Home Forums Hunting & Shooting Alaska And one more mauling

Pogo mine contractor this time.

http://www.newsminer.com/news/alask...a3a1e60-553d-11e7-9618-df1c4a4bb5fc.html

POGO MINE, Alaska – Pogo Mine company officials have confirmed a fatal bear attack on a contract employee this morning.

The incident has been reported to the Mine Safety & Health Administration and to the Alaska State Troopers. The mine is cooperating with the appropriate agencies to investigate.

Pogo is an underground gold mine 38 miles northeast of Delta Junction in the Goodpaster River valley. It is owned and operated by Sumitomo Metal Mining Pogo LLC. The mine operates year-round, with about 350 full-time and 150 contract employees. Employees live on-site for multi-day shifts in a camp environment.

It is the second fatal bear attack in two days in Alaska. On Sunday, a 16-year-old runner participating in a race on a mountain ridge southeast of Anchorage was fatally mauled by a black bear.

No further details are available at this time.

Crazy, two bear killings in as many days. Pogo employees aren't allowed to carry guns.

He was a contractor... are they allowed to carry? Seems sending folks into bear country unarmed should be criminal...

I've never seen a black bear in that area.....many grizzlies.

A co-worker's hubby works at the mine. He called her last nite to say he was ok. Definitely a grizz. 2 geotech worker were attacked.

Seems like carrying a gun there would be like wearing hearing protection in a woodshop.

http://www.newsminer.com/news/alask...15c2f2c-5857-11e7-82e2-e3c489ff775b.html

Posting just for the record. It was a black bear and probably predatorial.

Besides the maulings, there seems like there are just soooooo many black bears this summer. Weird stuff.

Seems like someone should be armed with a short shotgun.