The Sim Yard
Free browser games built on real mining problems: plant balance, dump planning, land assembly, and seat time. No downloads. No accounts. Just rock.
Super Miner
The classic side-scroller, underground edition. Run, jump, stomp mucker rats, punch ore crates, and ring the headframe bell before the whistle. One shift. Three hard hats.
CLOCK IN → SIM-01Mass Balance Mayhem
500 tph is coming whether you're ready or not. Tune the crusher and screens to land three products in spec before the clock runs out. Five rounds, tightening targets.
RUN THE PLANT → SIM-02Spoil Boss
Every truckload of overburden needs a home and every foot of haul costs money. Plan the dump, beat the budget, don't fill the creek.
PLAN THE DUMP → SIM-03Land Shark Tycoon
A hidden limestone body, a county full of asking prices, $12M, and a rival buying land every turn. Drill smart. Buy sharper. Assemble the permit block.
WORK THE COUNTY → SIM-04Iron Thumb
Ninety seconds in the seat. Nail the timing through dig, swing, dump, and return. Fill trucks, build streaks, spill nothing.
TAKE THE SEAT → SIM-05Blast Master
Read the rock, set burden, spacing, and stemming, and shoot the pattern. Match the powder factor or eat boulders. Short-stem it and watch the flyrock end your career.
LOAD THE PATTERN → SIM-06Grade Runner
Three miles of 10% downgrade, 100 tons on your back, and a retarder that fades when it overheats. Ride the edge. Make the dump upright.
START THE DESCENT → SIM-07Crusher Rush
You're on the rock breaker over the primary jaw. Smash the oversize before it jams the plant. The belt only gets faster. Three jams and everyone goes home.
MAN THE BREAKER → SIM-08Core Logger
Twelve core runs on the logging table and no geologist in sight. Name the rock from the texture — and learn the engineering note a quarry actually cares about.
LOG THE CORE →Studying for the PE Mining exam?
The Study Vault has free exam-style problems with worked solutions, trap warnings, and rules of thumb.
OPEN THE STUDY VAULT