Tuesday, November 17, 2009

The Hole In The Wall Gang

This is the road my significant other has to travel on to get to his place of employment. Scares me just thinking about it. I believe that's the Fraser river way down there. Dave says this road is maintained in the winter,what do they do just blow the snow over the cliff.See where it says 40Km......that looks a little optimistic.

This is the camp he lives in while he's away, it doesn't look like much but it is better than the last place he worked. In this camp he doesn't have a rotten roof falling into where they prepare food, he also hasn't seen any critters scurrying around their food.......or if he has he's keeping it to himself.
This is where he gets to go everyday to do the actual work. It scares me thinking about this too.
Not a very nice looking place and....... yes that's a cave in. Dave and the crew work everyday for about 28 or 29 days what they call a month in and 2 weeks out. I myself think that this is a dangerous practice. I believe when people work everyday without time off they become careless and an accident looking for a place to happen, but these guys do what they have to do to take care of well.....life, they mostly have families and like everyone else bills to pay.

Well I don't envy these guys their jobs. You couldn't pay me enough money to go underground. So kudos to all the people in the Mining Industry, you have to be a different kind of person to stay away from home for long periods and spend most of your day underground, not what I call an easy job.

2 comments:

Far Side of Fifty said...

I am a tad claustrophobic ..So I would just stand there and bawl. hats off to anyone that can work there:)

Shirley said...

That cave in is scary. Looks like wild country up there; bet Dave has been scouting for animals!

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