"...I am wondering how an ore truck that weighs more than the helicopter can be transported by anything but road? Then they hid it in a tunnel...".

This was at Galore Creek, not Schaft Creek so it has nothing to do with Elmer. The tunnel has been built, although I'm not sure if it is the full 14km. Equpment was flown out there by the Russian MI-26 heavy lift helicopter.

Here is an example of what they flew into the area: the main camp had equipment as large as D10 cats, an EX800 Hitachi excavator, many pieces of tunneling equipment for an 8 mile tunnel, several 100+ ton cranes to build bridges along the way, etc.

Apparently after they decided to put the mine on hold they no longer had access to this helicopter and the equipment was stranded so it was stuffed in the tunnel for safekeeping. This is what we heard from some of the crews that were onsite, but of course we have no way to verify the information.

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