BIG DOG MINING

Mining Field Notes

Notes on getting mining paperwork off paper, written by a mining engineer. Every number cited to the page it came from.

2026-09-08 · 8 min read

AI Use Cases in Mining: Where Paperwork Earns Its Keep First

Where AI earns its keep in a mining contracting business: daily reports, MSHA records, and invoice reconciliation before any autonomous machine.

Daily ReportingMSHA ComplianceDocument ProcessingContracting

2026-09-02 · 7 min read

How to Use AI in a Mining Contracting Company

Before AI touches a blast pattern, it can read your dailies. Here is where it actually fits in a mining contracting company and the first step that pays.

Contractor OperationsDaily ReportingMSHA ComplianceOffice Automation