner’s axe
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Ib. Coal Mining in India We want to give a brief overview on the current scope of coal mining and consumption in India. In 2009‚ India (526 million tonnes) was the third biggest hard coal producer after China (2‚971 Mt) and the USA (919Mt). 85 per cent of coal is produced by Coal India Limited (CIL)‚ the world largest coal mining company‚ currently employing around 380‚000 permanent workers and running around 500 mines in India. Around 55 per cent of energy production in India stems from coal‚
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during this time‚ including women taking over the role of men back in the homestead and how the lives of the miners in California were. When many people think of the men who were the forty-niners‚ many people seem to think of unmarried men who were unattached‚ who were rebellious‚ poor‚ and had a working class identity in society. That stereotype however‚ is completely untrue. Many of the miners were far from being poor. In fact‚ they had to have some money in order to make the journey from the East
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main force behind the country’s economy but this has not always been the case. South Africa’s large diamond mining industry started with the discovery of a large diamond on 1886 by a young shepherd named Erasmus Jacobs. The discovery brought in many miners from different parts of the world to South Africa and this lead to the discovery of a bigger diamond in 1871. This created a diamond rush in South Africa that change the country’s economy‚ politics system‚ religion and culture. Thought this lecture
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under the surface of shallow underground streams. To use the pan‚ a miner would place a small amount of soil‚ gravel and/or sand into a pan as well as a significant amount of water. The miner would then swirl out the muddy water leaving gold specks at the bottom of the pan that had sunk to the bottom when the water was being swirled. Shaft mining – when gold started to become scarce just under the surface of the ground‚ miners turned to digging deep holes‚ or shafts‚ in the ground. These shafts
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in the case‚ which can be environmental‚ situational‚ human or ergonomic. Environmental Hazards Mining is a dangerous occupation‚ and many of these dangers are associated with the environment in which the miners worked. One environmental hazard evident in this case was the dangers the miners encountered while working underground. While working in this type of situation there are always threats of cave-ins and because the environment is underground there would be a lack of natural light. Situational
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