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Metadata
Title |
NEUTRINO, Neutrino Phase I |
Date |
1963-1965 |
Description |
Series of photographs of Neutrino Phase 1. 520-1: James Bauman (left) and Lloyd Becker drilling in the inclined access drift to the lower section of the Main Chamber. Sharp Bits September 1965 Vol. 16 No. 8. pg. 3 "Drilling in the inclined access drift to the lower section of the Main Chamber are miners James Bauman (left) and Lloyd Becker. Their rock drills are mounted on air-fed "jack legs" and advance the drill steel approximately 5 to 6 feet into the walls and back of the drift. Rock bolts were then inserted in the drilled holes to give sufficient roof support." 520-2: Three unidentified men guiding a piece of machinery to its spot, 1965. 520-3: Darrell Taggart (left) and John Meade and Tom Shultz excavating the control room. Sharp Bits September 1965 Vol. 16 No. 8. "Excavating the control room north of the upper access drift are miners Darrell Taggart (left) and John Meade and Tom Shultz. A large section is already mined out and a final trimming is done. Meade (center) and Shultz drill horizontal holes to enlarge the room. In the background Taggart drills upward holes to form the specified height of the room." Sharp Bits Spring 1969, Vol. 20 No. 1 pg. 5 "Excavation of the various chambers for the Solar Neutrino Observatory was done by several of our Mine Department crews. Two crews mined the upper access drift, the Control Room, and the upper section of the Main Chamber. Two other crews excavated the inclined access drift, the Pump Room and the lower section of the Main Chamber. In four months these crews drilled, blasted and hauled over 7,000 tons of rock to the Yates Shaft waste dump." 520-6: Two unidentified men drilling into mine wall, 1965. 520-10: Robert Thoresen (left), Robert Cottingham, and Vino Paananen unloading the overhead traveler beam to the main chamber. Sharp Bits September 1965 Vol. 16 No. 8."Transporting the overhead traveler beam to the main chamber. The upper end of these long sections had to be chained to the hoisting cable above the cage in order to take them down the shaft. In this picture, one beam section is pulled out on the 4,850-foot level Yates Shaft station and loaded on a transporting car. Handling the unloading are Mine Department employees Robert Thoresen (left), Robert Cottingham, and Vino Paananen. (We regret to announce that Mr. Cottinham suffered a fatal heart attack while at work August 31)." 520-12: United States Bureau of Mines personnel, Tom Lukins (left) and Jim Ratliff (right) rock bolt strain testing and Bob Pritchett records the results, 1965. Sharp bits September 1965 Vol. 16 No. 8. "Close-up of rock bolt strain testing device operated by United States Bureau of Mines personnel, Tom Lukins (left) and Jim Ratliff (right). Bob Pritchett of our Mine Department Research and Planning Division records the results of the test." 520-13: Unidentified man operating a drill, 1965. 520-14: Tom Schultz tightening a rock bolt and Jim Ratliff of the U.S. Bureau of Mines is at the left,1965 Sharp Bits September 1965 Vol. 16 No. 8. "Tightening a rock bolt installed on the hole being drilled in the preceding photo [520-18] is Mine Department employee Tom Schultz. An air-operated impact wrench, fitted to the "jack-leg", provides the muscle for this job. Jim Ratliff of the U.S. Bureau of Mines is at the left." 520-15: Bureau of Mines men, Tom Lukins (Left) and Jim Ratliff and Tom Shultz of the Mine Department tightening rock bolts, 1965. Sharp Bits September 1965 Vol. 16 No. 8. "Bureau of Mines men, Tom Lukins (Left and Jim Ratliff, perform the final tightening operation using a finely calibrated torque wrench. Assisting them is Tom Shultz of the Mine Department. All rock bolts in the Solar Neutrino Experimental Area were torqued to a predetermined setting." 520-16: Unidentified man tightening a rock bolt, 1965. 520-17: U.S. Bureau of Mines personnel, assisted by Homestake Mining Company employees, performed rock-bolt strain tests throughout the entire Neutrino Experiment Area, 1965. Sharp Bits September 1965 Vol. 16 No. 8. "U.S. Bureau of Mines personnel, assisted by Homestake Mining Company employees, performed rock-bolt strain tests throughout the entire Neutrino Experiment Area. This hydraulically operated device exerts an even pull on the rock bolt. Reading can be taken of the number of pounds of pull exerted on the bolt and, before slippage, the amount of stretch in the bolt itself." 520-18: Miner Tom Shultz (left), operates the drill, as Bob Pritchett waits until the hole is bottomed, 1965. Sharp Bits September 1965 Vol. 16 No. 8. "Drilling a rock bolt hole in the arched back of the upper access drift between the Main Chamber and Control Room on the 4850-foot level was the first step in performing the rock bolt strain tests. Miner Tom Shultz (left), operates the drill, as Bob Pritchett waits until the hole is bottomed." 520-24: Arthur Crowley (left), and Jack O'Dell filling wheel barrows with concrete,1965. Sharp bits September 1965 Vol. 16 No. 8. "The floor in the chamber and other rooms was poured into several sections to give exact grade, paving mesh reinforcement and thickness. All concrete for foundations and floor was mixed on the surface, lowered at the Yates Shaft and hauled to the working area. The concrete was transported to the far corners by wheel barrows. These were easy to handle on the finished floor sections. Mine Department employees Arthur Crowley (left), and Jack Jack O'Dell were kept on the move as concrete came down the tube." 520-25: Paul Ellis (left) emptied a load of concrete around the tank foundations. Jack Barber stands behind him waiting to "finish" the floor, 1965. Sharp Bits September 1965 Vol. 16 No. 8. "The last section of floor in the Main Chamber was just about completed when Paul Ellis (left) of the Mine Department emptied his load around one of the tank foundations. Jack Barber of the Engineering and Construction Department is ready to start "finishing". The bolts sticking out of this pier will later be used to hold the huge tank in place. At the upper right, the drift and part of the Pump Room are visible." 520-26: Jack O'Dell (left) tamping a newly poured section of concrete floor and Paul Ellis waits,1965. Sharp Bits September 1965 Vol. 16 No. 8. "Tamping a newly poured section of concrete floor in the Main Chamber is Jack O'Dell (left). Paul Ellis waits to check and smooth the pour into the exact grade using the "straight edge" at right center. Note the metal strips at the top center. These are bolted to the walls for added strength." 520-27: Gordon Deters (left), James Bauman, Arthur Crowley and Harold Ludeman pouring a tank base foundation in the main chamber. Sharp bits September 1965 Vol. 16 No. 8. "Pouring a tank base foundation in the Main Chamber are Mine Department employees Gordon Deters (left), James Bauman, Arthur Crowley and Harold Ludeman. At top right is the upper access drift on the 4850 level and the hopper box where the concrete was piped down. The metal tube at the right was used to distribute the concrete. The tubing hanging at the left side is a vent bag used for ventilation purposes." 520-30: Overhead view of the main chamber, 1965. 520-31: The completed MAIN CHAMBER with the UPPER ACCESS DRIFT is shown in the upper center of the photo. All the mining and construction equipment has been moved out and test equipment of BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORY is temporarily set in place to determine the background effect of fast neutrons from the rock wall. The light rock on the north wall of the chamber is an intruded rhyolite dike in the surrounding amphibolite rock, 1965. 520-32: Fred Schell (lower left), Galen Johnson, and Martin O'Brien installing the slusher hoist at the top of the slusher ramp. Sharp bits September 1965 Vol. 16 No. 8. "Installing the slusher hoist at the top of the slusher ramp are Mine Department employees Fred Schell (lower left), Galen Johnson and Martin O'Brien. All lower tunnels and rooms, and especially most of the big main chamber, had to be slushed out with a big scraper bucket. The hoist shown on these pictures pulled the bucket up and downs the inclined access drift and loaded approximately 1,200 cars with broken rock." 520-33: View of the early pilot apparatus used to search for solar neutrinos, 1963. Sharp bits September 1965 Vol. 16 No. 8. "View of the early pilot apparatus used to search for solar neutrinos. It is located 2300 feet below the surface in the limestone mine operated by the Pittsburge Plate Glass Company at Barkerton, Ohio. It consists of two 500-gallon tanks of perchloroethylene and processing apparatus to remove argon-37 from the liquid." |
Collection |
Homestake Mining Company Collection |
Object Name |
Series, Archival |
Catalog Number |
HMCC 520 |
Print size |
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People |
Barber, Jack Bauman, James Becker, Lloyd Cottingham, Robert Crowley, Art Deters, Gordon Ellis, Paul Johnson, Galen Ludeman, Harold Ludeman, Harold Meade, John O'Brien, Martin O'Dell, Jack Paananen, Vino Pritchett, Bob Ratliff, Jim Schell, Fred Shultz, Tom Taggart, Darrell Thoresen, Robert |
Search Terms |
1960s Construction Drilling Homestake Employees Homestake Mining Company Men Miners Neutrinos Sharp Bits United States Bureau of Mines Yates Shaft |