So, The liberty pit is the project that im working on again here in nevada. Its an old pit that was started to be mined in 1907, we think the second open pit in the world actually. they used to use steam shovels and trains to load the ore and waste out. it continued to be mined by many different companies, lastly by BHP in 1995-1999 when the copper price was so low they closed it down. Then we bought the mine, and never went…
Erik has updated the Raccoon mask blog with calamities of 2010. its a really good read, and get you up to speed with the disasters that befell him last year. You can always find the link to it on the right hand side, under my links.
Well, on monday i flew down to ely after being home in vancouver for 4 days, after a previous week in ely. Now im here for the next 20 days, well, as of monday. Then ill be back in vancouver for 10 days off, and i might be doing this rotation a few times. WHY? do you ask? Well, we are looking at starting a new pit. the problem is, its actually an old pit, and we are trying to determine what is down there,…