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Photos: Mining for knowledge
Posted: Friday, October 30, 2009
In class: Cliff Walker, center, and Jayson Bitterman, left, listen to instructor Forrest Cooper demonstrate taking apart and cleaning a jack leg drill Thursday at the Maggie Kathleen Mine during the University of Alaska Southeast mining training course. The 15 students are just over the halfway point in the five-week class.
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Fresh air: Three students walk out of the mine after practicing with a jack leg drill.
Working: Mining instructor Jim "Smitty" Smith helps student Rich Berg line up the bit on a jack leg drill.