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>>53771198
Bralorne was like that, I was never involved in that form of the mine, it was way before my time, but an elderly chap called Nick Bunka worked there. He was one of the guys who would "Cage" off parts of the 4m vein that had blobs of solid metal gold. The specialty crew would follow up next shift to work it. Him describing just rids of metal sticking out of the quartz, as thick as your finger... it would blow your mind. There is still more down in those veins but Talisker Resources hasnt hit it yet.

>>52417064
look for career / training programs through the major mining companies. Universities and trades schools often partner with major miners to do training programs, like the one i was working on. Its not easy work at all, the in class room material is dry and the physical training is extremely demanding. You will hurt, you will be beaten down into a clay like state. Not everyone can work underground. I honestly only recommend UG for people who are built a bit different then most. You need to be able to function in a high stress, low visibility environment with a large crew of people who will be assholes. Its difficult, it was horrible for me starting out young, but if you can do it you have a sweet career that will take you all over the globe. two guys who we taught are off to Tanzania to work on a gold project for example.
Also another angle to look at, try finding major mining contractors to work under. Its a bit of a bitch though to get your foot in the door though now with many elderly guys trying to keep their grand kids around instead of hiring outside the "family" if you know what i mean.

>>28249978
ah yes he hows drilled the most in the shortest time wins

>>26407464
yes but even in those days you were trained on site in some seriously technical material as well as equipment. If you werent you would die in any number of ways pretty quick on the job.