We finally found "The Mine"

Is this The Mine? For many many years, while traveling with Gregg to Utah for work, we searched for this mine. We would head off the highway hoping to get close to it, but not quite finding it or not being able to see much. The antelope always would stop to stare wondering why we were venturing into their area.

Brian loves mines and open pit mines best of all. Well here it was, right on the highway. Is it the one - only our friend Cameron could tell us for sure, since he travels here for Caterpillar to check on the big rigs. We saw the sign and the large (so much larger up close of course) dump trucks as they came around the corner and then disappeared into the earth. The sign had the coolest description. Explosions in Use: Blast warning at 5 minutes before blast. A wail siren will be sounded for 10 seconds. At 2 minutes before detonation a 2 tone siren will be sounded. At 30 seconds before the blast a yelp siren will be sounded. After the blast the area will be cleared by mine personnel to assure the area is safe to reenter. We didn't get to experience all that excitement. Wow, would it have been cool.

If you click on the pictures and enlarge them they aren't as blurry looking. Again the photos don't capture the awe we experienced. The last photo is difficult to see but it is the huge boom to pick up rock (Ursa Major or Ursa Minor) and the one on the right is the drill to place the explosives in the ground - per Gregg. We felt like kids straining our necks to see what all the big people get to see, bummer.... Cool stuff anyway. Brings us back to the movies Brian watched when he was little "I dig dirt" and all the huge rigs. - Karen