Del L. Van Vleet
Lone Tree, CO 80124
Cell 928-***-****
UNDERGROUND MINER MECHANIC
MSHA / OSHA CERTIFIED /15 YRS. MINING/ US NAVY
Education
US Navy 1986 1990 Certificates: Aviation, Electrical/ Electronics, Aviation
Hydraulics, Airframe and Power Plant, Corrosion Control, Collateral Duty, Quality
Assurance and Control Inspector, Aircraft Plane Captain, Inflight Airframes Power
Plant Air Crewman and Welding and Fabrication, Crane Operator and Aircraft
Transport Handler.
Honorable Discharge E5
Employment
Arizona North West RV and Marine 01 2012 to 3 2014
Kingman, Arizona
Mechanic / Sales / Parts
Mechanical Duties; Appliance Repair or Replacement, brakes, welding
fabricating, axel lifts/ repair
Hitch installation A/C and D/C Electrical Trouble shooting and or repair
Sales duties; Demo, Trades, write ups and finance through Bank, set up for
display
Parts Duties; Service Advisor to Customers, Businesses and Insurance Claims
Ordering Parts for Customers or for Work orders for up coming work orders
Handling all Insurance Claims and Estimates to gain work
Thyssen Mining Contracting Company 01 2011 To 11 2011
Huntington, West Virginia
Underground Butane Gas Storage Cavern
Eight foot Shaft Five hundred feet deep to the Cavern Level (Marathon Oil
Storage Project )
Underground Mine Mechanic / Welder Fabricator
Involved in the tear down and assembly of machinery to be lowered down
through an (8) eight foot diameter hole. Including; Explosive Handling and
Transporting ; Four yard Muckers, Jumbos, Shaft Repairs and upkeep of tractors
and various support Mining Utilities. Drill and Blast hard shale rock with the
advancement footage rate of 1500 feet per week. Repair and preventative
maintenance on all mining equipment.
Addwest Mining Co. (Gold Road Mine ) 1995 to 1998, 2010
Oatman, Arizona
Underground Gold Mine (Shrink Stope Mine)
Underground Mine Mechanic Lead / Welder Fabricator/ Operator
Repair of Loaders, Muckers, Jumbos, Long hole Drills, Jack leg Drills, Haul
Trucks and Various Underground Machinery. Explosive Handling and
Transporting. (500 tpd Mine)
Montana Manroc Mining Co. 1 2006 to 1 2009
Stillwater Mining Co, Nye, Montana
Underground Mine Mechanic / Welder Fabricator/Operator
Muckers,Haul Trucks, Jumbos, Drills, Explosive Handling and Transporting,Ramp and fill, Shrink Stope, Shaft, Room and Pillar Ect.
Thyssen Mining Contracting Company 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2011
Stillwater Mining Co. Nye Montana
Underground Platinum Mine. (Rail, Shrink Stope, Rubber tire)
Underground Mine Mechanic / Welder Fabricator/Operator
Muckers, Trucks, Jumbos, Drills, Locomotive's ore cars, 50 West Rail
Development. East side/ West side/Upper Country. Development/Shrink
Stope/Ramp and Fill. Running Locomotive for Production and for Repairs.
Explosive Handling and Transporting.
Other Employment included: Short Term;
American Mine Services ( Wingdale, New York)
J.S. Red Path Mining ( Boron, California)
Centennial Mining Co. (Parker, Arizona)
Harris and Western Contracting (Denver, Colorado)