This dozer got busy early today where the shot was set yesterday.
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A low level shot today to break up some rocks next to Honda.
A Before shot only...
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Posted 20 December 2013 - 02:53 PM
I was able to move further into the site for awhile today as the Austin Powder folks set charges up above a knob sticking out on the south side of the remaining hill. Decided to do a vid panning around the site and to get the Before pic. Here's that vid...
Then the vid of the shot...
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Here's the most recent Site plan layout including names on all of the buildings that have been formally announced.
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Posted 23 December 2013 - 08:50 AM
The crew (except for a couple service guys) is getting a 12 day break for the holidays and the Bakers decided to line up some of the equipment along I-81.
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to all y'all and your families!!
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Posted 09 January 2014 - 06:22 PM
So, after a lengthy Holiday break and some nasty winter weather (for the south-west corner of Virginia) the crew is back at it today...
Three loaders, each with a trio of trucks...
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Two dozers up top shoving material over the edge...
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Two drills, one with its mast down for adjustments...
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The Austin Powder truck and a loader to move powder to the holes along the edge...
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Powder crew talking tactics...
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Closer look at the powder flowing from the truck...
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Posted 09 January 2014 - 06:28 PM
Went across the freeway behind the warehouse to see the whole rock wall thinking they were charging the whole width...
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But only the right side was set for today and I was sitting in the barber chair when it went off, so here's a look at the right side after the shot.
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And the drill moves back in for the left side.
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Posted 10 January 2014 - 01:55 PM
Got a video today from the car lot - kinda long range - the Before and After pics are from inside the site next to the Cabelas slab.
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Posted 10 January 2014 - 06:06 PM
Good Blast there!! and pics.
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Posted 13 January 2014 - 08:04 PM
Another shot viewed from the car lot...hill is so low now that the sight angle is poor.
Before and After...had to leave before the dust cleared on the After pic.
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Posted 16 January 2014 - 07:53 PM
Two videos today, and even though there were two areas charged, one was below/behind the Cabelas retaining wall and I had to re-start since all the charges set on top didn't go off as expected. After you hear the first go off, watch close and there will be a small puff of dust on top.
Before and After of the charges not visible in the first video taken from inside the project.
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Before and After the second video from the car lot.
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Before and After the second video taken from inside the project.
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Posted 18 January 2014 - 08:15 AM
Sooo...wife heard on the scanner that local PD was at the site this morning looking for a contact from Baker Excavating so I provided a cell number and learned that a Honda had been stopped with a ditch witch bucket in their trunk...stolen.
It's on its way back home now...
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Posted 20 January 2014 - 07:24 PM
Another effective shot today...nearly 200 holes most over 30 ft deep. Took the vid from across Lee Hiway to be able to see it a little better.
Before and After pics from where the vid was taken and from inside.
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Posted 21 January 2014 - 08:58 PM
I learned today that the shot yesterday loosened up 30,000 cubic yards of material and it's all excellent rock, part of which will be run through the crusher system for several sizes of gravel. Some of the chunks are huge and they'll keep the hammers busy for days!
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There are 3 loaders already working the long pile in that pic and the dozer on the left is digging a ramp for more...could probably fit 5 or 6 in there.
A full-out effort to remove the rest of the dirt overburden from on top this morning...3 loaders and their trucks, 2 dozers and a hammer. When the third drill moved up there the traffic jam looked like the GW Bridge w/ lane closures!
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A view of where the next charges will be placed (note the boulder on top).
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Two days ago I watched a drill maneuver up on top of the boulder to drill down into it. Here you can see the white splotch and pink flag up there...hope I can get an angle for the video and a decent After pic!
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Another angle of the last dirt on top.
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Then the Snowmageddon...!
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Weather-guessers are saying single digit temps in the morning with wind chill maybe in negative numbers! Arggghh!
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Posted 22 January 2014 - 01:19 PM
In the sunny temp of 8F on the east side of the hill, two loaders working on red dirt.
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And the 3rd loader on top delivering powder.
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Same loader seen from the other side of the hill.
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They carry powder in 5 gallon pails and here they're pouring into the hole drilled through the boulder. I learned today that this hole actually goes down 20+ feet below the boulder and the shot may not even crack the boulder!
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Posted 22 January 2014 - 01:25 PM
The loader on the right and the dozer worked for an hour to carve a slot to move this big rock far enough to tip it over the edge.
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Meanwhile, these two dozers continue to spread out more of that 30K cu.yds of material with one loader filling trucks and 3 drills are back at it on the shelf above.
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Posted 22 January 2014 - 04:04 PM
Got a video of the shot this afternoon from the car lot...as the hill gets lower I'm kinda running out of good sight lines and may end up only getting Before and After still pics. No special rock breaking where they drilled through the boulder, but there's a fair sized 'Rock Fountain'!
Wide and zoomed Before and After from the car lot...
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From inside the site Before and After and closer pics of that boulder...
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Posted 22 January 2014 - 06:00 PM
Great Video today!!
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Posted 23 January 2014 - 12:20 PM
Fairly small shot today and hard to see the whole charged area.
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Posted 27 January 2014 - 05:31 PM
The drills spent last Thurs and Fri up on the top of the remaining knob, so this morning I got some Before pics from inside, drove to the car lot when they started having the other equipment leave the site, took some Before pics from there.
As I sat there munching a cheeseburger (w/BACON!) waiting for the freeway traffic to stop...BOOM! Guess they decided it was far enough from the freeway not to bother traffic flow...so, no video.
Before and After from the car lot:
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A closer look on the left Before and After:
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A closer look on the right Before and After:
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Posted 27 January 2014 - 05:34 PM
Where the drills were working today, from where they are on the edge they kept moving further back. Might be an interesting shot tomorrow:
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Posted 31 January 2014 - 03:27 PM
After losing three days to the snow and freezing weather, the shot went off today and the video and first Before and After pics were taken from the car lot.
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Second Before and After pics taken from inside the site.
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