DID YOU KNOW?

Without American help, the Chilean miners would still be entombed deep within the earth.

Citizens have been wondering why President Obama failed to publicly congratulate AMERICAN ingenuity and AMERICAN PRIVATE ENTERPRISE for the miracle rescue of the Chilean Miners? [Hint: it didn't have anything to do with Big Government upon which altar he worships daily.]

Schramm Inc. of West Chester, Pennsylvania built the drills and equipment used to reach the trapped miners.

Center Rock Company, also from Pennsylvania, built the drill bits used to reach the miners.

UPS, the US shipping company, delivered the 13-ton drilling equipment
from Pennsylvania to Chile in less than 48 hours.

Crews from Layne Christensen Company of Wichita, Kansas, and its
subsidiary Geotec Boyles Bros. worked the drills and machinery to locate and reach the miners and then enlarge the holes to ultimately rescue them.

Jeff Hart of Denver Colorado was called off his job drilling water wells for the U.S. Army's forward operating bases in Afghanistan to lead the
drilling crew that reached the miners.

Atlas Copco Construction Mining Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, provided consulting on how to make drilling equipment from different sources work together under differing pressure specifications.

Aries Central California Video of Fresno, California, designed the special cameras that were lowered nearly a mile into the ground sending back
video of the miners.

Zephyr Technologies of Annapolis, Maryland, made the remote monitors of vital signs that miners will wear during their ascent.

NASA Engineers designed the "Phoenix" capsule that miners would be
brought to the surface in, and provided medical consulting, special
diets and spandex suits to maintain miners' blood pressure as they're
brought back to the surface.

Oh, and Canadian-based Precision Drilling Corp. and South-African
company Murray & Roberts drilled backup rescue shafts in case the
American rig failed (which it didn't).

Rick Solar, Inc.
Contract Manager
Machinery Management Services
Bayview Cogeneration Facility