One of my first assignments as a miner was to operate the primary crusher and conveyor. The raw material was dumped into a large mechanized feeder where it was separated and fed to the crusher and off to rest of the rock plant it went. One of my functions was to try and pluck the sticks, debris, clay and weeds off the conveyor as it passed my improvised reclining chair :rolleyes:
I was reaching for this stick looking thing one day and the sumbitch moved :wtf:. I watched as it continued up the conveyor. King Snake it was 3' worth. The operator on the wet plant was deathly afraid of snakes and his plant was having a good day and what I was feeding it was only in the surge for a few moments. I walked around to where I could see that part of the plant and the operator was watching his shaker screen for trash too. Couple minutes later he takes off in a dead run down the cat walk to the ground. HeeHee :lol: Russel found the snake. I went back to my chair :rofl: