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Dan Moss Highlight
If you work hard and you have integrity in what you’re doing, you can go far in any industry.
About Dan
- I grew up in a small mining and ranching town in Nevada, where I gained a lot of experience working and handling equipment.
- I played three sports in high school and worked a full-time job in order to support those sports.
- Rather than going straight to college, I knew I wanted to work and make money after graduating high school.
- I took a job working in exploration drilling in Alaska for about six months because it was the best financial opportunity at the time.
- When I came back to Nevada, I started drilling for a small blasting company—however, the company moved around a lot and I knew I wanted something a bit more stable.
- I was able to get a job with the Nevada Gold Mines as an equipment operator driving the haul trucks.
- After working for a while, I got the opportunity to move into the drilling and blasting side of mining—I was only 21 years old, which is actually the youngest age at which you can handle explosives!
- Since starting at Nevada Gold Mines, I’ve driven haul trucks, worked in the blasting department, moved up to lead blaster and relief supervisor, and now work on planning in the engineering department.
