Code ONE - Code ONE - Code ONE
Two days ago we had the first real emergency situation: 11:50, suddenly a voice over the radio on cannel 1: "We have got a CODE ONE!".
Wow, that was enough to bring the entire camp into chaos. People had to gather in the main hall. The kitchen staff had to stop cooking, the nightshift guys were woken up and the crew flight that was just about to land was stopped. (Means, it had to circle and wait... ;-) )
A truck was on fire. The worst thing was that it happened under ground. No body new the details and how many people were missing... After about half an hour all missing people were found and the fire extinguished. Only one person was happy and smiling: De Beers hired on guy to sit next to the radio all day to wait for a CODE ONE. It was his day!!
Yesterday we were stuck in the plant for 45min after a power failure. I was on the phone when suddenly everything went down. Sitting in the control room with the only light cooming from my laptop screen... We all had to gather at a central place again. The main plant has got em ergency lights so we could see a bit. Still it was quite spooky in that big plant, which is normally load and very light. Suddenly in the dark with no noise at all. Pure silence.
And then all the motors started up again and the lights fired up, too.
What an exciting time!!!
About our work: The MikroSort units perform very well. We have a result of up to 94% waste rejection with only 3% Kimberlite loss. Due to the good results and the hard work every\body puts in we will finish the test compain earlier. Hopefully by tommorrow we should be through. So I can leave the mine and visit the Diavik mine for a day. Latest on Thursday I will be on the plan back to Germany.
Wow, that was enough to bring the entire camp into chaos. People had to gather in the main hall. The kitchen staff had to stop cooking, the nightshift guys were woken up and the crew flight that was just about to land was stopped. (Means, it had to circle and wait... ;-) )
A truck was on fire. The worst thing was that it happened under ground. No body new the details and how many people were missing... After about half an hour all missing people were found and the fire extinguished. Only one person was happy and smiling: De Beers hired on guy to sit next to the radio all day to wait for a CODE ONE. It was his day!!
Yesterday we were stuck in the plant for 45min after a power failure. I was on the phone when suddenly everything went down. Sitting in the control room with the only light cooming from my laptop screen... We all had to gather at a central place again. The main plant has got em ergency lights so we could see a bit. Still it was quite spooky in that big plant, which is normally load and very light. Suddenly in the dark with no noise at all. Pure silence.
And then all the motors started up again and the lights fired up, too.
What an exciting time!!!
About our work: The MikroSort units perform very well. We have a result of up to 94% waste rejection with only 3% Kimberlite loss. Due to the good results and the hard work every\body puts in we will finish the test compain earlier. Hopefully by tommorrow we should be through. So I can leave the mine and visit the Diavik mine for a day. Latest on Thursday I will be on the plan back to Germany.
KaiBar - 25. Jun, 15:58
