Underground Mining in the weeds (Tucker and Dahmer Part 1)

Going back to the good old days with a couple of passionate Jumbo operators for the underground mining industry, David Tucker and Jeff "Dahmer" Elder.

In Part 1 of this massive yarn, we went into balancing production and development underground, importance of infrastructure, the new computer jumbos and the easiest mine Tucker has worked at.

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(0:00:00)Introduction

(0:02:47)Tucker & Dahmer

(0:06:30)When U/G development is too fast

(0:16:47)When U/G development is too slow

(0:23:10)Pressure on U/G infrastructure

(0:33:25)Importance of the pumping circuit

(0:40:41)The most important piece of infrastructure

(0:43:25)The new computer Jumbo's

(0:53:41)Ability, Attendance, Attitude

(1:04:41)Working on XMAS

(1:07:49)How they got on the Jumbo

(1:16:51)Working at Kathleen Valley