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. Mick King on December 11, 2021 at 8:14 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.

  2. will woods on December 11, 2021 at 8:15 pm

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

  3. Sodnom Bayarsaikhan on December 11, 2021 at 8:16 pm

    I am majoring in Mining Geotechnical Engineering. Here we also have Rio Tinto managed world class copper-gold ore deposit as well, which also uses block caving method. I am looking forward to be an engineer at one of this magnificent mines.

  4. Disgrutledhobo on December 11, 2021 at 8:18 pm

    LOLZ But, Biden cancelled it!

  5. Leon Kellerhuis on December 11, 2021 at 8:18 pm

    Dig baby dig

  6. Aaron Wilcox on December 11, 2021 at 8:18 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

  7. SomeoneNotFound on December 11, 2021 at 8:19 pm

    I’m always scared of this elevators.

  8. Nate Griepentrog on December 11, 2021 at 8:20 pm

    Dude what shaders do you have on?

  9. Joe Bampton on December 11, 2021 at 8:20 pm

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

  10. Wild West on December 11, 2021 at 8:20 pm

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

  11. Adam Esreb on December 11, 2021 at 8:21 pm

    Yeeeeeeeeet this is for school

  12. T. Rose on December 11, 2021 at 8:22 pm

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

  13. Jose Ortega on December 11, 2021 at 8:23 pm

    Let’s get this mine going!!! You all need copper for your smart phones and smart cars and I need money to feed my family!

  14. GoHazard on December 11, 2021 at 8:24 pm

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

  15. bombchomsky on December 11, 2021 at 8:27 pm

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

  16. 1956roadtrip dave on December 11, 2021 at 8:30 pm

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

  17. Sakshi Das on December 11, 2021 at 8:31 pm

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

  18. NAEC Nanjing Auto Electric Co., Ltd. on December 11, 2021 at 8:31 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?

  19. mining vids on December 11, 2021 at 8:32 pm

    Shrinkage stoping

  20. Thomas Schick on December 11, 2021 at 8:33 pm

    …it’s all about timing…Rio Tinto’s timing should be right on the mark…with the burgeoning electrification of the automotive industry, Ships, Planes, Etc will follow quickly…The demand for electricity is going to be overwhelming…and super conductors will be in ultra high demand…Rio Tinto trading at $61.99 as of 30/11/2021…Long on copper, thirty years from now looking well to do.

  21. Live Action on December 11, 2021 at 8:34 pm

    They need to stop digging.

  22. Pwnanite on December 11, 2021 at 8:35 pm

    Its 2021, wheres the follow up.

  23. Ajju Ratre on December 11, 2021 at 8:37 pm

    I want to study in your country. Coal mines

  24. Red Light on December 11, 2021 at 8:38 pm

    End Fracking ! Save earth 🌍

  25. Bhuda Lepadima on December 11, 2021 at 8:38 pm

    And women want equality 🤦‍♂️

  26. Mickanosh on December 11, 2021 at 8:39 pm

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

  27. ❤️‍🔥 a on December 11, 2021 at 8:42 pm

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

  28. Vaccinium augustifolium on December 11, 2021 at 8:47 pm

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

  29. Colton Blumhagen on December 11, 2021 at 8:47 pm

    1:41 Who would drink that red water?

  30. jack weyant on December 11, 2021 at 8:49 pm

    4:50 turn on the captions and have a laugh

  31. Andy Anderson on December 11, 2021 at 8:49 pm

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

  32. lemniscate on December 11, 2021 at 8:49 pm

    2020 and the progress is slow

  33. Alex Moses on December 11, 2021 at 8:50 pm

    magma, not lava

  34. Aj Aj on December 11, 2021 at 8:51 pm

    I rather die than work underground

  35. asaf gl on December 11, 2021 at 8:51 pm

    Wish i could work there !! I was working in a copper mine in middle east !!!

  36. Ernest Clements on December 11, 2021 at 8:52 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?

  37. Fusion325 on December 11, 2021 at 8:53 pm

    I see what you did there at the end…

  38. Chris McMillen on December 11, 2021 at 8:55 pm

    Wonder if this mines working yet

  39. SLG on December 11, 2021 at 8:55 pm

    It’s 2020, did you get the permits?

  40. Sunny Tvr on December 11, 2021 at 8:56 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 🧐

  41. JohnnyIbbs on December 11, 2021 at 8:57 pm

    If you have 6 billion to spend why is he trying to get rich 🤷‍♂️

  42. Star666 Lane on December 11, 2021 at 8:59 pm

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

  43. Bob Frazier on December 11, 2021 at 9:01 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.

  44. Ethan Charles on December 11, 2021 at 9:02 pm

    They prop stopped digging cuz they hit bedrock. Gg

  45. Clark_Kent on December 11, 2021 at 9:04 pm

    South Africans: "Hold my Castle Lager"

  46. Askar Top on December 11, 2021 at 9:05 pm

    is it worling now?

  47. GLZY on December 11, 2021 at 9:05 pm

    Hope they got their permits now

  48. Ernest Clements on December 11, 2021 at 9:10 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!

  49. Farming team on December 11, 2021 at 9:10 pm

    Is 2020

  50. emma on December 11, 2021 at 9:11 pm

    never mine straight up.

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