Mine na Westray

Ma'adinan Westray wani ma'adinan kwal ne na ƙasar Kanada a Plymouth, Nova Scotia . Kamfanin Curragh Resources Incorporated (Curragh Inc.) ne ya mallaki kuma yake sarrafa Westray, wanda ya sami kuɗin gwamnatin larduna da ta tarayya don buɗe ma'adinan, da kuma samar wa kamfanin wutar lantarki na gida kwal.

An buɗe ma'adinan a watan Satumba na shekarar 1991, amma an rufe shi bayan watanni takwas lokacin da aka samu fashewar methane a ƙarƙashin ƙasa a ranar 9 ga Mayu, 1992, wanda ya kashe dukkan ma'aikatan hakar ma'adinai 26 da ke aiki a ƙarƙashin ƙasa a lokacin. Kafafen watsa labarai na ƙasa sun yi ta bin diddigin yunƙurin ceto ma'aikatan har sai da aka ga babu wanda ya tsira.

Bayan kimanin mako guda, gwamnatin Nova Scotia ta ba da umarnin gudanar da bincike na jama'a don bincika abin da ya haifar da ɗaya daga cikin bala'o'in hakar ma'adinai mafi muni a Kanada, kuma ta buga sakamakon bincikenta a ƙarshen 1997. Rahoton ya bayyana cewa an yi amfani da ma'adinan ba daidai ba, an yi watsi da tsaron ma'aikatan hakar ma'adinai, kuma rashin kulawa da hukumomin gwamnati suka yi ya haifar da bala'in. An shigar da ƙarar laifuka kan manajojin ma'adinai biyu a tsakiyar shekarun 1990, amma daga ƙarshe gwamnatin ta janye a 1998, saboda da alama ba za a iya yanke musu hukunci ba. Curragh Resources ta fatara a 1993, wani ɓangare saboda bala'in.

Ma'aikatan hakar ma'adinai 17 sun rasa aikin yi kusan nan da nan bayan fashewar; an biya su albashin makonni 12 na sallamar ma'adinan shekaru shida bayan rufe ma'adinan, amma sai lokacin da aka matsa wa gwamnatin lardin ta shiga tsakani. An wargaza ma'adinan kuma aka rufe shi har abada a watan Nuwamba 1998.

Bayani

Bayan rufe ma'adinan da aka yi a shekarun 1970, an sake farfaɗo da burin gundumar Pictou na sake farfaɗo da ma'adinan tare da sanarwar shirin haƙar ma'adinai a yankin a ƙarshen shekarun 1980. Lokacin ya yi daidai, a siyasance, tun lokacin da yankin ya zaɓi sabon shugaban 'yan adawa na tarayya, Brian Mulroney, a zaɓen maye gurbin da aka yi a tsakiyar Nova a shekarar 1983. Bayan zaɓen gwamnati da jam'iyyar Conservative ta tarayya ta jagoranta, Elmer MacKay ya zama babban jigo a siyasance na Tory . A lardin, yankin kuma gidan Firai Ministan Conservative Donald Cameron ne . An bai wa kamfanin Curragh Resources na Toronto kuɗi don kafa ma'adinan.

Jiragen ruwa guda huɗu na CN Westray Coal Hoppers suna tafiya yamma ta hanyar Winnipeg, MB.

A 0.75 miles (1.21 km)an gina layin dogo mai nisan daga babban layin dogo na CN Railway da ke Stellarton wanda ya ratsa Kogin Gabas na Pictou zuwa wurin hakar ma'adinai a Plymouth. Za a tura kwal daga ma'adinan ta hanyar jiragen ƙasa na musamman don ciyar da Tashar Samar da Wutar Lantarki ta Trenton da ke kusa da ita wanda Kamfanin Wutar Lantarki na Nova Scotia ke gudanarwa, wanda kamfanin Crown ne na lardin a lokacin; za a gina ainihin motocin layin dogo a tashar motocin layin dogo ta TrentonWorks da ke kusa wadda ke fama da rashin samun oda. Daga baya, an gina motocin 37, CN 347000–347036, ta National Steel Car a Hamilton, Ontario, a watan Nuwamba da Disamba 1991.