UPDATE: MONDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 2009

It is a whiteout at the mine today with heavy snowfall making mining very difficult. This only happens a few times a winter, but the mining crew has been pulled out of the mine for safety reasons. This should be for only a short period of time until the front passes through.

Last week Gilbert Development received the Komatsu 785 rock truck that was delivered to their manufacturing facility for assembly. This is a 100-ton capacity rock truck. The following pictures show the truck, as received.

Figure 1: Bed of the Komatsu 768 Rock Truck in Assembly Facility

Figure 2: Body of the 785 Rock Truck

Figure 3: Inside the Cab of the 785 Rock Truck

After assembly of the truck and start-up, it will be moved to the site where it will be out into operation with the other equipment. This truck actually arrived about 2 months earlier than anticipated.