Ahh, a miner!! I spent 4 years (78-82) at NTS with DOD. The miners were the people to turn to when you needed a job to be done. You could use two miners or 14 electricians, carpenters and pipe fitters to do a job.
Our janitor was fined $50 by his union because he changed a light bulb in the bathroom. That was electrician's work and he violated work rules.
One thing I neverunderstood---janitors were members of the Culinary Worker's Union--- Do you clean it then cook it????
I'd hate to tell you the dates I worked at NTS, but it was, ahem, "slightly" before you were there. I tramped to NTS after a big flood closed down the tunnel project I was working on in Northern California...I think about 6 of us cleared the hall but I was the only one who could pass the background security check! Because I was the youngest I guess??
I was always in trouble there because the union goons kept telling me I shouldn't be working so hard. That wasn't difficult to do as I could shine my lamp down any inactive drift and find guys sleeping.
Area 12...Tiny Tim Shaft