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Things removed which you might want to put back in

These are subjective to me, but I hope it reflects what the general consensus might be.

"She was born in the year the tunnel was completed."
- The tunnel is not referenced at this point, and is fairly trivial.
  - Re-added later, it's quite important since it's the origin of the name
"Repairs" when it comes to dynamite drilling
- This is probably not the preferred translation, although it's technically accurate. It's very rarely, if ever, used.
  - "Shelter" was a better word. Tried to fix it

Things I am confused about

"Extraction began in 1600, but became relevant only in the early 1900s."
- relevant how? politically relevant? economically relevant?
  - Economically. Explained better
"The extraction, especially of the coal caves, was operated on a low-technology basis. Metal gathering enjoyed more modern techniques, as it was controlled mostly by rich north-european corporations."
- Coal is the only non-metal provided in the list of materials extracted. Could it read "The extraction of the coal caves was operated on a low-technology basis"?
  - Added sulphur and barium. Metal mining was only part of the mining business in the region
- Does this apply to the 1600s or the 1900s? Both?
  - Explained
(many mines at the time mostly used pikes)
- What's a pike? Like a pole?
  - Pickaxe was the word, sorry
"They were not necessary to the operation, but were asked to be constructed by the owner of the company as a mark of prestige."
- But before, it's "The mines' owners asked the Italian engineer." Was there one owner, or many?
  - It was one company (Veille Montaigne), who of course had many shareholders. Fixing to "owner"
It's not quite clear if there were two /separate/ tunnels or one tunnel with a gallery. I'm assuming the latter, but I've tried not to change the wording. I think you'll want to say that it was one tunnel comprising a tunnel-part and a gallery-part. But at times reference is made to "upper tunnel", which confuses me even more.
- - There were two tunnels, one (Upper) for ore loading, and one (lower) for ore unloading. They were parallel and overlapping, 15 meters apart vertically, linked by reservoirs.

Here ya go! Hope this helps! Xavexgoem (talk) 07:01, 26 August 2011 (UTC)[reply]