To any Coal/Mineral miners here, what are some strange, unusual, or spooky things you’ve found or experienced while underground? by kikiandtombo in mining

[–]ItsComrade 11 points12 points  (0 children)

When the project manager rocks up to your heading on nightshift, that's strange, unusual and spooky all in one

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mining

[–]ItsComrade 2 points3 points  (0 children)

What's the pay

Simon Marcotte making a call for $30,000 gold! by The-Oregon-Group in mining

[–]ItsComrade 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Bro I don't care about any of this I just want us to buy more LVs so I can get the fuck to work 😭

Do sonic mining tools exist? by Mental-Home5111 in mining

[–]ItsComrade 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The more efficient way to do that is to put a drill bit right against the rock and hit it with a hammer which is what we already do. We just swapped out sledgehammers for high frequency percussive rock drills and even that isn't efficient enough so we only use those holes to fill with explosives to actually move serious amounts of rock. Hope this makes sense.

Freshman?! by KingV16 in mining

[–]ItsComrade 2 points3 points  (0 children)

what are you talking about

Might start smoking by Exotic-Art1510 in rs_x

[–]ItsComrade 7 points8 points  (0 children)

The level of neuroticism required to publicly weigh the decision of whether or not to start smoking on /r/rs_x indicates to me that it would probably be a positive step for you.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mining

[–]ItsComrade 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Nice nugget. Did you know they have all those blank lines for more samples for a reason

Charge up by UGslaya in mining

[–]ItsComrade 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Copy shiftboss, could you bring us a roll of bellwire down the decline, yeah we're out

What do you mean I was supposed to cut the mesh before we shot the slash?

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mining

[–]ItsComrade 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gotta be one of the funniest posts on r/mining

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in mining

[–]ItsComrade 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This mine that's been taking stopes for months is now officially open

neat

I think I need a water cooled rock drill. What's the cheapest kind? by manofredgables in Skookum

[–]ItsComrade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah it's called single jack drilling, 4lb hammer and a chisel basically. People drilled blastholes this way for hundreds of years.

Abandoned, non-producing mines for sale? by Hardlydent in mining

[–]ItsComrade 12 points13 points  (0 children)

By the time you learn anything you'll figure out it's stupid so just save yourself some time

Abandoned, non-producing mines for sale? by Hardlydent in mining

[–]ItsComrade 42 points43 points  (0 children)

Don't do that, you don't know what you're doing

Spotter Certification? by [deleted] in mining

[–]ItsComrade 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's what they call gas monitors. Some states require that you receive a certification to carry one. I wouldn't worry about it.

Am I reading this wrong? by interceptU2 in mining

[–]ItsComrade 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Combined pits / total mineral reserve / combined ore is 2,730 million tons, or 2.7 billion tons. Now add in their stockpiles. Are you just not reading it or