Wednesday, October 15, 2008

El Teniento - worlds largest underground blockcaving copper/moly mine

Joysticks are bilingual - whew~*
(Heidi trying to crush rocks via remote)


This was your grandfathers copper mine!


Today - it's the most modern underground copper/moly block caving operation in the world.
Level 6 - Pipa Norte


El Teniente - CODELCO - Chile
100+ years mined... maybe 80+ more in the vault
8 underground levels, 9th being constructed
We explored levels 5 & 6... I was literally in AWE!!!

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