A Tour of the Rogerley Mine, Page 2

With all the mud in the mine, sometimes the load of muck is so sticky that, instead of dumping as it should, it pulls the tub over the side with it. Though heavy, the ore car is fortunately easy to reassemble.



Byron operating the winch used to haul timber and supplies up to the landing.




Pulling timber up the dump for use in the mine.



An exposed seam of well-crystallized fluorite in the flats along the east tunnel.




Byron using the diamond chainsaw to trim a large specimen.



Byron showing off the fruits of his labor.




Jonina with an assortment of waterguns, in her official capacity as Cleaning Lady. No, she doesn't do windows.



The crew fretting over a recalcitrant hydraulic power unit.




Joan screening a load of pocket mud for single gem crystals. These things have the annoying habit of coming loose from the matrix and ending up in the mud and pocket debris.




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