Guys, I used to be a Mining Engineer way back in my past, but I still have quite a few friends and old classmates in the industry.
An idea came to mind while riding the railway road near Marikana, so I made a few calls.
All the mines in the area are interlinked – it provides safety and an alternative way out in the event of shaft or adit failure.
So how about an underground ride? So here is the plan I have discussed with the relevant mine managers.
We go down the 4 Incline shaft at Western Platinum on the West side of Brits, take their 5-level haulage West to the east side of Rustenburg Platinum mine, from there we take the No3 Sub-Vertical (big enough for 4 bikes at a time) to 6-Level and their East haulage under Marikana to the RusPlats no 6 Incline that brings us out just East of Rustenburg.
Something like this:-
I have checked the Mines and Works act and a crash helmet is legally acceptable as a hard-hat, but we would need to find a way to mount cap-lamps on our helmuts.
Anyone keen ? Some time towards the end of this month?
An idea came to mind while riding the railway road near Marikana, so I made a few calls.
All the mines in the area are interlinked – it provides safety and an alternative way out in the event of shaft or adit failure.
So how about an underground ride? So here is the plan I have discussed with the relevant mine managers.
We go down the 4 Incline shaft at Western Platinum on the West side of Brits, take their 5-level haulage West to the east side of Rustenburg Platinum mine, from there we take the No3 Sub-Vertical (big enough for 4 bikes at a time) to 6-Level and their East haulage under Marikana to the RusPlats no 6 Incline that brings us out just East of Rustenburg.
Something like this:-
I have checked the Mines and Works act and a crash helmet is legally acceptable as a hard-hat, but we would need to find a way to mount cap-lamps on our helmuts.
Anyone keen ? Some time towards the end of this month?
