Mad Machinist
Silver Member
They're frauds. I did some assessment and sampling work at a claim the current owner purchased from GRE. Needless to say, their description of the claim ranged from stretching the truth to completely false. The shaft was described as "in excellent condition" and the manway ladder and skip rails as "appear[ing] in good repair". The shaft timbers are in very poor condition and technical rope work was required for safe descent. I'd have to replace about a third of the ladders and nearly all of the skip rails to utilize that shaft. And that's not even getting into the headframe...
I'm just glad it wasn't my money.
Yep. I know a few people who want to have a "friendly chat" with Corey next time they see him.