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[March 2005]
Halloysite Clay Mine Passes Health and Safety Inspection
Atlas Mining Company (Osburn, ID, USA) said it had passed various safety inspections administered by the Mine Safety and Health Administration which oversees all worker-related safety issues for the mining industry in the USA.
President and CEO William Jacobson said: "Since applying for our MSHA number last April, the Dragon Mine has been inspected several times. Each time our operation was deemed compliant and safe by MSHA with few corrections to be made. Our goal, right from the very beginning, has been to do this project methodically, and in such a way as to minimize the inherent dangers to our miners and support crews. We've remained compliant with all state and federal regulations".
Starting about the middle of January, the mine area began accumulating quite a bit of snow. "The snow has made everything pretty slippery in that clay," explained Jacobson, "but our crews are continuing to work in spite of these conditions and continue to mine and process product."
The latest inspection was a courtesy by the MSHA authorities to determine if the processing facility at the mill site is in compliance with its regulations. The mill site is where the halloysite clay is moved from the underground to the hopper that feeds the raw material to the KDS Micronex processing machine and then transfers it to a bagging operation.
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