Most mines have a place where the miners eat. Let us celebrate the cooks at these places by telling of the many fine meals we have enjoyed in these mining canteens. In celebrating cooks at mining canteens, I also seek to describe a job in mining that most do not write about. If you like [...]
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Cooking for Miners. Eating at Mines
Posted in brandy, consulting, Gold, health, Jobs and Salaries, Mining history, Oil sands, tagged bhp billiton, bull cook, cooking, East Geduld, Ekati, escobal, food, Fort McMurray, free state, Greens Creek, Guatemala, guatemala. suncor.il sands.east geduld. ekati, hawk inlet, marlin mine, Oil sands, Professor Jennings, Suncor, tro on February 8, 2012 | 1 Comment »
Mine Safety: Historic Admissions From Greens Creek
Posted in safety, North America, People, mining, consulting, tagged Greens Creek, srk, syd hillis, drilling on February 3, 2012 | Leave a Comment »
In the past, we have all done silly things at mines that constitute safety violations. Here I record a drilling program I worked on in 1981 and 1982 at the then-proposed Greens Creek mine in Alaska. I post with only minor edits what I found last weekend amongst some old papers in the attic.
Technical Papers on Mining and 2012 Conference Attendance
Posted in communication, consulting, Law (Mining), Tailings, Waste Rock, tagged 2012, conference, Tailings and Mine Waste, technical paper on January 11, 2012 | 1 Comment »
With the new year growing old, our thoughts turn to the conferences of 2012. And the technical papers we may write and present. I am reminded of this by today’s email on the soon to be first meeting to set about organizing Tailings and Mine Waste 2012. So soon, so soon after the last conference?
2012 Mining Opportunities & Jobs (In Canada?)
Posted in About the news, California, Colorado, consulting, Jobs and Salaries, Latin America, Mining history, Oil sands, Peru, tagged 2012, Canada, jobs, mining, opportunities on January 5, 2012 | 2 Comments »
In a previous posting on this blog, I made my mining predictions for 2012. One of them was that we would be regaled by a continuing plethora of articles saying mining will be detrimentally affected by a shortage of workers. Here is one comment on that posting (I edit for spelling and punctuation):
Tailings Storage Facility Failure and Risk Assessment
Posted in consulting, Tailings, tagged bafokeng, failure, risk, Tailings on December 23, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This is a magesterial pronouncement. This is a bit of what I wrote today while working on a mining assignment. I post it here in the hope that it informs and elucidates one of the many isssues that affect mining. I would appreciate your comments and insight on this topic.
Jobs in Mining, Oil, & Gas: Skills & Salaries; A Personal Perspective
Posted in consulting, Jobs and Salaries, People, tagged gas, mining, miningoilgasJobs, oil, sarah mitchell, truck driver on December 18, 2011 | 3 Comments »
Normally I take the positive view of issues. A once-upon-time lady-friend dumped me because, as she said: “You are disgustingly optimistic and always look on the bright side of bad things.” I suppose I was happy to see the end of her, as she was always gloomy, even when things were going well. We concluded [...]
Total’s Joslyn Mine 6-Year Approval Disgrace
Posted in About the news, consulting, environmental, feasibilty studies, North America, Oil sands, tagged approval, joslyn, mining, Oil sands, permit, total on December 10, 2011 | 1 Comment »
Today’s Globe and Mail reports: “The Harper government has approved Canada’s fifth oil sands mine after the project spent six years under regulatory scrutiny, prompting a senior cabinet minister and energy executives to argue lengthy reviews are unacceptable.”
Mine Tailings Jobs in Alberta, Arizona, Botswana, and Everywhere Else
Posted in consulting, Jobs and Salaries, Mining history, Oil sands, Tailings, tagged alberta, Arizona, Botswana, fraser alexander, job, Tailings on December 9, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Fraser Alexander was a foreman on a mine in South Africa in the early 1900s. He was in charge of building the sand and rock dumps. He did this mostly by experience and native skill. One of the problems was the collapse of the advancing face that carried the coco-pans and their rail lines to [...]
Mining mining data a la Hans Von Michaeles
Posted in British Columbia, consulting, Investing & Finance, Mining history, People, tagged andy robertson, data mining, hans von michaeles, InfoMine, investing on December 6, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
Today we talked about the mining of mining data. Why would you want to mine mining data? Some answers:
$200K for a Senior Geotechnical-Tailings Engineer. Why the Economy is Shot.
Posted in consulting, Jobs and Salaries, Oil sands, tagged calgary, Geotechnical, salary, Tailings on November 29, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
There is a madness out there as the search for a senior tailings/geotechnical engineer heats up. Two emails on the topic today. The first promises the job noted below this paragraph. Click on it and you go to Linkedin. As I am not linked-in, I could not access the site to find out more.
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