North Ore Shoot Shaft Recovery

North Ore Shoot Shaft Recovery reestablished a previously capped and abandoned site at the Kennecott Utah Copper and Gold mine. Skilled crews excavated a 230-foot-deep, 28-foot-diameter shaft through waste rock fill to reach an existing concrete collar. Atkinson installed a new shaft collar and concrete liner and later removed of old collar and dewatered the 3,300-foot-deep, 20-foot-diameter shaft.

The project's scope expanded to include a permanent headframe, surface infrastructure, and the comprehensive retrofitting of underground facilities. The scope included furnish and installation of s a dirty water pumping system, shaft steel, ventilation enhancements, and the development of station facilities.