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Uploaded by on Jan 26, 2009

mucking a bench after a blast....one clam gets slamed and breaks down leaving only grover's left to muck us out.

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  • hello blakker007705 my father is art coombs he says hello. All the rest of my uncle winston, lyndon are doing well also anyways have a good day

  • @MACoom thats gr8...wish em all my best, good luck in the mining profession!

  • Holy crap, what's the life span of these guys?

  • lol...we live as long as anyone else,the one clam got slamed against the wall and the nipple got sheared off in the cylinder so "grover" was the only one left and it was allways a bit spooky when he was on the clam....lol we all take a turn on the bottom when we muck out (dodging the buckets,the clam and what ever falls off the wall or down the shaft)

  • wheres this at? jobs like these turns boys to men!

  • Thomson Manatoba...a vent shaft we sank for INCO

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  • Are you hiring?????? I was raised with a background stemming from MAGMA mining, both in San Manuel,AZ and Superior,AZ. I've been taught about cut n fill, stoping and cave block mining principals. I'll be the 5th generation underground miner. the first time I was underground was when I was 4 with my grandfather( repair/miner). Hit me up at

    ghilliesniper2003@yahoo. The name is mike Sixsmith. Thanks for any input on employment.

  • pneumatic? good god that is noisey, looks like hell

  • this is SKID calling came across this while downloading porn lol..hows everybody doing how come im not in any of the videos guess I must have been hungover back at the Bunk House. Good video brought back memories!

  • This is a awsome video, I remember doing this in Snow Lake Manitoba, I worked for Aurroe Quarrying, the year was 1980, It was a experience in life, I worked with a lot a great men back then, My Fatehr was a Clam opertater for years, it was fun back then.

  • Talk about living in a nightmare! That is some insane environment! You gotta really trust the guys you work with...

  • This is, in IMHO the hardest video on you-tube aside from any ones that were shot in the war. This is real mans' work for sure.

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