Awesome footage of how to let explosives do the work in removing overburden. The pre-split shot at the end was very well done. As to the post mining condition of strip mine lands, I own several thousand acres of such land, most of which has been reseeded and reforested for wildlife use, while other areas are used for recreation as well as residential and industrial development. No better place for an airport in mountain terrain.
. . at least thats how canada handles old gravel pits etc. they naturally fill with water then species are introduced makes some amazing future fishing holes
+Cain Lolsson Actually the second explosion was probabley IN MY opinion either the wrong type of exsplosive or should have had the seperate charges set with a slight delay for the Purity of the coal layer they were blasting into..To Avoid the possibility of setting the coal seam on fire.. That said IT WAS Impressive ( COOL )
I'm think it was the coal powder igniting, considering the fact then anything powered (that can be burned or is flammable) turns into an explosive and is very easy to ignite.
..and....sorry about screwing up the landscape?........These coal fields are left looking like the moon when the mining companies leave......it ends up as useless land...
Where I come from there are no more active coal mines, The people that worked in them minis are without a job with many are homeless, All because of one man. What a shame my country has become.
I dislike this - incredibly. I'm sure the river beds love all those rocks and the animals in that environment love having less or no water to swim/bathe in. Plus, the extra elements that they are not used to breathing and eating. Wonderful.
looking back... if i had opened my mind more as a teen, I could have been an explosives engineer instead of an engineer deciding how coal was burned... it would have been much more rewarding to blow shit up!
As a service engineer for a Drill MFG co, I installed blast hole drills in Black Thunder. The mining starts with Drilling, without them it's just a piece of land, YET no one tells about the importance of the Blast hole Drill,or reviews them and how they are built and used. "SAD" Without the Blast Hole Drill all those big trucks and loaders are just a pile of scrap iron.
Yep there is a massive coal deposit underneath the town there's coal everywhere we even see it on the road I live in the town and there coal dust everywhere
5.30 now thats one way to fill a dam real quick. a very nice vid. i remember em blasting at peak downs right opposite the build pad with no warning at all. ground shakes like crazy man its cool. might have to become a shot firer me thinks.
