“He did a double-take. The lump spilling out of his excavator bucket did not look like conventional rock fragments. He should know, as he spent all his days surrounded by rock and sand. That said, this was something he’d never seen.
He debated whether to keep on working or to investigate further. He decided to stop excavating and call a supervisor. But neither of them had any idea what they had just stumbled upon.
It had started as an ordinary spring day for Sean Funk. He worked as a heavy equipment operator for Suncor, Canada’s largest energy company.
Right now, he was contracted to work at the Millennium Mine, part of the Athabasca Oil Sands project in eastern Alberta. It was hard work that required strength and endurance, but to Sean, it was worth it. Business was booming, and the pay was good. And there was a good reason for that.The Athabasca Oil Sands are deposits of…Read Full Story Here.……
