Always quite interesting to see what goes on underground in an active, working mine. Glad to see you’re still living your dream, Jim!

great explanation of the blast sequence ....would have loved to hear more about the delays and how important they are for a clean shot with an explanation of pre split vs smooth hole for the back .... now the fun park ....mucking it out ....keep'em coming

@Porty1119

3 ай бұрын

Thanks! We avoid presplit because of the additional drill time, but it's good stuff for final highwalls, civil tunneling, and similar. I got it mucked out in about four hours last night, which I'm fairly happy with considering I was jumping between the LHD and truck while Pecos fixed a pump.

After watching Abandoned And Forgotten Places for a number of years, it's really interesting to watch you guys working and have a bit of background knowledge as to what you're doing and kit that I've seen laid forgotten and covered in dust and rust in those videos how it's used in a live mine. Subscribed for sure, this is really cool to watch.

@Porty1119

3 ай бұрын

Another Gly fan! I'm glad you enjoyed it. I explored this district some time ago when everything was idled, then happened to be in the right place at the right time to have a role in firing things back up. It's been a learning experience going through and resurrecting things.

Love this stuff! Thank you for uploading

My track loader, in its former ownership was used to mine gravel from a creek. As a result of that, the tensioners were totally rotted out and I had to build new ones, since old ones simply no longer exist.

Suggestion: get some very wide shipping wrap [palletizing wrap] and go around the bag a few wraps to seal it up. [its just super-sized cling wrap, but its really excellent to seal up air leaks below 12 PSI]

The sticks for shattering, and the ANFO for lofting.

So cool ,sometimes miss blowing stuff up

Great videos! Flex tape makes an extra wide tape prolly work great for patching your clean air ventilation.

I like to drive the burn 50% greater than the shot holes. Gives a better initial opening all the way back to the [future] new face, reduces crowning and shot choking.

@Porty1119

3 ай бұрын

That's been done to good effect on this very drift, using a Gardner Denver 3100A air track drill to drill a pilot hole and ream it out to about 6". The electric compressor can't provide enough air; I've begun studying the old diesel compressor (it's got a hand-crank pony motor) to resurrect it and hopefully start running the air track again!

SQUIRRELEL! [HOP HOP HOP!]

Det cord explosive is PETN, shock tube is HMX and Al powder.

@Porty1119

3 ай бұрын

You're right, thanks for the correction! It's been a bit since I was initially trained up on the details.

"STICKY TAPE!!!" Benny the Bull, Dora the Explora, season one episode 14.

@ADITADDICTS

3 ай бұрын

Getting into the good stuff it looks like👍🏻

@Porty1119

3 ай бұрын

Finally! We're awaiting assay results for that stuff, my fingers are crossed.

@ADITADDICTS

3 ай бұрын

@@Porty1119 Well my man I have mine crossed for you as well. 🤞

First time viewer. Complicated blast sequence and hole pattern. Where is this mine?

@Porty1119

3 ай бұрын

It's a fairly typical pattern and delay design; there's quite a bit more to drifting shots than surface bench shots. This is in the southwestern US.

Cool. Thanks for the technical video. I am guessing PET is petroleum ether?

21:06 🥳

First time I saw your channel, INSTANT subscription, by the way. (~_^)-b

What is this witchcraftery? Rubber duck stemming 😂

@Porty1119

2 ай бұрын

If it works it works!