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Mining Minds

Dec 25, 2019

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from Mining Minds. This week Victor Ortiz sits down in the studio to bring us some holiday cheer. He talks about going from a bank manager, to a haul truck operator, and his role now as a safety specialist. Victor talks about some of his personal strengths, struggles and insights...


Dec 18, 2019

On this week's episode, Thomas Sutton sits down with Mining Minds and talks about his journey with cancer, wanting to become a doctor as a kid, and how mining eventually chose him. We discuss the importance of understanding the business side of mining, bonuses underground, a few shower stories, and Thomas' goals...


Dec 11, 2019

Singer, songwriter, miner... Alan Franklin sits down with Mining Minds to talk about his journey. Alan walks us through some of the good times and hard lessons learned as an underground miner. He shares how he came into writing music and is the first on Mining Minds to perform live in studio! From country to rap Alan...


Dec 4, 2019

On this week's episode we explore the mining journey of Kristi Ojala. Kristy describes the moments in her career that defined her and took her down the path that has allowed her to thrive in the mining industry. Kristy offers her advice to new miners and describes life in the mining industry for female miners,...


Nov 27, 2019

From the Department of Transportation, to mining and back. Joel McDermott joins us to talk about his journey and the things he's learned along the way, especially the impact that surveying has in mining. Joel details the reason why he started mining and what brought him back to the Department of Transportation. He also...