Underground mining cart toilets - photo

**Jon** · Feb 16, 2019, 02:53 PM

Underground mining cart toilets or "honey carts".

Previously:

Toilet paper packing machine - GIF

**Frank S** · Feb 16, 2019, 09:16 PM

A cast iron 2 hole'r composting toilet I would hope.

**Toolmaker51** · Feb 17, 2019, 08:43 AM

When nature calls; beats a minimum hour round trip to accomplish same.
You know, before she starts hollering....

I'll bet the handwheel connects to a gate valve, top might have some kind of seal, and composting occurs elsewhere. Pretty sure methane isn't a welcome addition to mine atmosphere.
Being a two holer, you could comment to your adjacent workmate; Nice seats! Aren't you glad they invented flathead screws?

**Frank S** · Feb 17, 2019, 09:03 AM

Originally Posted by Toolmaker51

When nature calls; beats a minimum hour round trip to accomplish same.
You know, before she starts hollering....

I'll bet the handwheel connects to a gate valve, top might have some kind of seal, and composting occurs elsewhere. Pretty sure methane isn't a welcome addition to mine atmosphere.
Being a two holer, you could comment to your adjacent workmate; Nice seats! Aren't you glad they invented flathead screws?

Yep sometimes when you got to go you really got to go.
Once when I was about 16 taking my morning constitutional in our 2 holer outhouse a visiting Aunt burst in and flopped down on the adjacent hole Saying sorry but I just couldn't wait.
My cousins later made jokes about what could I have been doing in there with their mom

**ranald** · Feb 18, 2019, 05:09 PM

I reckon the hand wheel is a multi task one. Emptying the compost, & For holding on when there are great explosions in the mine... & for when there are tremmors from explosions and the dunny carts brakes fail.
My dad told me of a friend with a motor bike who ran into the back of a night soil truck in the middle of the night and was hospitalised for days.True story!

He must have been deep in ..it. Reminds me of the Decameron.

cheers & off to lunch ...later.

**Toolmaker51** · Feb 17, 2019, 11:26 AM

Originally Posted by Jon

Underground mining cart toilets or "honey carts".

It's been determined above image provided by Human Resources Dept. of this mines pamphlet for new hires. HR controls ALL manner of "resources'.

Actual photo depicts monitoring hardware; encouraging lessened unproductive time of employees...and those behind in dues aren't advised location of paper dispenser.