Golden Sunlight Mine

Client

Barrick Gold of North America, Inc.

Completion Date

2009

Designer

Bechtel Engineering

Location

Whitehall, Montana

Delivery Method

General Contractor

Division

Underground

Contract Value

$12 million
Golden Sunlight Mine Portals

Golden Sunlight Mine aimed to recover an estimated 36,000 ounces of gold believed to be situated at the bottom of an existing pit mine. 

Atkinson’s work included 1,300 feet of 14-foot-wide by 14-foot-high sub-level access and a miscellaneous access ramp at a -15 to +15 percent grade as well as 1,500 feet of 13-foot-wide by 13-foot-high sub-levels at a +2 percent grade. The project also included ground support including friction bolts, 12-foot DYWIDAGs and mesh, 120 feet of 8-foot by 8-foot man-way, a secondary escape and ventilation raise, 10,000 feet of reverse circulation definition drilling, and approximately 260,000 tons of long-hole stop production.