Tag Archives: Second-Generation Miners

***This 12-part series on mining in the Globe-Miami-Superior region focuses on individuals who represent more than one generation of mining professionals. Paul Scales is an operator of electrical automation at BHP in Miami.“It’s a broad, interesting job,” he says. “There’s a lot of instrumentation, environmental monitoring, and things of that …

“Capstone would like to hire more veteran talent.” He has traveled the world, jumped out of a helicopter, and dove deep beneath the sea to explore a shipwreck. Since October 2020, Jason Green has been the Senior OpEx Advisor II for Capstone at Pinto Valley. “I lead projects across the …

Maintenance Supervisor  Capstone Mining Corp.  Fred Sanchez is a people person who maintains machinery at Pinto Valley Mine. The mine owners have changed over the years and so has Fred’s job, but he’s been a part of the operation for over 45 years.   “I love being around people,” he says, …

Frank Molina Superintendent, Arizona Legacy Assets BHP Frank Molina began his career in mining as a laborer while he was still in his teens. 40 years later, he is the Superintendent of Arizona Legacy Assets for BHP. “A good day at work is when we’ve managed to complete a project …

  Gail Florez is an administrator for the Surface Operations and Maintenance at Resolution Mine in Superior.  She has provided essential support to the mining operation since 2008, working in the environmental and safety departments prior to her current job. “Surface is the busiest. It’s non-stop. I support a big …

Mark Albertsen,  Smelter Manager and Rick Albertsen, Electrical Maintenance Supervisor  Hot metal flows and gasses are processed at Freeport-McMoRan’s smelter in Miami. Smelter Manager Mark Albertsen loves it here. “I always told my wife that I would love to finish my career at the smelter,” he says. After 41 years …

Randy Seppala, 65, a career-long mining engineer, is the Operations and Maintenance Manager at Resolution Copper in Superior. During his tenure at Resolution, he’s  overseen numerous projects, including sinking the Number 10 shaft. Today, he oversees surface and underground operations and maintenance with two huge responsibilities: * Maintaining existing and …

“We do the same thing every day,” says Wilbur Benally III, “you can’t forget what you are doing.” It’s one of the things he likes about his work as an Operator Trainee at the anode plant in Miami, AZ. There, copper is poured into concrete molds to create slabs 4 …

What do you do? “My days are never the same,” Dennis says, “which is awesome.” Dennis Palmer, 36, is the Operations Support Superintendent at the Pinto Valley MIne. He supervises 10 supervisors and oversees departments that include fleet and facilities, tailings operations, SX/EW and leaching operations and the assay lab. …

   “This is what I’m meant to do,” according to Aimee Mundy-Ellison. In 1924, Hopkin Williams worked underground at the Old Dominion mine. 100 years later, his great granddaughter Aimee Mundy-Ellison works as Principal for Health Safety Environment at BHP in Miami. Responsible for fostering a health and safety culture, …