A "V" trough rock dust barrier, which acts as a heat sink to prevents or suppresses a coal dust explosion, at No. 5 Mine of Gamerco near Gallup, McKinley County, New Mexico in 1926.
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Resource ID
2652
Access
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Historic date (YYYY-MM-DD)
1926
Title
A "V" trough rock dust barrier, which acts as a heat sink to prevents or suppresses a coal dust explosion, at No. 5 Mine of Gamerco near Gallup, McKinley County, New Mexico in 1926.
Credit
Courtesy of John Kleiner, New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources, Historic Photograph Archives, Socorro, NM 87801
Copyright code
Please use citation included with item.
Comments
Note: Description of dust barrier's function included with photo. One 8"X10" in duplicate box.
GrantFund
G20AS00008 USGS NGGDPP
Collection or Project name
Kleiner, John
Main
Mining
Subject
Interior, Mine, Ore car, Tunnel, Underground
Other
V-trough rock dust barrier; rock dust barrier; McKinley; Gallup; Gamerco; No. 5; coal dust explosion
Commodity
coal
Creator
Kleiner, John
Marker lat / long: 35.528084, -108.742577 (WGS84)