Wood for underground use on the slagheap !

 

Wood for underground use on Prosper-Haniel colliery's slagheap !


Even if in most cases metal or steel is used underground, sometimes the wood cannot be replaced by it. That is why wood is used e.g. for the stabilization of some parts of a longwall mining area. For that reason a pile of wood has been placed next to one of the stations of the Cross on the slagheap of Prosper-Haniel colliery in the city of Bottrop (Germany).

© Oliver Thol