
Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com

Tractor-trailers are loaded from silos full of sand at the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com

Wet sand moves on conveyer belts at the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com

Wet sand falls off a conveyer at the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com

Wet sand moves along a conveyer at the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com

A wet plant is used to sort sand at the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com

Wet plant operators look on as sand is sorted at the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com

Tractor-trailers are loaded from silos full of sand at the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com

A tractor-trailer pulls away from silos at the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com

A loadout operator instructs a truck driver to enter a silo via radio before starting the loading process at the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com

Loadout operators remotely load trailers at the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com

Heavy equipment is used to move sand at the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com

Heavy equipment is used to move sand at the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com

Sand that has been sorted using a wet plant falls off a conveyer at the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com

Heavy equipment is used to move sand at the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com

Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com

Sand blows across the top of a dune near the the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com

Sand blows across the top of a dune near the the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com