Shotcrete and Lunch

Well, these last two days have been full of firsts. Yesterday, I got to run the nozzle on the Shotcrete and holy cow. Such a butt kick! I also fell asleep for the first time underground. It wasn't long or very deep but definitely dozed off. Today, about and hour into shift, I ran over a lunchbox with the telehandler. Of course, it was mine. Luckily, my lunch was mostly okay. I also used the mine toilet underground for the first time and I'm going to try to avoid that lol

Shaft Sinking

Shaft Sinking is awesome!!! It's crazy how much engineering goes into it. Recently i've been working on the dump steel on the 4850 and it blows my mind. Anyway, I'm loving shaft sinking so far.

Couple weeks in...

Well, I'm really starting to earn my place with Cementation. I've ran a plugger a couple times and a jackleg once. I've also got to run a haul truck and load and fire a blast. That was cool. One thing I've learned so far is simple stuff; buy good equipment that will fit in the drifts, design drifts to accommodate needed utilities and such, talk to miners that will be working with what you design, and other things of course. I'm really having a blast. The labor is hard but oddly I like going to work. I have a great crew and they treat me good. I've also been able to get out on a ride and that was fun, it's beautiful up here...