34th International Mining Games Cornwall 2012

The International Mining Games was held in the UK in 2012 for the first time in its 34 year history.   The Games was hosted by the best mining school in the world, Camborne School of Mines (CSM) at King Edward Mine, which was used for teaching mining for almost 100 years.

The competition took place on Saturday 31st March and Sunday 1st of April 2012.  The teams were from Australia, Germany, Netherlands, USA and UK.

Hundreds of photos!

There is a site on Word Press dedicated  to the 34th International Mining Games 

• First day photos (Women's Co-Ed and Alumni teams) 
• Second day photos (Men's teams)

Plus most of the teams

Results of the competition below;

These were the events;

• Jackleg Drilling – Drill into vertical concrete with a Holmans 303 airleg drill
• Track Laying – Set up and tear down a section of track, including sleepers, rail, connecting plates and bolts
• Hand Mucking – Run a 1 ton ore wagon down a 75 foot section of track and fill it
• Swede Saw – Saw through a 6’’x6’’ piece of timber with a 36’’ bow saw
• Gold Panning – Find five flattened ball bearings in a pan full of dirt and rock
• Hand Drilling – Drill into concrete using a 3 -4lb hammer and a 7/8’’ chisel
• Surveying – Teams are given a starting point and expected to report the coordinates of a finishing point using an old fashioned vernier transit

Background

The competition was started in 1978 in honour of the 91 miners that died in the Sunshine Mine disaster, USA in 1972, as well as miners that have since died in the line of duty.  The primary aim of the competition is to keep the “old-fashioned” mining techniques alive, many of which were developed in Cornwall.  CSM joined the competition in 2006 as 'Team GB'.

Final team list was;

Australia

Western Australian School of Mines (4)

WASM Wallabies (2)

University of Western Australia (1)

University of Queensland (2)

Germany

Bochum (2)

Netherlands

Delft (2)

USA

Arizona (2)

South Dakota School of Mines (2)

Missouri School of Science and Technology (4)

University of Kentucky (1)

Mackay School of Mines (1)

Montana Tech (2)

Colorado School of Mines (2)

Penn State (2)

Virginia Tech (1)

UK

                Camborne School of Mines (5)

 The sponsors were:

Gold: Goldfields

Silver: SRK Consulting, Sandvik, CSM Trust

Copper: Rio Tinto, UK Coal, Tetra Tech, Wardell Armstrong International

Tin: Imerys, British Gypsum, Komatsu, Central Asia Metals



For further details see the CSMMG website www.34iimg.com