A Miners Nightmares

Mining Disaster

In Chile on august 5th 33 male adults (oldest 63 Mario Gomez) mining for copper & gold were eating their lunch in a cave when rocks weighing approximately 70,000 tons came tumbling down trapping them in their coffin.

The thing that the rescuers worry about the most is panic attacks & blood clots. Since the miners have been trapped for 2 months with no sunlight the miners have to wear special sunglasses to protect their eyes when they get out.

The rescue is underway, they start by drilling a shaft for the capsule (10 ft tall,21 inches wide) to drop down. The rescuers have put a video camera in the capsule thats gonna be fixed on their eyes so they can tell/see signs of panic attacks. The miners are estimated 2300 feet underground so it will take about 48 hours to get all miners out.

(In conclusion) i'm sure it will be a relief when they get out, everyone wishes families good luck

and all we can do is hope this will work smoothly. They are sure to get lots of money when their free.

On Thursday the 14th at about 3:00 clock all the miners were out.

The Chile miners

On August the fifth, 33 men from Chile were mining copper and gold but 700,000 tons of rock fell and trapped the men. The oldest person down in the mine is 63 year old Mario Gomez. The mine is 2300 feet deep.

The problem for the men is if panic attacks start. They've been down there for 68 days. If they get blood clots it won't be a nice sight and they need sun light.

The rescue capsule is 21 inches wide and is ten feet high. They needed to drill a hole down first to send food, water and supplies. The capsule takes about 20 minutes to come up and down for one person. It will take 48 hours (2 days) for the whole operation.

In conclusion we all hope the men get out safely. They will want to see there family's because of how long they've been down there. They will get lots of money from interviews.

the miners tomb

On August the 5th while digging for copper and gold 700,000 tons of rock trapped the 33 miners(oldest 63 Mario Gomez)

The miners may have panic attacks or blood clots. they have not seen sunlight in 2 months which is why they need sunglasses,

the rescuers are using t130 drill to make a shaft to lower the machine(capsule) it will take twenty minutes per person 2 days for everyone .a ten foot capsule will be sent down.

there will be a lot of anticipation for the men they will be paid a lot because they will go on talking shows . they will be very happy for they can see the sun and their familys

Production lines

Room 13 have been learning about production lines for our inquiry over the last fortnight. We learnt that one tiny mess up in at the start could impact hugely on the final product. We also learnt that each organisation on the market would have a special department for each section of the product. Within those departments they would have specialists taught to make the best sub-section of that product to the best quality avaliable. The advantages of using a production line to make these paper planes was that it was faster, more efficient and made a better quality finished product. Here are some photos of our paper planes while in the production line.

On St Clair Hills

High on St Clair hills

The wind and rain around us

Seagulls squawking in the sea

Trying to eat you and me

Seals glazing on the beach

People climbing up and down the sand dunes

People walking down the beach

people coming near and far to see

Up on the hills we can see

People walking talking everywhere

Hills looking like crashing waves

Ready to land in the sea

White Island way out at sea

Looking like a whale breaching the surface

Walter so salty so blue

like the hot salt water pool

Where i know it's safe from predators

St clair poem

High on the hill of st Clair,

nice views of the rolling waves,

crashing and splashing againsted the sea wall.

I walk around to seconds beach,

I hope the cliffs don't fall,

I walk and talk about the hills,

I'm not scared any more

The life boats swim and swim out to save someone,

the waves crash up againsted the point like kid jumping,

in a puddles.

I jump up and down the sand dunes, as it erodes even more,

a person told me that's a no no don't do that any more.

St Clair Sands

The St Clair poles loom over the water

The wind howls in my face

As seagulls beg for food on the esplanade.

The shark bell stands still.

The esplanade lights up at night

As the smell of pies from pixie pastry wafters

Seconds beach tucked away

The salt water pool untouched all winter

As waves crash against the sea wall.

Yellow eyed penguins waddle along the endless beaches

Car scream down the esplanade

Horses trot along the dusty racecourse.

The seals sunbathe all day long

Dogs bark at cars rushing down the road.

By James McPherson