So, sometimes though every freaking thing is looking bleak in our mining industry, I can usually find another perspective and force a better point of view, alter my attitude, yank the yoke and plod on in a forward motion. Today is not one of those days.
At least at the Denver Mining Club I can sit [...]
There is an article in the Flume newspaper (South Park , Colorado) suggesting a newly proposed mining venture might be as calamitous as Summitville (sigh… Summitville again? Is anyone interested in modern mining?) Is this guy going to set up a hydraulic hose and wash Fairplay with all its stray dogs and small children into [...]
I’ve been working in hot places with interesting rocks for the last three months. During this last trip, I had an opportunity to take Diane, our off-road specialist, to the airport. On the way, I noticed a billboard advertising Chihully at the Desert Botanical Gardens. Not only am I partial to one-eyed debonair men with [...]
I just got back from working 2 months in Mexico. While I was there, somebody’s pig apparently got sick and sneezed on some poor soul who took it to market and now the whole world and my people in Colorado won’t have anything to do with me. I had heard there was an epidemic of swine flu [...]
I just finished my first of four quarterly tax statements for 2009. It took me two days to complete all tasks and I had to rely on two other people to help me (a bookkeeper and a tax consultant). I utilized 3 forms for one state, another form for another state, 2 forms for the [...]
One of the Mexican geologists came to my office to share his anxiety over what he called a military mustering along the US-Mexico border that he said happened overnight. He said 10,000 Mexican army troops moved into a small village in Sonora. We were both trying to imagine what that looked like – helicopters and trucks for sure, [...]
This is a can of tuna fish at night. It’s empty except for the juice. I have a pan of beets boiling on the stove and am drinking a beer. I’ve worked a lot of places you aren’t supposed to feed the animals. Fox at Cripple Creek, a feral sheep at Tintaya, puppies in the [...]
I am writing from a secret place – one that is pronounced something like, “Wanna Watt O?” I’m not saying any more on that topic as these people really need me to work long days but after over 12 hours concentration on the task required, I think I can blog while my dinner is cooking [...]
Obama was here in Denver yesterday to initiate his economic stimulus package to bail-out the country. I heard he left a cardboard box full of money at the main library and we are allowed to go dip in on a per need basis to get the economy rolling. It’s the honor system. I figure that [...]
Tomorrow is Valentine’s Day. This makes men squeamish at mines all over the world. The special day is designed to bug them selectively, per a gender. Women don’t get all worked up – OH YOU THINK THEY DO? They don’t. There is a simple and mindless formula for keeping to the rules: but her something. [...]
