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. Leon Kellerhuis on November 2, 2021 at 12:43 am

    Dig baby dig

  2. Live Action on November 2, 2021 at 12:44 am

    They need to stop digging.

  3. Pwnanite on November 2, 2021 at 12:46 am

    Its 2021, wheres the follow up.

  4. Bhuda Lepadima on November 2, 2021 at 12:46 am

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

  5. Ernest Clements on November 2, 2021 at 12:48 am

    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!

  6. Nate Griepentrog on November 2, 2021 at 12:48 am

    Dude what shaders do you have on?

  7. Llo 255 on November 2, 2021 at 12:51 am

    2020? How is it working out?

  8. GoHazard on November 2, 2021 at 12:52 am

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

  9. Ajju Ratre on November 2, 2021 at 12:53 am

    I want to study in your country. Coal mines

  10. emma on November 2, 2021 at 12:54 am

    never mine straight up.

  11. Eric Simonson on November 2, 2021 at 12:55 am

    COOL

  12. lemniscate on November 2, 2021 at 12:56 am

    2020 and the progress is slow

  13. Ethan Charles on November 2, 2021 at 1:00 am

    They prop stopped digging cuz they hit bedrock. Gg

  14. Mick King on November 2, 2021 at 1:00 am

    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.

  15. Andy Anderson on November 2, 2021 at 1:00 am

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

  16. Sakshi Das on November 2, 2021 at 1:00 am

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

  17. Andrew Tovar on November 2, 2021 at 1:02 am

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

  18. SomeoneNotFound on November 2, 2021 at 1:04 am

    I’m always scared of this elevators.

  19. mining vids on November 2, 2021 at 1:06 am

    Shrinkage stoping

  20. Colton Blumhagen on November 2, 2021 at 1:09 am

    1:41 Who would drink that red water?

  21. Star666 Lane on November 2, 2021 at 1:10 am

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

  22. Slipknot Slayer on November 2, 2021 at 1:12 am

    It is 2020 right now

  23. Mickanosh on November 2, 2021 at 1:13 am

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

  24. Clark_Kent on November 2, 2021 at 1:13 am

    South Africans: "Hold my Castle Lager"

  25. Red Light on November 2, 2021 at 1:13 am

    End Fracking ! Save earth 🌍

  26. Wild West on November 2, 2021 at 1:15 am

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

  27. Chris McMillen on November 2, 2021 at 1:18 am

    Wonder if this mines working yet

  28. Joe Bampton on November 2, 2021 at 1:24 am

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

  29. jonny moka on November 2, 2021 at 1:25 am

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

  30. Fusion325 on November 2, 2021 at 1:25 am

    I see what you did there at the end…

  31. serKoKZ on November 2, 2021 at 1:27 am

    Hope they got their permits now

  32. Vaccinium augustifolium on November 2, 2021 at 1:27 am

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

  33. 1956roadtrip dave on November 2, 2021 at 1:31 am

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

  34. Adam Esreb on November 2, 2021 at 1:31 am

    Yeeeeeeeeet this is for school

  35. Joey Gruszkowski on November 2, 2021 at 1:31 am

    Well its 2020 did they get the permit

  36. Ernest Clements on November 2, 2021 at 1:32 am

    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?

  37. Aaron Wilcox on November 2, 2021 at 1:32 am

    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

  38. SLG on November 2, 2021 at 1:33 am

    It’s 2020, did you get the permits?

  39. will woods on November 2, 2021 at 1:34 am

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

  40. Askar Top on November 2, 2021 at 1:34 am

    is it worling now?

  41. Alex Moses on November 2, 2021 at 1:34 am

    magma, not lava

  42. JohnnyIbbs on November 2, 2021 at 1:35 am

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

  43. ❀️‍πŸ”₯ a on November 2, 2021 at 1:36 am

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

  44. Richard Cowley on November 2, 2021 at 1:36 am

    Calcified Iron Pyrites

  45. Bob Frazier on November 2, 2021 at 1:39 am

    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.

  46. NAEC Nanjing Auto Electric Co., Ltd. on November 2, 2021 at 1:39 am

    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?

  47. Mad Mike on November 2, 2021 at 1:39 am

    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

  48. Farming team on November 2, 2021 at 1:39 am

    Is 2020

  49. bombchomsky on November 2, 2021 at 1:39 am

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

  50. T. Rose on November 2, 2021 at 1:41 am

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

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