Mud Creek Placer Mine

摘要

The Mud Creek Placer Mine is a true quest. Previously we acknowledged the rich reserves contained in the ground near Candle, Alaska. Now the miners and equipment need to find their way there and start the operation. It takes miners who are tough, uncomplaining and self-sacrificing. They need drive, in the likes of "Wildcatters" in the oil fields and the pioneers who settled this western country. Equipment must be hauled or walked over the tundra floor only when it's frozen. Alaska law prohibits tearing or scarring the soft, thawed tundra. Supplies such as generators, pickups, 4 wheelers, backhoes and even dump trucks and small excavators will be flown into Candle on a C-130 Hercules transport plane. Affectionately called Hercs, they haul up to 45,000 pounds per load.