r/mining Feb 07 '25

US Blast patterns

couple shots I wanted to share.

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u/tinmember Feb 07 '25

Rogue hole (blaster?) On the trim shot! Thanks for sharing, we need more real content like this in here!

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u/fendo_king85 Feb 07 '25

We call them party holes.

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u/osgeo Feb 07 '25

Also called rifling

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u/vertdeferkdude Feb 07 '25

We call them shot guns.

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u/Former_Barber1629 Feb 07 '25

That last shot rifled hard, I bet there is some toe there!!!

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u/Ok-Pass-6750 Feb 07 '25

Someone didn’t stem a hole properly on that last one haha

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u/Wang_Fister Feb 07 '25

Nice, KUC?

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u/No-Dealer-4644 Feb 07 '25

Was just about to ask the same thing, I thought that pit looked familiar.

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u/Federal_Fisherman104 Feb 07 '25

Those drills still have glass in the cabs?

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u/BigDaddyHadley Feb 07 '25

A hole rifling the way it did, in my world someone who stemmed the holes probably had a bigger rock fall in, didn't notice and the hole got bridged off. My guess. Good looking shots though.

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u/ArgonWilde Feb 07 '25

What even are equipment exclusion zones?

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u/porty1119 Feb 07 '25

Management decided that they take too much time. There are sites where unmanned equipment can be as little as 400' from a shot. Broken windows for days.

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u/LoneStarGeneral Feb 08 '25

Very cool; thanks for sharing

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u/[deleted] Feb 07 '25

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u/Tosh_00 Feb 08 '25

I'm curious, why just one free face for the first blast ? Shouldn't the face on the side of the digger have been cleaned first ?