I'm an underground miner making as much as $160,000 a year without a college degree. The job saved my life.
Typically, I work seven days every other week in 12-hour shifts. I wake up at 4 a.m., take the 4:45 a.m. bus ride for an hour to the mine with no phone service, then spend another half an hour to change and attend our daily meeting. By 6 a.m., I take a caged elevator down a mine shaft a mile below ground where there is limited access to fresh air, then emerge from the darkness around 6 p.m. when my shift ends.
The deeper you go, the hotter it gets. There is one part of the mine where I always get soaked with sweat — my socks and boots drenched — because there's boiling water coming out of the walls. While emergencies aren't frequent, they do happen. There was one time I was training a newbie how to drive a truck, but when we got a mayday call, I was responsible for him. Luckily, I am familiar with the safety protocols through OSHA trainings, so I was able to get him to the closest refuge chamber. Still, it was scary.Despite these conditions, I love my job. In fact, I strive to be the dirtiest person in the mine.
We even have fun. One of the guys might sneak in a Ninja Turtle or a three-foot tall Jack Skellington toy and hide it somewhere in the mine for others to find, which could take years.
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