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Intent was to detail information for Jim 0216 on the discussion of dredging - including the effectiveness of the older miner's dredging skills (fine gold recapture & newer techniques available re: garnet protection w/ TBeets & 2nd operation decision dredge performance miscalculation by Dave Turin et al). My inclusion of interaction of dynamics in team(s) is from having to work with major failure analysis situations both from a complex technical basis and from a personnel dynamic basis to work with *all* to drive to root cause and to a solution space.

One of the challenges to such work is quickly assessing the strengths & weaknesses in the engineering personnel & management dynamics. There are times where the politics are more difficult to address than the complex technical failure issue itself. There are ways in dealing with tough situations where firmness is applied, but if there is a solution where you are able to build upon guiding/teaching/helping others, that is a path I always try to take.

*all* regardless of some of their character traits/skills