pipe 190 removes air from the face 22 and blows it to an outbye region 192 this blowing is accomplished by a portable fan 194 which is attached to the ventilation channel 190 in the outbye region 192 the fan 194 and ventilation channel 190 are conventional in nature but do have the ability to move with the continuous miner 14 as it advances along the face 22 a slave computer may control the movement of the ventilation pipe 190 and the turning on and off of the fan 194 considering the overall operation of the remote mining system 10 the continuous miner 14 coal haulage system and ventilation system are remotely or teleoperated from the base station 12 while coal or other minerals are being extracted underground no mining personnel are present at the face area 22 of the mining operation the continuous mining machine 14 ventilation system and coal haulage system are controlled remotely from the operator control module 12b by a host computer 126 which interprets the desires of the human operator by reading his inputs on a primary and secondary control units 124 and 122 respectively the human operator would enter his desired actions via the control.