Roy Morton
10 years ago
Some good shots here, apart from the apparently unstemmed shot holes. Well worth a watch, even with the cheesey 'Chommondley Warner' commentary.

"You Chinese think of everything!"
"But I''m not Chinese!"
"Then you must have forgotten something!"
Graigfawr
10 years ago
The drilling footage shows numerous closely spaced holes. I believe this is Holman's testing and training quarry / mine. Can anyone confirm?
Tin Miner
10 years ago
Many thanks for the link Roy... hadn't seen that one before
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10 years ago
I like the cheezer, still in use down 1970's Crofty.

Mine(s) ID anyone?

Lozz.
Graigfawr
10 years ago
"lozz" wrote:

I like the cheezer, still in use down 1970's Crofty.



I'd not previously encountered that name for a slusher; it's rather good.
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10 years ago
The cheezer is not the slusher, the cheezer (or cheesa) is what the safety fuses were lit with, that's what we called them anyways, there might be another name for them.

Lozz.
Pinzgauer
10 years ago
Portfires ?
Who threw the overalls in Mrs Murphy''s Chowder ??
Graigfawr
10 years ago
"lozz" wrote:

The cheezer is not the slusher, the cheezer (or cheesa) is what the safety fuses were lit with, that's what we called them anyways, there might be another name for them.
Lozz.



I can't get rid of the image of the slusher as being a bit like a giant cheese parer...
Morrisman
10 years ago
Is that East Pool and Agar Taylors shaft.
Some of the construction certainly looks like it including the aerial Ropeway which was in operation from 1933 after the electric tram system closed.
Roy Morton
10 years ago
Pretty sure it's East Pool Mine, and yes it does look like Holman's test mine with the drilling rig. A good collection of shots and interestingly a rare shot of a Frue vanner at work.
Yes Chris, these films have a Habit of popping up when you think you've seen them all.
The guys 'beating the boryer' are really going for it and the guy holding the boryer has his hands uncomfortably close to the top.
The 'Cheesa' sticks; I've got a couple made by Astra pyrotechnics of Kent, but I seem to remember seeing ICI ones too. They really did stink of cheese when fresh.
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Roy Morton
10 years ago
Just Found my 'Cheesa's'
The grid is in centimetres so they measure up to about 25.5cm or 10" in real language.

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"Roy Morton" wrote:

Just Found my 'Cheesa's'
The grid is in centimetres so they measure up to about 25.5cm or 10" in real language.

🔗100371[linkphoto]100371[/linkphoto][/link]



Them's the ones.

Lozz.
Roy Morton
10 years ago
Any Idea what was in them to make them stink so much?

EDIT: Just Googled the term and it turns out that, according to the OED, Cheesa is a Zulu term meaning to burn.
Composition is Cordite with Ammonium Oxalate and shellac in a cardboard tube.
Lots of references to the South African mines where they were in use years before being licensed in the UK (1956).
I guess before that date they used a fag :lol:
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"Roy Morton" wrote:

Any Idea what was in them to make them stink so much?

EDIT: Just Googled the term and it turns out that, according to the OED, Cheesa is a Zulu term meaning to burn.
Composition is Cordite with Ammonium Oxalate and shellac in a cardboard tube.
Lots of references to the South African mines where they were in use years before being licensed in the UK (1956).
I guess before that date they used a fag :lol:



The South African connection fits the bill Roy, quite a few shift bosses and miners at Crofty had spent time in the SA goldmines.

Lozz.
exspelio
10 years ago
Brought back memories of using a slusher to clear out the stopes in Sallet Hole, used to drop the ore down a raise for the Eimco's to muck out from the bottom, - early '80's.
I acquired one for TSG, but I think some bright spark scrapped it :curse::curse:
Always remember, nature is in charge, get it wrong and it is you who suffers!.
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"lozz" wrote:

"Roy Morton" wrote:

Any Idea what was in them to make them stink so much?

EDIT: Just Googled the term and it turns out that, according to the OED, Cheesa is a Zulu term meaning to burn.
Composition is Cordite with Ammonium Oxalate and shellac in a cardboard tube.
Lots of references to the South African mines where they were in use years before being licensed in the UK (1956).
I guess before that date they used a fag :lol:



The South African connection fits the bill Roy, quite a few shift bosses and miners at Crofty had spent time in the SA goldmines.

Lozz.



The word 'cheesa' is one of the words of the mining language Chikabanga which was used throughout mines in Southern Africa.
Roy Morton
10 years ago
My father worked in South Africa for over 30years and mentioned Chikabanga, as a language used in the construction industry, mainly among Zulu and Bantu.
I never thought much about it at the time, but I came across this interesting link here -

http://www.twala.co.uk/p733567263/h22f90be0#h29f1c376 

Cheesa seems to be used to describe a blast or explosion, or to light up (fuse) and also to describe anything to do with heat or hot.
Fascinating stuff.
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