I worked 23 years underground as a hardrock miner, mostly in Republic, Wa. I also worked in the Coeur d’ Alene Con-Sil mine, Anaconda Copper in Utah, Blackbird Cobalt mine in Idaho, and in Tobin Creek Alaska which is 80 miles north of the Arctic Circle.
When NAFTA shut the mine down in Republic and moved its operations to Mexico, I enrolled in a 2 year saddlemaking course in Spokane instructed by Jesse Smith. After 8 years of custom saddle making, I went exclusively to building gun leather.
My wife and I live in Great Falls with our 5 Norwegian Fjord ponys and 2 Australian Shepherd pups.
