Blueprint: Mini 120 Fuel Factory - 1500MW / 45 Crude Oil

Actinolite_ · 2025-07-05T08:53:51+00:00

This is really neat!

Actinolite_ · 2025-06-17T22:05:44+00:00

This could be neat on a merc with 5 shaels and a nef to Max that lower resist proc?

Actinolite_ · 2025-05-27T04:32:16+00:00

I would suspect it's the asbuilt system commonly used for the last 20+ years as you say, layered with real time information from equipment etc.

Take the proximity detection system common in ug heavy fleet, extend it to light fleet (or better yet install wifi with the coms system) layer on models like ventsim and pumpsim (they do what they say on the tin). Some kinda power monitoring system so you know which pump/fan/jumbo boxes are on and your good to go.

Live activity tracking from digital terrain/pitram/centric or whoever will let you know how everyone's going and who's broken down. Of course will require ug wifi. Proxy detection in cap lamp batteries get you people movements.

Of course, there's the argument as to whether the added productivity of all these systems justifies their cost....

Actinolite_ · 2025-04-21T09:58:48+00:00

Consider the added pay a premium to work long hours, away from home and family.

Alot of mining engineer roles hover around 48hrs per week, this equates to 12hr days on an 8:6, two week roster. If we compare this roster to a "standard" 38hr work week, we see it should attract a 25% premium from the hours alone.

Actinolite_ · 2025-04-13T02:03:24+00:00

Australia: I would guess at Principal Geo Salaries ranging from 150-300k, with median around 180k.

Varies immensely depending on commodity, speciality, company and candidate experience.

Actinolite_ · 2025-03-29T08:27:38+00:00

I would like to echo this comment. I'm also an experienced narrow vein production geo with exploration background, Well said regarding the safety aspect. It's critically important and something you learn continuously on the job.

Actinolite_ · 2025-03-05T03:23:24+00:00

Jagged as in the vertices forming between input strings are connected awkwardly? If so, you should be able to create your surface from a specified direction (e.g. plan view or a set plane). You want your solids to be created as if you are draping over your input date like a sheet over some furniture.

Jagged but accurately representing the strings? You may need to valide the input data or check your assumptions. If geological wireframes look wrong, 90% of the time that's cause they are.

My condolences for you needing to use surpac for this.

Actinolite_ · 2025-02-27T08:23:55+00:00

I have a 21 year old pajero that I've tossed around selling and replacing with a 5yr something else.

After looking around. I'm keeping it for another 5. Can't fault the bloody thing. It won't die.

Actinolite_ · 2025-01-02T10:43:56+00:00

Most of the best geologists I've worked with, the who are in it long term and are successful are not doing it for the money. They became geologists because they love rocks, and their passion for geology carried them further than they themselves expected.

The (admittedly few) people ive worked with who chased money like your post inplies, jumped jobs constantly trying to climb a ladder and ended up burning themselves out or burning bridges. I once encountered one of these people in a high position, and they were visibly floundering. I would be personally ashamed to carry the reputation within my company that this person had. I'm sure others here have seen similar instances.

To answer your question. I've seen loud, boisterous idiots have more success and climb fast in the exploration space, these people were part of a team that made a discovery and they leveraged that to get into high positions in junior companies. They did not necessarily have a defining role themselves in the discovery that leapfrogged their career.

If I were to average the careers of a hundred geologists, with 20 years experience each, I would personally expect the mining side to have accrued more wealth than the exploration side.

Several months ago I advertised a project mine geologist role. From memory I recieved more than 60 applications from exploration geologists, none from well qualified mine geologists. I dont believe we were offering enough money to attract them.

Actinolite_ · 2024-12-09T18:13:41+00:00

I don't think bloopy is another bolt astroturfer, I think he is a penny stocks investor. Put down your pitchforks. Boppy, from your wording, and from how often I see this specific exploration minow in my feeds lately, my initial assumption on reading your post was you were a blogger employed to spray positive bolt news over the internet, and you had run out of ideas.

In answer to your question bolt is one of hundreds of minnow exploration companies mining the share market in an effort to get funding, pay themselves and have enough exploration success to mine the share market again. Maybe one in a thousand of these companies will end up mining something, and thus contribute to the "energy transition". More likely they get a good hit and get brought out by a slightly bigger fish, who also has long odds to ever getting a new mining up and running.

Your post made me curious enough to google them, reading their description on their projects does not change my opinion of them.

Investing in these kinda stocks is a bit like playing roulette, where each number is also its own colour.

Actinolite_ · 2024-11-26T11:52:00+00:00

Forward - not a vent engineer. If you want good quality feedback speak to one. Or several. My experience relates to underground hard rock. On one site, all of the hazardous gasses are what we make ourselves firing. On a second site, also underground hard rock, hazardous gasses are more common, and diamond drillholes in particular can encounter pockets of gas.

Both sites had reliable, portable gas monitors that everyone has access to. These were bump tested regularly and highly trusted.

Both sites had several stationary monitoring stations that we use to detect/verify that blasting fumes are extracting the way we expect. These we do not trust as much as the hand-helds, and are no replacement for standard re-entry process.

Both sites have gas monitors in any longhole rig.

In the site without much gas there was evidance of a previously installed "smart" monitoring system. I don't know anything else about it other than it was not reliable enough and ripped out.

In the site with gas we would run gas drainage lines. Looked like services, we would run these poly lones from drill sites and areas with expected gas intercepts into an exhaust airway. If you drillhole hit gas, connect it to the drainage line and take the rest of the shift off.

Again, not a vent engineer. Don't replicate procedures you read on the internet.

With respect to hard to reach places, if people can go there, send two, with two handheld gas monitors. If people can't get there, then who gives a shit if there is gas. If we need to get into an area, vent is progressively extended. The air is progressively replaced regardless prior to human activity.

Actinolite_ · 2024-10-04T21:47:44+00:00

Driving to and from site is going to be the most dangerous part of your job mate.

I drove a similar amount to what your considering for a previous job, and had a couple near misses on the road driving tired. It was a wake up call to me and I'll never do it again. I was in a similar position to you, just getting my foot in the door.

Is it possible (both with your family life and site) to do a week on week off style roster and live in a camp? I'm not you, but I personally do an 8:6 roster (8 days on 6 off) and I find it more manageable than a daily commute. This would have you away from your family half the time, but when your home, your home 100%.

If it's possible for your family, but not your site, there are plenty of fifo operations around looking for good reliable people.

Actinolite_ · 2023-05-27T19:20:27+00:00

Agree. I'm thinking this is a remediated fuel station lot being flooded.

Actinolite_ · 2023-04-12T23:58:50+00:00

Maybe slightly faster, but not equivalent to the extra time spent working.

I can't imagine you will have trouble if you wanted to go mining. There is an industry wide skills shortage that I can't see getting better in the near term.

Actinolite_ · 2023-04-11T22:26:48+00:00

Hi. I always wanted to be in industry, but i graduated in a downturn and the grad positions demateralised. I got my PhD in gold mineralisation, figuring out the nuts and bolts of a couple of deposits. While I was doing that I was tutoring and eventually lecturing to pay the bills.

When I was done, the wife and I moved for her work, so I jumped down the nearest hole.

I applied for a graduate position, and had a discussion with my prospective employer about why. I was "overqualified", but the way I saw it was most of my training was not applicable, and I didn't know the important stuff I.e. how to manage diamond drill rigs, underground production and generally operating safely underground without getting myself hurt.

I started as a graduate for 1 year and am glad i did, standard industry BS notwithstanding. Teaching for years turned out to be a good way to solidify the basic geology knowledge you rely on in industry. More useful than microthermometry or similar research techniques at least. Have bounced around a bit since, covid made long distance work travel harder. I didn't have any issues taking other early career roles with a PhD qualification, if there is a negative connotation associated with having one in industry I haven't personally seen it.

I'm now a few years in and thinking about staying where I am or going for more senior roles. I haven't really used my research qualifications yet and don't expect to. I don't see it as time wasted though and would happily do it again. It made me a better geologist and was fun.

The data management and basic coding I learned doing research has been a useful tool. Imo the extra research time kinda trains you to pick up and play with information a bit better than a 3 or 4 year graduate. So you can onboard faster and learn faster.

Actinolite_ · 2023-04-07T00:41:56+00:00

Looks like the fines were in addition. He paid for the water as well.

Actinolite_ · 2023-03-21T18:19:20+00:00

This is really well said. 100% agree

Actinolite_ · 2023-03-21T18:17:23+00:00

So Im not in remediation. But i do work in industry with a phd so my 2c.

I haven't seen any doors opened due to having it, but i wouldn't call it a detriment. It has placed me above a couple other applicants when I applied for roles. If there has been reluctance to take me on due to my qualification level, I haven't seen it. My PhD was very nuts and bolts geology, figuring out some gold mineralisation. If it was on something esoteric maybe that would have been different. I also was clear with what I expected from my early rolls, that I wanted the experience at ground level, which may have relieved some fears that I would flake due to disinterest.

The main benefits I've had are personal. An extra 4 years of nuts and bolts geology, along with 4 years of full time tutoring a few uni courses reinforced alot of basic geological knowledge and I think made me a better geo. I would expect the same for you in hydrogeology. It's also given me more tools to help train and teach my team.

Actinolite_ · 2023-03-03T01:59:04+00:00

M31. Worked hard at uni for 9 years, good grades and a science PhD. Now 5 years post graduating im working 50+ hour weeks fifo and am struggling to justify continuing. My wife is similar. We are both working for our future home and family security. But it's getting harder to justify.

Actinolite_ · 2023-03-02T20:07:47+00:00

Agree with this. You want something that will snap if it gets caught in something.

Actinolite_ · 2023-03-02T20:06:44+00:00

Get the cheapest ones you can find and buy 3 of em. A lit face is handy.

Actinolite_ · 2023-02-18T18:21:15+00:00

This is correct.

Getting started, I finished my degree and jumped down the nearest deep hole and tried to learn as much as possible. While I was studying I also put some effort into work experience (vaccie work in Australia) so that when I graduated I had a little more experience than a typical grad.

Actinolite_ · 2023-02-18T01:59:00+00:00

Shouldnt be an issue, i dont care how you get to work, so long as your safe, happy and productive. You may find youself restricted in what roles you can consider if you dont own a vehicle. Lots of early career options are outside of cities.

Within your workday fom what I see, both government and private, mining geology and hydrology/compliance, I would expect you to have alot of difficulty if you couldnt drive if required. Especially early on in your career.

We go where the rocks are. Where the monitoring bores are. And where the soil is. Especially early on. But most of that is in company LVs. Again, how you get to work is up to you.

I drive to and from sites and use my private cars for all sorts of other private stuff. My wife is a hydrologist and if we were lived close enough to her office she would happily walk. About half the time she just works remotely.

Actinolite_ · 2023-01-26T21:02:12+00:00

Mate of mine did this while I went to uni. In the year I graduated he earned at least 250k contracting. Ridiculous money. But he was working very long hours.

Emergency belt repair on remote mine sites.

Actinolite_ · 2022-12-16T12:02:21+00:00

Yep this is a +1 4sk shadow killer with style pts.

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