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When was mining made
40 000 years ago really -
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Bone Tools
• When we first discovered mining 40 000 years ago I read that we used bones and flint to mine I am not sure if it is true or not -
Old Lighting
the first lamps in mines were open sausers of oil [the date isn't accurit] -
When dynamite was made
it extemely helped the mining indistry -
dangers of dynamite
Dynamite sped up mining but also made higher chances of the roof calpsing -
toxic gasses
when we're mining we encounter toxic gasses underground and since 1949 we have used methanometre to detect them -
safety first
now with better lighting in mines such as led lights -
Better equitment
Now we have drills and better equipment we don’t have to work as hard as are ancestors did -
technoligy rocks
Now with all of new machines and tools for mining they’ve become quicker than when they used pickaxes -
a breath of fresh air
In mines they have fans/vents to take out all the gasses so it becomes safer