Back from Mexico

**Mangyrat** · 12-13-2010, 05:17 AM

Welcome back Buzz.

**cigarsarge** · 12-13-2010, 10:13 AM

You sure work around some cool equipment...That kind of stuff has always fascinated me.

**ndv21** · 12-13-2010, 11:46 AM

Good to see you back Buzz! I'll be going down to Huatulco, Mexico for new years with the wifey and the in-laws. Aparently there is some good diving down there along with white water rafting. I'll be sure to post pics!

**mrtr33** · 12-13-2010, 11:52 AM

Cool pics.

I've driven to Monterrey before, on the way to Saltillo. If memory serves correctly about the roads in that area, 3.5 hours could very well mean you've only gone about 60 miles.

You know, you may have guns, but next to that ball mill.......just sayin'. Just calling castle.

**buzz** · 12-13-2010, 02:53 PM

Originally Posted by mrtr33

Cool pics.

I've driven to Monterrey before, on the way to Saltillo. If memory serves correctly about the roads in that area, 3.5 hours could very well mean you've only gone about 60 miles.

You know, you may have guns, but next to that ball mill.......just sayin'. Just calling castle.

We drove through Saltillo to get to Concha - yeah the rodes are pretty rough. For most of the travel the highway is two lanes, but the way the traffic works is it is somehow understood that the center line is the passing area, for either direction - and so if you aren't passing, you are supposed to be straddling the side line (half on the shoulder) in order to allow those who are passing to use the middle area. Pretty wild.

Here are the steel balls used in the mill:

Dangit, i've been Castled!

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**ashauler** · 12-13-2010, 02:59 PM

Who are you and why do I care about your balls?

**mrtr33** · 12-13-2010, 03:03 PM

Originally Posted by ashauler

Who are you and why do I care about your balls?

But they're steel balls.

**buzz** · 12-13-2010, 04:21 PM

Originally Posted by ndv21

Good to see you back Buzz! I'll be going down to Huatulco, Mexico for new years with the wifey and the in-laws. Aparently there is some good diving down there along with white water rafting. I'll be sure to post pics!

Looking forward to seeing those pics! The rafting should be cool, I did that once (in Panama) and had a blast. Have a safe trip bro, take along some gummy bears to give to the federales... it isn't a bribe... it's just being friendly

They love those gummy bears man, I mean LOVE them.

-Buzz

**buzz** · 04-08-2011, 12:08 PM

Guess what? I'm back, again, from "la tierra del mineral y la cordialidad".

They are repairing the building where the firework explosion occured last time I was there.

90 feet up...

They let me drive a backhoe...

Some of the mills run on man power, as shown here.

**buzz** · 09-26-2011, 04:46 PM

Well, I'm back from Mexico (again). I went to go do another site visit at Minera Penasquito (little rock mine). This time we staying in a different town than normal, name of the town is Mazapil (founded in 1562). The town is small, and very run down. Our hotel was on the outskirts and had a fantastic new green paint. Not much to do in town except visit the church (built in the early 1700s).

Here is the church (nicest building in town):

Here is the inside of the church:

Here is the hotel we stayed at (barking wild dogs and howling coyotes all night long at no extra cost):