As many miners know, that would also give ideal conditions for working at the coal face, and is not as costly as solid stowing.
Will he take the opportunity to go underground to see for himself why back stowing is impossible in retreat mining?
Were this not true, complete stowing would have been the practice in mining engineering many years ago.
Stowing away in an aircraft by trying to hide above the wheels, as some passengers have sought to do, is very precarious and dangerous.
It is generally understood and accepted that for the safe working of mines packing or stowing ought to take place as much as possible.
Since stowing started, we have never had an explosion.
One cannot get into this country simply by stowing away.
Pneumatic stowing is used on a very limited scale for packing waste returned from the surface, when it is needed for roof control.
