Dang I can't believe it is all over. Started out at the mine at the first of the summer and thought it would never end. Look at it now it's gone. I am very grateful to have the opportunity to have an internship. I loved working there this summer. I always like going to work even if I had to get up before the sun was even up. I loved all the people out there. I really learned a lot this summer. I mean I learned about geology, engineering, mining and much more. Working in a mine is awesome and I hope I can do that for the rest of my life. Once you cage down everybody turn different. I learned and herd things I have never even thought of ha ha. But the people out there are hard working and nice. I was very lucky to have the boss I had. His name was Mike Younger. He was just a great guy. He taught me so much and made it a fun summer. Also get got his degree at NMSU.
Here is a list most of the stuff I did this summer:
Assisted the surveys with surveying panels and belt drives.
Channel Samples Collection.
Core Hole logging using a Gamma Logger
Received training from Mount Sopris on how to use and fix the logging tool.
Described and preparing core samples for assay.
Scoped air holes.
Roof Bolt sampling.
Assisted the Geologist with his normal duties.
Salt Horse Project.
During the went back in to the old works and got some blue halite. Where the back was like 2.5 to 3 feet tall. Which is pretty rare. It is blue due to the exposure of radioactivity. Also we found some glaserite (Aphthitalite) in one of the working areas. Which has never been seen out here in the mines. So we went back and collected some samples. We think we may have one of the largest crystals know.
My internship was a blast. I think I can work there next summer. But I am looking in to some hard rock mines like Colorado or Nevada? We will see where I go from here. Here are a lot of picture to kinda show you what I was doing. If you have any question about anything ask me I would love to talk about it.
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