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5 large mine haul trucks

satmike - 1-26-2011 at 05:40 PM

We were heading into town today (El Rosario) and saw 5 large mine haul trucks on lowboys heading South. Any one have an idea where they are headed?
Thanks Mike




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bajalou - 1-26-2011 at 05:43 PM

Possible Santa Rosalia.

mcfez - 1-26-2011 at 06:30 PM

Southern Baja? :)

David K - 1-26-2011 at 06:48 PM

Baja is still a wealth of minerals and metals.

There has been mining of both copper and gold south and east of El Rosario. The owner of the new Turista Motel in El Rosario owned some of them and he told me that is how he paid for the motel and new gas station he was hoping to open down Hwy. 1 a-ways... Sadly, we heard he passed away...

Russ - 1-26-2011 at 06:51 PM

My friends just came in today and they saw them too. Happy they passed them while they were on lunch break. Really wide loads! Probably for the mine in Santa Rosalia. There's a lot of work going on there including a new pier.

my house.

fishabductor - 1-26-2011 at 06:58 PM

They were headed to my house. With 3 large dogs, this household creates a pile of excrement. A Euclid or a CAT 777, 767 can haul 200 tons of dog crap per load. I figure with the 5 trucks being fed by a CAT 9d dozer and a Hitachi excavator withs a 25 cy bucket it should only take a week to remove last weeks poo.

Our outdoor poo factory consists of:
1. Daisy-Rhidesian Rhidgeback 80lbs
2. Sieera-1/2 Dogo Argentino/ 1/2 Fila Brasiliero pup 35lbs and only 3 months old. She'll go over 100lbs easy. Google Fila's and Dogos...
3. Indy-German Shorthaired Pointer 60lbs of solid muscle
4. Superfly- Male Cat
5. Jazz- female cat

ElCap - 1-26-2011 at 09:09 PM

Although there seems to be quite a bit of mining speculation and interest in Baja lately, most likely they were heading to the Boleo mining operation in Santa Rosalia. Check out the website below for all the details:
http://www.bajamining.com/

satmike - 1-27-2011 at 12:22 PM

Thanks, We had to pull off to let them by. I'll bet they had fun going down into Santa Rosalia.

durrelllrobert - 1-27-2011 at 02:31 PM

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Originally posted by satmike
Thanks, We had to pull off to let them by. I'll bet they had fun going down into Santa Rosalia.

for overwide loads like that the uphill traffic needs to be shutdown by the federalies during off-peak (midnight- 4 AM) hours

805gregg - 1-27-2011 at 06:32 PM

Drug transportation trucks, no need to hide anymore.

Could also be El Triunfo

bajadave1 - 1-28-2011 at 07:11 PM

A possible new mine over there.
Dave

BajaRat - 1-28-2011 at 08:52 PM

I met some Chinese businessmen in El Rosario last fall. I assumed they were seafood buyers. After a brief conversation they told me they were involved in mining just outside of town. I'm gonna have to agree though that the trucks probably belong to a cartel. Gonna have to diversify with all this legalization talk.

SoCal-Bob - 1-28-2011 at 11:35 PM

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Originally posted by fishabductor
They were headed to my house. With 3 large dogs, this household creates a pile of excrement. A Euclid or a CAT 777, 767 can haul 200 tons of dog crap per load. I figure with the 5 trucks being fed by a CAT 9d dozer and a Hitachi excavator withs a 25 cy bucket it should only take a week to remove last weeks poo.



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mulegejim - 1-29-2011 at 05:36 AM

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Originally posted by satmike
We were heading into town today (El Rosario) and saw 5 large mine haul trucks on lowboys heading South. Any one have an idea where they are headed?
Thanks Mike/


I was heading north and had to wait for them to cross the El Rosario bridge - very impressive. I am sure they are for the mine in Santa Rosalita - I happened to run into the construction superintendent during the yellowtail tournament banquet at the Jungle in Mulege - nice guy and he was saying that they have secured their financing ($850,000,000) and all permits. They are, as noted above, building a pier for shipping out the ore and preparing the mine for reopening. I think somebody posted a link for their website. Canadian company, however, the guy I was talking with is from Idaho. Jim

Russ - 1-29-2011 at 05:53 AM

I just googled "boleo mine" there's lots of stuff to choose from.

baja Steve - 1-29-2011 at 07:06 AM

They are at the mine in Santa Rosalia

woody with a view - 1-31-2011 at 12:43 PM

just a thought.

why does everyone get all worked up about a mine near cabo and brush off the one near rosalia? a mine is a mine, right?

David K - 1-31-2011 at 01:14 PM

I bet it is beacuse a mine has already been at Santa Rosalia for over 100 years, so how much 'uglier' could it get with new mining?

The only issue that these Todos Santos or Cabo folks don't know is the oldest mines in California are right in the area... See Real de Santa Ana and El Triunfo, etc. (Jack Swords has great photos)... It just is with the tropical weather down there, the plants hide it all better...

Or MAYBE because THEY live near there and not near Santa Rosalia... It is the old "not in my backyard" stuff ????

Barry A. - 1-31-2011 at 01:28 PM

I love active mines--------they have their own beauty, in an industrial sorta way, like a city does. My daughter lives in Herriman, Utah in a new developement, and her out the front door viewshed is the HUGE Bingham Canyon Copper mine tailings------incredible with the morning light and all the bright and varied colors----I never fail to be inspired by that site, and they love it also. :o

Barry

motoged - 1-31-2011 at 01:44 PM

Is the Santa Rosalia mine open-pit or underground?

LancairDriver - 1-31-2011 at 01:48 PM

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Originally posted by Barry A.
I love active mines--------they have their own beauty, in an industrial sorta way, like a city does. My daughter lives in Herriman, Utah in a new developement, and her out the front door viewshed is the HUGE Bingham Canyon Copper mine tailings------incredible with the morning light and all the bright and varied colors----I never fail to be inspired by that site, and they love it also. :o

Barry


Even more beauty in West Virginia, where they are blowing the tops off of mountains for easier access to the coal. :lol::lol:

David K - 1-31-2011 at 02:10 PM

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Originally posted by LancairDriver
Quote:
Originally posted by Barry A.
I love active mines--------they have their own beauty, in an industrial sorta way, like a city does. My daughter lives in Herriman, Utah in a new developement, and her out the front door viewshed is the HUGE Bingham Canyon Copper mine tailings------incredible with the morning light and all the bright and varied colors----I never fail to be inspired by that site, and they love it also. :o

Barry


Even more beauty in West Virginia, where they are blowing the tops off of mountains for easier access to the coal. :lol::lol:


All because our hands were tied to drill more and get to our oil and gas supplies or use nuclear power... 'the energy of the future'!

Barry A. - 1-31-2011 at 04:07 PM

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Originally posted by LancairDriver
Quote:
Originally posted by Barry A.
I love active mines--------they have their own beauty, in an industrial sorta way, like a city does. My daughter lives in Herriman, Utah in a new developement, and her out the front door viewshed is the HUGE Bingham Canyon Copper mine tailings------incredible with the morning light and all the bright and varied colors----I never fail to be inspired by that site, and they love it also. :o

Barry


Even more beauty in West Virginia, where they are blowing the tops off of mountains for easier access to the coal. :lol::lol:


They had to do something---------underground coal mines are dangerous, you know. Do they look more beautiful in the evening, or early morning?

If I look out my back door in Redding, I get to see the Iron Mountain Mine HazMat site where mega-millions have been spent by the EPA with relatively little progress in mitigating the reported poison it emits into the down-stream Sacramento River. Fun, fun!!!! But the tailings, like at the Bingham Copper Mine and Santa Rosalia, are beautiful in the right light.

-----but David has a good point.

You gotta look for the bright-side in all this stuff. There are always trade-offs. :yes:

Barry

LancairDriver - 1-31-2011 at 09:40 PM

Barry A:
They had to do something---------underground coal mines are dangerous, you know. Do they look more beautiful in the evening, or early morning?
Anytime- as they say;" beauty is in the eye of the beholder".:lol::lol:

I think DK has it right- Nuclear is the way to go, even considering the disposal problem. You only have to look at European countries such as France and Sweden for example, who have over a 50 year near perfect safety record using it and realize a sizable chunk of their energy requirements as a result. No dependence on the Arabs for this.
How about our nuclear subs. 560ft long x 45ft wide and moving underwater at 25mph generating 60,000 horsepower while only needing to refuel every 25 years. Limit is in the human endurance, requiring two alternating crews to man them.
One sub could supply all of San Francisco's power needs(or all of Baja) by itself for the same length of time. It is hard to discount this potential for power. Unfortunately, we are way behind in the planning and permitting process and it will be a long time to get on line with this power resource we developed over 65 years ago.