Bill Text: PA SR436 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Congratulating Center Rock, Inc., and Schramm, Inc., for their efforts to help free Chilean miners trapped underground for more than two months.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-0)

Status: (Passed) 2010-10-14 - Introduced and adopted [SR436 Detail]

Download: Pennsylvania-2009-SR436-Introduced.html

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PRINTER'S NO. 2296
THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA
SENATE RESOLUTION
No. 436 Session of2010
INTRODUCED BY KASUNIC, DINNIMAN, STACK, STOUT AND O'PAKE, OCTOBER 14, 2010
INTRODUCED AND ADOPTED, OCTOBER 14, 2010
A RESOLUTION
Congratulating Center Rock, Inc., and Schramm, Inc., for their
efforts to help free Chilean miners trapped underground for
more than two months.
WHEREAS, Two Pennsylvania companies played a significant role
in rescuing 33 Chilean miners who have been trapped 2,300 feet
underground in a collapsed copper and gold mine since August 5,
2010; and
WHEREAS, The drilling rig, designed by Schramm, Inc., of West
Chester, Chester County, has been on the site since August 22
drilling a 5½-inch-diameter bore hole used to supply the miners
with food; and
WHEREAS, The rig used a drill bit designed by Center Rock
Inc., of Berlin, Somerset County, which expanded one of several
pilot holes to 12 inches, reaching the miners on September 18,
2010; and
WHEREAS, Center Rock President, Brandon Fisher, when informed
that the miners might not be free until Christmas, knew he had a
quicker way to get them out; and
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WHEREAS, Center Rock's 75 employees helped make the parts,
while owner Brandon Fisher went to Chile to make sure it worked;
and
WHEREAS, Center Rock and Schramm's equipment later enlarged
the hole from 12 to 28 inches to allow the miners to be hoisted
to the surface in a capsule; and
WHEREAS, Fisher's drill heads also helped save nine men in
Somerset County in the Quecreek Mine disaster in 2002; and
WHEREAS, The ingenuity, hard work and dedication of the
workers of Center Rock and Schramm will save 33 lives and help
to reunite the Chilean workers with their families and friends;
therefore be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate congratulate and thank both Center
Rock, Inc., and Schramm, Inc., for their hard work and
dedication to freeing the Chilean miners.
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