Rally
NC Minnesota
Hey Paul,It is nice to see it working out for you and understanding why you need to. I know you will find it a big difference for how it was before and good that the county is willing to work with you , I hope all will work out for you .
It's for sure a change of pace. With current markets it's tough to justify the effort. I've got about 140 dried beaver, some Otter, and Mink looking for a home now. Several pounds of castor a couple of buyers are bidding on. Sounds like Fur Harvesters is going to have an online auction in a couple weeks, so should be interesting to see where the market is really at.
This mine is 9 miles long and there are several beaver ponds on it. There was a local guy did the beaver work but he is retiring after this year, so I may bid on the contract there, since I'm already going there all the time anyway. No rest for the wicked!
Our water truck ^^ doing his thing, to keep the dust down. Love the water truck.
A big loader loading ore at the beginning of a blast pattern. Tough to see in picture, but the loader has a set of chains on the front tires, to keep the ore from cutting the tires. The chains cost $65K a set, but last quite awhile and make the tires last long enough to justify the cost.
A shovel at the beginning of a new blast pattern. We run with just our running lights on in the cuts, so the other drivers and shovel operators aren't blinded by our lights as we enter. When we leave our lights come on.
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