silent_jay

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hokieian

Thanks for sharing. Hats off to the guys who work down there - I could never do it.

sibylable

wow, so cool

genuinegirly

What a cold, dark place! Thanks for sharing a whole different world.

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silent_jay

Actually it's really hot down there, we usually just wear shorts under our cover-alls. The air sucks as well, it's moist and dirty, and I'll probably end up with trench lung haha.

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silent_jay

Yeah, the drillers are troopers, they work their balls off, well the Drillers Helper has the hardest job, especially if the rig is fuckin up. I'm just am exploration Tech, so I only go down 3-5 days a week for 12 hours at a clip, we can't just go back to the surface to get new equipment if something is broken, it's about an hour and a half from the Exploration Drift to the cage, and the thing with cages is, they don't go up often unless it's the beginning of the end of the shift. So if something breaks it's time to set up a jerry rig and hope it lasts the time it takes to gyro the hole, which depending on the length of the hole could be upwards of 8-10 hours. Had a couple of days of 24 hours underground, not enjoyable at all, especially running out of cigarettes.

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