Monday, January 2, 2017
Pit Mine Rock Crusher
Happy New Year to all my readers! I'm going to finish my series on the huge open pit mine near Cripple Creek, Colorado - the mining is for gold. All the rock is fed into this huge crusher, and then into various processes to extract the gold.
The massive trucks dump their loads...
...and it all feeds through this rotating blade, which is far larger than it appears in the photo.
Conveyor belts move all the rock around.
It's at the bottom of one of the pits.
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You were either very close or you have a great zoom on your camera. Either way great photos. Happy New Year.
ReplyDeleteso impressive.
ReplyDeleteI just love mining stuff. I had a tour of the copper smelter in Silver City, NM as part of a job interview when I graduated from school.
ReplyDeleteLovely post and photos about the mining for gold ~ sure has changed since 'panning for gold days' ~
ReplyDeleteWishing you a Happy and Healthy New Year ~ ^_^
Do they use cyanide to leach the gold out of the crushed rock?
ReplyDeleteIs this open to public? Yo;u seem to have the inside track. Happy New Year.
ReplyDeleteGreat shots of mine.
ReplyDeleteGreat clicks.
ReplyDeleteWishing you a very Happy New Year :)
Good shots here!
ReplyDeleteHappy new year,nice pictures.
ReplyDeleteI enjoyed this immensely. Of course, still being a Coloradoan at heart, anything pertaining to the "Colorful" state thrills me. And Cripple Creek! Been there a few hundred times in my life....lol
ReplyDeleteExcellent post and share.
Good shots - but I do feel sorry for the earth.
ReplyDeleteMust. Go.
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