Bridger Above Ground Mine Tour - August 2007

PacifiCorp's internal audit department went on a tour of Bridger mines (above and below ground mines) and the Bridger plant. Here's a picture of the Bridger plant in Rock Springs, Wyoming.




This coal-fired plant is owned by PacifiCorp. It uses coal to produce power for Pacific Power and Rocky Mountain Power.



Before we could go under ground, we had to have several hours of training and pass a test.












Here I am with Roxann - all dressed up like a miner. The equipment on my belt was very heavy.











The above ground mine was so far down it looked like little toy equipment. Isn't it cute?












This is a picture of our department standing in the bucket that reaches down in the mine to move the dirt.











Can you believe the size of the links on this chain compared to the people? I thought it was amazing.














This is the view inside the equipment in the next picture. This guy moves dirt all day long - just like playing in the dirt! See how small that bucket looks - it's the one we were standing in in the picture above.








This is the thing that moves the dirt. I couldn't get it in one picture even though I went back quite a ways so here it is in two pictures. It is unbelievably huge equipment.








Here's the bucket again....
















This is inside Bridger plant showing the control center - at least that's what I'm calling it.












Bridger plant with a view of the Wyoming scenery in case you haven't been to Wyoming before.








The substation near the plant.....













The best food on the trip was this Mexican food at Los Cabos in Rock Springs.













Here's the internal audit department from the left - me, Bill, Roxann, Terry, Sheila, Dan (who said he was joining our department but changed his mind and went to work for Deloitte instead), and Sean, the internal audit director. Dennis is taking the picture. Look how happy we are. This was taken just before we left to return home!







On the way back from Wyoming, we were able to stop for about an hour at temple square. We flew in and out of the Salt Lake City airport and drove to and from Rock Springs.

The flowers on temple square were beautiful! This is a picture of Bill, Sheila, Terry, and me! The picture was taken by one of the missionaries on temple square.

Four days after this trip my appendix ruptured. Some say it might have been the food from this trip. Thus, the reason it has taken me so long to post these pictures.