On2them,
In reply only to "Where is all that HT ore?", I am jumping into this question mid conversation, so I apologize if I am simplifing this too much or misrepresenting your question.
When we were out there in November, they had been blasting and mining the HT pit for months. When the dump trucks are filled, they drive the loads out of the pit and depending on if they have low or high grade ore, they dump it in one of two places. The low grade ore went over the side of a big hill, the way a landfill works. And, the high grade ore (where they let you take samples home) was piled about 20 feet to the other side of the low grade. Not sure if they have moved it since, but all this ore was about 1/2 to 1 mile from the mill. They were just stock piling it in anticipation of the mill's soft start.
I hope this answers your question and wasn't a waste of your time reading.
