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3 SIMULATION
GAMES ABOUT
MINING
WORTH A TRY
Mining is known to be a
dangerous and dirty work,
usually involving long shifts.
Some people might be
interested in exploring this
world regardless of that, but
it can be unsafe because of
the unfamiliarity of work
environment. So what better
way can mining be more
of a personal experience?
Simulation games, of course!
Plunge into the underground
or open-pit deposits using
simulators that will give you
an idea of how life is like
being a miner or a mining
engineer. These three games
will definitely help:
Underground Mining
Simulator
Published
by
Excalibur
Publishing, the Underground
Mining Simulator explores
mining of coal, iron, salt and
gold mines. In this application
for PC, one can experience
mining through explosives,
drilling equipment, and face
tunnelling machine.
Mining and Tunneling
Simulator
rocks and drill tunnels. You are
going to excavate materials
through a shovel dozer, with
other operations involving
cranes and trains. You also
have to steer all vehicles like
the maintenance van, crane,
tunnel drilling machine or the
fire brigade. This is made by
Libredia.
Photo by StartSelect
Surface Mining
Simulator
This PC application embarks
you on tasks involving mining
on the surface of minerals like
coal, turf, gravel, sand and
rocks using wheel loaders,
bulldozers, crushing machines
and conveyors. You are allowed
to create, edit and exchange
machines, if you like; but the
greatest takeaway of this
Ingress simulator game is you
will feel like you’re running
your own mining business.
Photo by Youtube
Photo by Youtube
Also available on PC, the
Mining
and
Tunneling
Simulator focuses on blasting
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