Behind the scenes at one of our industrial sand mining operations.

Learn applications for the Off-Highway Truck in a virtual setting that translate to the actual worksite.

2010 trip, photographs recovered from hard drive.

sitting beside the road in Jawbone Flats - a former mining town deep in the forest next to Opal Creek - now home to Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center (a non-profit environmental education center)

2010 trip, photographs recovered from hard drive.

Abandoned open-pit mine near Tsar Asen Village in Bulgaria

Gary Rachels is our Head of Mining Operations and ensures that we mine the best products available and maximize our resources.

A rim shot of the Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Mining Operation near Morenci, Arizona. Those neat looking terraces on the right help prevent the high walls of the mine from collapsing on the people and equipment working below. Of course the terraces offer no protection to those who are loafing.

There are some beautiful colors courtesy of the South Carolina and Georgia clay bluffs.

Abandoned open-pit mine near Tsar Asen Village in Bulgaria

Open-pit mine near Elshitsa Village in Bulgaria

2010 trip, photographs recovered from hard drive.

Open-pit mine near Elshitsa Village in Bulgaria

2010 trip, photographs recovered from hard drive.

Learn proper techniques to utilize machine’s blade steering capabilities in order to increase undercarriage life and reduce wear-and-tear on steering components.

Late 19th or early 20th century mine in Idaho, United States—The mine could have been in the Wood River Valley in central Idaho, USA?

Learn applications in a virtual setting that translate to the actual worksite.

À seulement environ 330 kilomètres vers le nord nord-est de la base Arctus III (sur Nanigone, le plus grand satellite de BR-129), il existe de grands champs de dépots meubles composés de blocs de gneiss grisâtre, de dimension variable, parmi lesquels se trouvent de gros nodules de corindons presque purs qui font l'objet d'une exploitation par la Space Gem Associates depuis déjà plus de 40 ans.

Vue prise de la navette de recherche Axzalia, à basse altitude.

Learn the same applications as operators need to use at real work sites.

pure magic

Learn Dozer applications in a virtual setting that translate to the actual worksite.

Our dredge in action at our SCMI, South Carolina mining facility.

© Avi Das | Remains of an old talc mine at the edge of Death Valley.

Hasselblad 503CW + Carl Zeiss CFi FLE 50mm F4 on Kodak Tri-X film

A BNSF coal train travels from mining operations in rural Wyoming toward Douglas, Wyoming. (BNSF 6380, BNSF 9216, BNSF 8997)

2010 trip, photographs recovered from hard drive.

sitting beside the road in Jawbone Flats - a former mining town deep in the forest next to Opal Creek - now home to Opal Creek Ancient Forest Center (a non-profit environmental education center)

2010 trip, photographs recovered from hard drive.

Open-pit mine near Elshitsa Village in Bulgaria

a small streamlet pouring down a hillside just before it joins with Opal Creek

2010 trip, photographs recovered from hard drive.

Using the PowerQuick ascender as a mule. The PowerQuick is in a fixed position and the line is lowered to the climber. The unit is operatied using the remote control.

Learn to position truck under full-load conditions for dumping, and to master use of hoist control for dumping.

Learn three different kinds of dumping zones (for "high wall" or "waste" dumping), at crusher and at bays on two different sides, and on ground near crusher (for "stockpile dumping").

Learn to position truck for loading, with truck body empty and in down position. Interact with simulated Wheel Loader.

2010 trip, photographs recovered from hard drive.

2010 trip, photographs recovered from hard drive.

Learn to drive an Off-Highway Truck forward in a quarry under no-load conditions, while avoiding contact with obstacles including berms and rocks that define haul roads.

2010 trip, photographs recovered from hard drive.

Learn to use driving, lift arm and bucket controls of Wheel Loader to position bucket.

Learn to use operator controls of Wheel Loader to fill bucket at digging zone, execute a "three point trajectory," then dump contents of bucket in nearby dumping zone.

2010 trip, photographs recovered from hard drive.

Learn to master operator controls by navigating a square corridor, beginning with the 33’ trial and moving to the 26’ and 19’ versions.

an ore cart left to rust next to Opal Creek

2010 trip, photographs recovered from hard drive.

2010 trip, photographs recovered from hard drive.

left over from a former mining operation, this strange piece of equipment is just sitting in the middle of the forest slowing deteriorating

I could sit here for a really long time just watching & listening to the magic of this place

Extend functionality of single pass stockpiling by using digging and dumping zones separated by larger distances.