Medinah Minerals (MDMN)

[RD759]

Rick, you're right about the timber - on zooming in it is a light beam from a lamp above - time for new specs perhaps! If this is part of the shaft works, then they have come off the shaft and have made a small exploratory level to chase some of the sulphide mineralisation. The level of dust makes it look much older than it may be. Initial blasting does generate a lot of dust, but this is lost when the miners come back in and wash the area down prior to barring down any loose rock to make the workings safe. Dust then accumulates as air passes through the workings and accretes with time - the thicker the coating often the better the ventilation curiously. The thick dust coating suggests that they haven't barred down (the area behind in the shaft is much cleaner by comparison); you would have expected the geologist to wash the area down to see what is going on; he's obviously too busy 'sampling'.