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sparty_lea
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16 years ago

Be careful where you burn your rubbish
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=fkHfnp2czZQ&feature=related
Coal fire started at surface in 1962 in Centralia Pennsylvania and still going strong.

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Tezarchaeon
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16 years ago

That place is the main influence for the Silent Hill games/film.

carnkie
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16 years ago

When it comes to mine fires China and India take some beating. In 2004, China ended a mine fire at Liuhuanggou colliery, near Urumqi in Xinjiang province. It had been burning since 1874!
Pennsylvania state has the most mine fires; I believe there is another one on the go at Vanderbilt.

Edit.
Just to add China's coal fires burn 20 – 30 million tons of coal a year!!!

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royfellows
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16 years ago

There was one years ago near where I live at Great Wyrley, Grove Colliery now disused.
When I was a kid we used to climb the tips to where a fissure issued smoke and fumes. I can remember seeing some kind of crystallisation inside, but did not feel any inclination to put my hand in to investigate!
Anyone have any idea what this could have been.

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sparty_lea
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16 years ago

If it was coming up through a shale tip gypsum is a likely one.
Same stuff that forms most of the efflorescent coatings on the shale in the Nenthead mines.

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stuey
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16 years ago

Interesting stuff. I've pondered series of rock with pyrite and oil.... a "while" ago, Burning Cliff was named near Ringstead Bay, Weymouthish after decomposing pyrite ignited oil... I find it rather hard to believe myself, but it's theoretically possible.

Some numbskull had a similar idea to use deep mines up north as a source of producer gas (CO and H2) by setting fire to the seam. The Chinese coal fires contribute about 3% of the world's total CO2 output. Good job the green stuff is busy converting it back.....