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Am not a miner, but have a casual interest in nutrition etc. Most of your nutrients you get from food, so they don't depend on your occupation that much. What you're not getting from food is vitamin D (unless you eat a metric fuckton of mushrooms daily, that is). You can get it from sunlight, but if you're working underground, you're probably not getting enough of it. So you should supplement that. If you want to have a more in-depth view, you can use a tool like cronometer.com where you can input what you ate and it shows you the nutrients. Some of the RDAs there are questionable, but over all it should give you a nice idea.

Source: uhhhh idk trust me bro

Entering into the expatriate market as a graduate is gonna be real difficult mate. Best chance for you would be Guinea even then it'll be hard. I've worked throughout West Africa, and now Korea, conditions are always good for expats so you shouldn't worry too much. Job postings will generally state if there is a language requirement - check out oilandgasjobsearch.com it's a good international job board for both mining and oil/gas, can also add me on Linkedin if you want, might be able to put you in touch with some recruiters.

What state are you in? Still a lot of work in WA as far as I know, also if you're looking abroad, check out what your visa requirements are and get them sorted before applying for anything.

Here's a link to a google doc that I have. It's a review package on mining terms for an introductory mining engineering course I took in University. I'm sure there's a lot you can ignore (to do with mineral processing), but I hope it helps regardless. Good luck!

I like these two paragraphs:

The few standouts in these harsh environments are those that have well-established ports and know-how, such as Russia's MMC Norilsk Nickel NILSY -0.16% and Sweden's LKAB. The successes include Arctic mines built by slave labor under Stalin in the 1930s, and now operated by Norilsk.

"There is a certain culture there, and people get used to working in very difficult conditions," said Norilsk CEO Vladimir Potanin in an interview last year.

I think Mr. Potanin may be quoted out of context.

Also no log in required with this link:

http://www.marketwatch.com/story/mining-for-gold-at-minus-45-celsius-2014-02-23-194493943?pagenumber=2

I love QGIS and it looks like they claim it works on macs.

http://www.qgis.org/en/site/

Out of curiosity, why the hell would you switch in that direction? Seems pretty foolhardy to me if you work with geospatial data, you are cutting in half AT BEST the software packages you can use.

They would something like this.

My work supplies them as an option in our PPE kit, but as far as I can tell, these are identical to them. I wear a leather miners belt with my lock, tools, and self rescuer on it, so the metal belt clips just grab onto my belt. Depending on the type of belt you're already wearing, you might need different clips, as the ones on my suspenders really only open wide enough to "bite" onto a belt about 1/8 to 1/4 of an inch thick.

Stop looking at those machines. Please. They may be billed as industrial grade but they're not. We have a few portable Irocks that my boss decided to buy for a couple permanent quarry locations and we have a lot of breakdowns. We run the piss out of them. The machines you're looking at are toys.

As for books - I've been reading this: The Aggregate Handbook

It talks about a lot of stuff - even the economics of mining. I nabbed it at work. It's listed at $501 at that link but you may be able to get it cheaper.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000G616M4/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o06_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1
I like the ease of zippers rather than re-lacing every time. I also have a pair of redwings that are better for field work (lighter, more grip for hiking)

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B07K89DP2F/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_glt_i_N9PR95FP578T19TVFMFE?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1

We use tags similar to these to seal up first aid kits, etc where I work. Keeps it simple so that if it is tampered with, you check to see what's missing and stock accordingly. These are checked on a regular basis. Mines generally have Mine Rescue Volunteers that have (at the very least) basic training in first aid, stretchers/baskets, etc. Some mines have more advanced first aid training available (Emergency Medical Responder level) for Mine Rescuers, and Trauma kits in that regard are stocked/available accordingly. These would be available at the Mine Rescue substation and at other locations (Mill, security) and not generally 'laying around' underground in refuge stations.

https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B0015DKH36/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_79iNFb1J5DQMK

This book is considered the gold standard and is used by mining engineers the world over.

You can find cheaper editions, but this one is just an example

Your best strategy to building a mining company with $500k is to buy this for now, and use the rest of your money to get housing, invest, and pursue your education.

“(Something), (something), hardrock miner.” I can’t remember the full title, but follows a tramp miner pre-msha. And the life he lived. It was required reading in school. Written like a memoir. No illustrations.

I looked it up while writing this. Amazon link below:

The making of a hardrock miner: An account of the experiences of a worker in copper, molybdenum, and uranium mines in the West https://www.amazon.com/dp/0831071168/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_api_i_RLMDEbKGB0HMV

You can YouTube lots of videos on mining methods, or standard operations of mining and learn a lot probably. Try block caving, retreat mining,shear wall, room and pillar. That is probably enough to send you on a long rabbit hole.

Thanks for the reply. Regarding operations management, I found this: https://www.amazon.com/Management-Mineral-Resources-Creating-Business/dp/0873352165

Though maybe you were talking about some more general text on management?

Introductory to Mining Engineering was the text we used extensively in college. It was actually a pretty decent read and I'd consider it an excellent foundational text.