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Nice shot George!
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fubar57
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Thanks gents. This is my first foray into the dark-side(An awful lot to learn). 2015hrs, -10°C/14°F, foggy and the hoar frost is starting to return. Out of 10 shots, this is the only one that is half decent. Time to read the manual and remember a flashlight when it's dark.
Geo
Geo
Long as it's the best one! 
Good shot Geo!
ontos
Tech Sergeant
Nice shot Geo.
Crimea_River
Marshal
George out standing in his field.
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fubar57
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Thanks gentlemen....back to the pit. The company has decided to build a secondary crusher and get rid of the contracted one saving millions per year. This crusher makes tennis ball sized rock as opposed to the slightly larger than a baseball size the primary crusher makes and produces a better blend and recovery in the plant. Ready in the fall and I hope to be working here. Early construction...
When I started almost 4 years ago, the mine elevation started at 1120 meters above sea level. The pit floor is now at 940 and we are now in the process of widening out...
...top arrow is a haul truck heading to the basement and the lower arrow shows the pit floor for now. They believe the bottom will be another 100 meters deeper and then the ore will peter out.
I was on haul truck on the second to last day of my shift and was sent down to the basement to load off the 994. As soon as I saw all the water I knew someone was going to get a flat as water exposes the sharp point edges of the rock more so than if its surrounded by dirt. Well sir, I got my first flat tire in 7yrs of driving. A new tire costs about $42,500 US.
Empty heading to the basement The position of the truck is just to the left of the top arrow in the panorama pic above. A loaded truck takes just over 6 minutes to crawl from the bottom to the top of the pit. 1st gear all the way, about 12k/ph.The top of the pit being the extreme right in the panoramic pic
When I started almost 4 years ago, the mine elevation started at 1120 meters above sea level. The pit floor is now at 940 and we are now in the process of widening out...
...top arrow is a haul truck heading to the basement and the lower arrow shows the pit floor for now. They believe the bottom will be another 100 meters deeper and then the ore will peter out.
I was on haul truck on the second to last day of my shift and was sent down to the basement to load off the 994. As soon as I saw all the water I knew someone was going to get a flat as water exposes the sharp point edges of the rock more so than if its surrounded by dirt. Well sir, I got my first flat tire in 7yrs of driving. A new tire costs about $42,500 US.
Empty heading to the basement The position of the truck is just to the left of the top arrow in the panorama pic above. A loaded truck takes just over 6 minutes to crawl from the bottom to the top of the pit. 1st gear all the way, about 12k/ph.The top of the pit being the extreme right in the panoramic pic
Crimea_River
Marshal
Cool stuff Geo. And I thought replacing my run-flats was bad.
michaelmaltby
Colonel
What's the ore, Geo?
Thats awesome George...
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fubar57
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Thanks guys.
For the first 3 years it was heavy copper with some gold. With the downturn in copper prices the company has decided to mine the areas with heavier gold content until the prices comeback up, expected to be the end of this year or early 2017.
For the first 3 years it was heavy copper with some gold. With the downturn in copper prices the company has decided to mine the areas with heavier gold content until the prices comeback up, expected to be the end of this year or early 2017.
Dig hard George, find me a good size nugget please...
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fubar57
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Wayne, unfortunately there is no free standing gold in the pit. Right.....the only way I could upload videos here is to first put them on YouTube so I'll remove them from Photobucket, post them on Youtube then back here. Most are potato quality shot with a cheap camera from my coal mining days. The first one...
View: https://youtu.be/sRJXoCGeHKo
View: https://youtu.be/sRJXoCGeHKo
Nice shots Geo!
T Bolt
Colonel
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