Originally Posted by
cmarlow
I also noticed that most of the others on the shutdowns with me were divorced, separated, transient, etc. Mining narrow vein hardrock was a lot like that too, but not as extreme. Most of the miners had reasonably stable home lives, but there were still quite a few globetrotters chasing the bonus money. (I only spent a couple years in the mine. but it was still one of those camp jobs that took the miners away from their homes for 2 weeks at a time.) I was, and I guess at heart I still am, one of the transient types.
Yes, it can play all kinds of hell with the home life, don't let it mess up yours. It seems almost as if to have a real home life going on you actually need to spend time at home.