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
Sand falls off 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
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
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
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
A plant clings to a dune near the Hi-Crush sand mine, Sept. 7, 2017, north of Kermit, Texas. MANDATORY CREDIT: Hi-Crush / TheOilfieldPhotographer.com