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Young and ‘dig’ the underground? Underground Construction Scholarship’s available

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from the Underground Construction Association

UCA of SME Announces New Scholarship!
The UCA of SME is pleased to announce a new scholarship – the UCA of SME Scholarship – that has been established to encourage the introduction of undergraduate and graduate academic pursuits and careersin the field of tunneling and underground construction and numerous associated disciplines involved in the development, planning, design, and construction of underground infrastructure.

Beginning in 2011, the UCA of SME Scholarship will be awarded annually to one or more promising college students who desire to develop their skills in tunneling and underground mining.  Up to $10,000 in scholarships may be awarded each year.  The recipient(s) will be announced each spring in anticipation of the next academic year, and the scholarship(s) will be presented at either the North American Tunneling or Rapid Excavation Tunnel Conference held in June of each year.

For more information or to apply for the UCA of SME Scholarship, click here  http://uca.smenet.org/scholarships/

Insider Report: Underground Infrastructure…The Missing Forty Trillion Dollars?

Submitted by a long time West Coast Insider
Posted by on May 7, 2012
by Steven J. Smith

 

Introduction

For many years there have been reports and rumors of a vast network of underground complexes and tunnels beneath the North American continent.

Starting in the late 1980s, the American government has tried to deflect these rumors through a campaign of misdirection and misinformation. Disclosure of the Greenbrier Congressional Shelter at White Sulphur Springs is a good example of this campaign.

To believe the existence of the Greenbrier complex was revealed against the wishes of the American government is the height of naiveté. This revelation was allowed to take place. The Greenbrier underground complex was no longer useful, so it was sacrificed to divert attention away from a much larger secret. In other words, a classic misdirection ploy.

While I do not have complete knowledge concerning the extent of America’s covert underground infrastructure, I do have detailed first hand experience with many sites near my home in Oregon. Based on my experiences, and assuming a roughly uniform distribution correlated with U.S. population demographics, the total number of covert underground facilities is in the tens of thousands.

What follows is both a compendium of my observations, and a do-it-your-self field guide for those who wish discover the true extent of the American covert underground infrastructure.

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