My first pump job

Story by rockhard.....

My first pump job was in Morenci az at a mine (Phelps dodge ) the biggest open pit copper mine in the nation, the pump was a old black and white 29m Schwing, I was fresh with the training and very green but I was ready to take the challenge witch I didn’t know was going to be a 16 hour challenge + two hour mob, needless to say I was in for the long haul , the job at hand was figured at 180 yd and the mat was on sold rock that had gaping cracks all throughout, the mix was a lean backfill and ungodly rocky, well 870 yds latter and 16 hours of my life gone the job was done.