RE: Just a Thought Hey Northboy, I don't get you.
You are agreeing with the mining method. What you are not agreeing with, are the miners they have? The way I see it, a miner is a miner. The manager would say this is the area, drill some holes and stick your charges in the holes, push the button, then lets scoop it up and bring it to the surface. Now as for the area they will be mining, the past drill results will dictate that.
Have I summed up this operation pretty well? I don't believe you need brain surgeons to do that.