Clarence Zink retired June 2020 after 45 years in the mining business. Along with his career interests he became interested in mining history and mining railroads, 1880s-1970s. This evolved into making Clarence a serious model railroader since January 2000. He is currently the Chief Operating Officer of the Texas Western Model Railroad Club in Fort Worth, Texas. Also, he has established a business from his model railroad hobby as the owner of ZinKraft Models, LLC.
Clarence's model railroading interests include:
Mining scenes as “operate-able” industries
Layout design and planning
Track laying (Not a structures nor scenery guy.)
CLINIC #1 of 2 - Park Utah Mining Company Keetley Complex - A “do-able” Mining Spur
Mines in the Park City, Utah vicinity were drained by the arrow-straight 15,000 foot long Ontario Drain Tunnel #3. Lead-silver ore was eventually discovered in the walls of the drain tunnel, and in the 1920’s the Mining company convinced the Union Pacific Railroad to build a spur from Echo junction to the drain tunnel. This clinic describes the trials and tribulations encountered in designing a model of the Keetley Complex from Library of Congress documentation developed under the Historic American Engineering Record project of the 1970’s, Utah State Historical Site documentation, and Utah Rails website information.
CLINIC #2 of 2 - Newmont Gold’s Jayhawk Terminal, Dunphy, Nevada
Newmont Gold has extensive mining properties in northern Nevada, and does custom milling of gold ores for smaller companies. Due to the sheer volume of business done at the Newmont mines, they have the Jayhawk Terminal on the UP near Dunphy, Nevada. This terminal receives petroleum products – oils, greases, and fuels – for mine vehicles and other purposes; slaked lime for chemistry adjustment of the gold recovery process; grinding balls for the gold milling process, and other supplies. This clinic will present a plan for modeling the facility.
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