bigdavevw
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12 years ago
Hi, does anyone know a good website where i can find out how the pumps used to drain mines worked? Also head gear and winches.

Just to give myself more of an idea of how the mines i visit would have looked back in the day.

Dave
scooptram
12 years ago
are we talking electric pumps or beam engine powered? although all pumping is done in stages, the pump can only lift so much water so high in one go. down here (Cornwall) we have pumping and winding engines still kicking around
bigdavevw
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12 years ago
Hello, water powered and steam. A few of our sites in scotland are said to have been powered by traction engine
somersetminer
12 years ago
Bridon Rope has some good (technical) info freely available on head gear/winch systems

Roger the Cat
12 years ago
The Laxey Mines Research Group have some quite nice animations of clack valve pumps and other underground machinery.
http://www2.iomtoday.co.uk/hosted/mines/the%20site.htm 
Knocker
12 years ago
http://www.clarkechapman.co.uk/page/design/578 

Mackley make specialist pumps for the mining industry, these are normally bespoke, so there is not a wealth of design specifications widely available. However this gives a little insight into the power used in mine pumping: -

C2.5 million gallons per day at a head of 1370m utilising 2.08MW motor.
gNick
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12 years ago
See also Weir Minerals
http://www.weirminerals.com/default.aspx 

I've dealt with them for dredge pumps but they do mine pumps as well
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