Dominican Republic July,Aug & Sept 08.

Two of seven Mills to come out the Pueblo Viejo Gold Mine
to make way for the new plant.

Unloading the tool container.

Our Dominican team starting to break down the first Mill.

Every afternoon the rain and thunder rolled in.

Looking into the Ball Mill.

The mobile crane arriving at Site.

Ball Mill coming apart.

Lifting a 44 tonne Mill Shell through the side of the building.

Two Ball Mills dismantled and ready for transporting.

Transporting a Mill shell to storage yard.

Small Ball Mill.

Lifting a small Sag Mill down off the plinth.

Dismantling a small Sag Mill for transporting.

Some local kids in Maimon.

These two were selling sweets on the side of the road where

we stayed in Maimon.

We went to Santo Domingo for the day to take in a bit of history.

Looking into the Oldest church built in the New World

over 600 years ago.

Christopher Columbus Statue.

Andy, Me and Salvador checking out old canons and stuff.

Christopher Columbus house over looking the bay.

Old Monastery

What I like to do when Im not working.

When Im not working offshore I like to explore good ole NZ
by motor bike.

Ride to Whangamata with a mate of mine.

A Sunday afternoon ride with friends.

Mt Ngauruhoe.

Mt Ruapehu.

Rerewhakaaitu. Not a very happy camper here.

Breakfast at Pukenui, Northland. A cup of black coffee and

a custard square.

The Te Paki sand dunes, Northland.

Looking down 90 mile beach from the Te Paki stream entrance.

Selfie while on the bike.

Traveling Around Chihuahua State. Mexico. 07/08.

Taking delivery of my new company car. A VW Bora.

Large statue on the Eastern side of Chihuahua city, called

the Gateway to Chihuahua.

Some kids selling watermelons on the side of the road.

A delivery of Kenworths.

Heading East from Chihuahua. Great roads for driving in the
early morning with no one about.

Chihuahua Desert.

Ojinaga Desert.

Ojinaga Desert.

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Canyon in the Ojinaga Desert.

Calf roping at a small town South of Chihuahua.

American paint horse competition at the County Fair, Chihuahua.

A military check point. These were everywhere around

Mexico. Trying to catch drug runners.

The notorious fence between Mexico and the USA.

I met this Hobo sitting on the side of the road in El Paso.

He was thrilled to receive a few bucks from me.

Heading West from Juarez towards Nuevo Casas Grandes.

Driving through the Northern Chihuahua desert I came up

behind these guys who must have left home in a hurry that morning.

Paquime Indian ruins at Nuevo Casas Grandes. The Paquime

Indians were around during the period of 1060-1340.

Driving through a snow storm on my way to visit friends

at Matachi.

My friends Bob & Sandy Rulewicz from Connecticut. Outside

their missionary training school at Matachi.

Palmarejo Project. Mexico. July 07.

Flying to Temoris, then a 1 hour drive to site.
After the Mali project I flew to Chihuahua Mexico to work on
a Mine Site in Palmarejo, which is in the Sierra Madre Occidental.

Flying over Chihuahua, heading for Temoris in the Sierra Madre.

Large cactus.

Looking up the road at Palmarejo. The little red store and

school next door.

Looking down on the Tiny town of Palmarejo. The church

right in the middle.

View while driving from Temoris to Palmarejo.

The Copper Canyon in the Sierra Madre, on the way from

Chihuahua to Palmarejo.

Some interesting rock formations on the road to Temoris.

The site being prepared for the new processing plant.

Forming the concrete plinths to support the Ball Mills.

Leach tanks being fabricated on site.

A linesman working on a new pole that was put in at the

man camp.Don't try this at home.

Doing my QA/QC work at Palmarejo.

Black Widow. I saw lots of these under the steel.

These kids were playing on the side of the road where I

stayed in Palmarejo.

This little old Mexican guy lived in Palmarejo and hung

around the construction site.

Back in Chihuahua, structural steel beams ready for sand blasting.

Ball Mill shells waiting for dispatch.

Tanks & beams ready for dispatch to Palmarejo.

Dye penetrant crack testing on a stainless steel elution column.

Bins heading to the rubber liners before being sent to the

Palmarejo Site

More Structural Steel in Chihauhua, for Palmarejo.

Fabricators & Welders at the Chihauhau workshop, Mexico.