Seppo Down Under

Livin' Life in the Underground (Literally)

Hello all. I know I have been promising to write more of the Fleetwood Express story, but I have not had the time to get to it. I have been spending all of my time underground...and I don't mean incognito, "on the DL", or hanging with some marauding outlaws. I mean below the surface of the Earth. It's what I do. Maybe some time I will teach you all a bit more about my career and passion.....mining. They say a picture is worth a thousand words, so instead of writing a thousand words I will post a picture taken about 2 weeks ago at the underground mine in which I'm currently residing. It's a silver, lead, and zinc mine in North-Central Queensland, about a 2 hour flight off of the East coast of Australia. BTW, it is the richest silver deposit in the world. The top picture is me acting a fool at the bottom of a stope (underground opening where ore is extracted) prior to the beginning of blasting. The bottom one is me inspecting a pile of rock, looking for any fresh fall-off from the major ventilation shaft drilled in the roof (back) of the drive. Maybe I'll make a "mining dictionary" to go along with my Aussie-English dictionary. One day once I'm back in civilisation!