Inside the Resolution Copper Mine, 1.3 Miles Underground

Inside the Resolution Copper Mine, 1.3 Miles Underground

Mar. 14 — There are deeper mines in North America than the Resolution mine but none with a single shaft this long. It is a 6,943 foot concrete barrel, 30 feet in diameter bored into the mountain of Arizona and took six years to dig. Bloomberg’s Matt Philips journeys toward the center of the earth to check out this engineering marvel. (video by Adam Wolffbrandt)

50 Comments

  1. Red Light on July 20, 2021 at 6:46 pm

    End Fracking ! Save earth 🌍

  2. Leon Kellerhuis on July 20, 2021 at 6:47 pm

    Dig baby dig

  3. Ernest Clements on July 20, 2021 at 6:48 pm

    There’s a lot of cinnabar ( mercury ore) in Arizona, some of which is so concentrated that the heat of one’s hand can sweat the highly toxic chemical from the rock, ( which is one reason for staying out of old mines, and away from old tailings piles) how much of that is present in the rock of this operation, and just how are they planning to keep it from leaching into the environment? What abatement plans do they have?

  4. bombchomsky on July 20, 2021 at 6:50 pm

    I’ve been doing this in Dorf Fortress for years?

  5. Gabriel Wooten on July 20, 2021 at 6:50 pm

    who esle here for class

  6. Pwnanite on July 20, 2021 at 6:52 pm

    Its 2021, wheres the follow up.

  7. r0dent on July 20, 2021 at 6:52 pm

    Hope they got their permits now

  8. Joey Gruszkowski on July 20, 2021 at 6:52 pm

    Well its 2020 did they get the permit

  9. Eric Simonson on July 20, 2021 at 6:53 pm

    COOL

  10. jonny moka on July 20, 2021 at 6:55 pm

    They said looking from the top you cannot tell the copper is below. Bullshit, you can see the sparking minerals from oak flat!

  11. Farming team on July 20, 2021 at 6:56 pm

    Is 2020

  12. Colton Blumhagen on July 20, 2021 at 6:57 pm

    1:41 Who would drink that red water?

  13. A Ww on July 20, 2021 at 6:59 pm

    Wow

  14. SomeoneNotFound on July 20, 2021 at 7:00 pm

    I’m always scared of this elevators.

  15. Joe Bampton on July 20, 2021 at 7:02 pm

    INCO Creighton Mine in Sudbury is 7280′ straight down. Cage is double deck and takes 60 men a trip.

  16. Ernest Clements on July 20, 2021 at 7:03 pm

    Rio Tinto, the British mining consortium with the worst environmental record on earth, their mines at Valle D Or Quebec, make it the most polluted place, on the planet!

  17. SLG on July 20, 2021 at 7:04 pm

    It’s 2020, did you get the permits?

  18. Richard Cowley on July 20, 2021 at 7:04 pm

    Calcified Iron Pyrites

  19. Adam Esreb on July 20, 2021 at 7:05 pm

    Yeeeeeeeeet this is for school

  20. GoHazard on July 20, 2021 at 7:06 pm

    It is 2021 now, hope they got started by now.

  21. Quantum Droid on July 20, 2021 at 7:06 pm

    so its 2020….did they started with the copper? or just still undermining πŸ˜€

  22. lemniscate on July 20, 2021 at 7:07 pm

    2020 and the progress is slow

  23. NAEC Nanjing Auto Electric Co., Ltd. on July 20, 2021 at 7:09 pm

    There are some pipes inside the copper mine,with yellow/blac color, what are those pipes used for? And what is the material of the pipes?

  24. l'annu on July 20, 2021 at 7:13 pm

    I wanted to be a miner but after seeing that lift I’m terrified already

  25. Aaron Wilcox on July 20, 2021 at 7:14 pm

    It might be a safe method of mining but it also might not be. Theres phenominon called rock bursts that can occur under active fault zones that are associated with fault and orebodies and they could start occuring being in that deeo or in an active geologic area. Its not the top or "back" one need worry about but rather thrust or energy released by fault slippage and the ribs and floor heave from immense pressure and release of energy. It may or may not happen here, im not in the know about their geology here

  26. Llo 255 on July 20, 2021 at 7:15 pm

    2020? How is it working out?

  27. T. Rose on July 20, 2021 at 7:16 pm

    They must have 10 1000 hp fans to get air moving.

  28. charles kaleyo on July 20, 2021 at 7:17 pm

    Interesting stuff πŸ’ͺ

  29. 1956roadtrip dave on July 20, 2021 at 7:19 pm

    This was part of the native Americans land. Arizona ignored the native Americans rights.

  30. Bob Frazier on July 20, 2021 at 7:19 pm

    Biden administration has now (2021) put a hold on the federal permits. When Hunter Biden is hired onto the Rio Tinto board then all may proceed. Hold some back for the "big guy" too.

  31. Vaccinium augustifolium on July 20, 2021 at 7:19 pm

    6G $ Capex? Damn there is a shitload of ressource to justify such a price 😳

  32. JohnnyIbbs on July 20, 2021 at 7:20 pm

    If you have 6 billion to spend why is he trying to get rich πŸ€·β€β™‚οΈ

  33. Mickanosh on July 20, 2021 at 7:21 pm

    4:40 little did they know something bad was going to happen to the whole world

  34. Brown Sugar on July 20, 2021 at 7:21 pm

    Why do I feel we are going to run out of earth😬

  35. Black Beak on July 20, 2021 at 7:25 pm

    All I hear is the descendants of European colonizing settlers talking about how they are going to continue stealing and taking from stolen land 🧐

  36. Bhuda Lepadima on July 20, 2021 at 7:25 pm

    And women want equality πŸ€¦β€β™‚οΈ

  37. Sakshi Das on July 20, 2021 at 7:26 pm

    Who’s watching this now saying, "Theres covid"

  38. Mad Mike on July 20, 2021 at 7:27 pm

    I work in a coal mine #8 seam…best job in the world. Working underground is great. With any job some days are worse than others but there’s been a lot of Sundays I got double time ($75 hr) for an hour or 2 of work then sleep the rest of the shift…lol. That doesn’t happen at many other jobs. If I lose this job I don’t know if I could ever work at a normal job…lol

  39. Mick King on July 20, 2021 at 7:28 pm

    How did you,s know it was there,you dont usually do test holes that deep.Being that deep the sats wouldnt have picked it up surely.

  40. Wild West on July 20, 2021 at 7:29 pm

    They get to it. Whoops we were wrong no copper actually there.

  41. mining vids on July 20, 2021 at 7:32 pm

    Shrinkage stoping

  42. Live Action on July 20, 2021 at 7:33 pm

    They need to stop digging.

  43. will woods on July 20, 2021 at 7:34 pm

    Everyone needs copper, duh. Better for America that we mine for ourselves, less reliant on other countries. nuff said. Terry Woods

  44. Slipknot Slayer on July 20, 2021 at 7:35 pm

    It is 2020 right now

  45. Star666 Lane on July 20, 2021 at 7:35 pm

    This might be irrelevant but on minecraft I have a lot of gold and diamonds

  46. Andy Anderson on July 20, 2021 at 7:35 pm

    They sunk $6 billion never thinking that they could get $4.77 a pound for copper. Copper prices have gone thru the roof.

  47. John Schaeffer on July 20, 2021 at 7:36 pm

    WHAT
    IS A FOOT,,,,

    YOUR FOOT,, OR MINE,,,,,

  48. Ethan Charles on July 20, 2021 at 7:39 pm

    They prop stopped digging cuz they hit bedrock. Gg

  49. Nate Griepentrog on July 20, 2021 at 7:39 pm

    Dude what shaders do you have on?

  50. Ajju Ratre on July 20, 2021 at 7:41 pm

    I want to study in your country. Coal mines

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