Danny Schlecty

Underground Miner

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๐“๐ฒ๐ฉ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ซ: Underground

๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ซ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ : Hecla Greens Creek

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐  ๐ก๐š๐ฏ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐›๐ž๐ž๐ง ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ : 4 years

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ž๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐ : Always wanted to, a job opened up in my home town, i got the job and never looked back

๐–๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐Ÿ๐ซ๐จ๐ฆ: Columbus MT

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐Ÿ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ ๐ซ๐ž๐ฐ๐š๐ซ๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š๐›๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฃ๐จ๐› ๐š๐ฌ ๐š ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ซ: Working with my brothers, and getting to see how many truck loads of rock we move around.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐Ÿ๐š๐œ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค, ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐๐๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ฆ: None really. I love mining, the environment and the guys I do it with. Wouldn't want to be doing anything else.

๐€๐ซ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž๐ซ๐ž ๐š๐ง๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ฎ๐ฅ๐š๐ซ ๐ฌ๐ค๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ฌ, ๐ช๐ฎ๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐Ÿ๐ข๐œ๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐š๐๐ฏ๐ข๐œ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐š๐ฅ ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐จ๐ง๐ž ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ญ๐ž๐ ๐ข๐ง ๐›๐ž๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐š ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ซ: MHSA and JOT. I started as a muck hauler and fell into mining by just helping them on slow nights and and now I do a little of everythingย 

๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ž๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐Ÿ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ž๐ฏ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ข๐ง๐ , ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐ซ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐ž๐ฌ ๐๐จ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐š๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐œ๐ข๐ฉ๐š๐ญ๐ž: Mining isnt going anywhere. ย We need the precious metals. Its challenging being away from home and my family but the work is rewarding and I wouldn't have seen a lot of what I have if I wasn't a miner.

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐Ÿ๐š๐ฏ๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ญ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐จ ๐จ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ฌ๐ข๐๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค: Hunting and fishing. And hanging out with my wife and 2 girls.

๐’๐ก๐š๐ซ๐ž ๐š ๐’๐š๐Ÿ๐ž๐ญ๐ฒ ๐“๐ข๐ฉ: Always wear you PPE

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