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. SLG on January 8, 2022 at 9:14 am

    It’s 2020, did you get the permits?

  2. GLZY on January 8, 2022 at 9:17 am

    Hope they got their permits now

  3. Disgrutledhobo on January 8, 2022 at 9:17 am

    LOLZ But, Biden cancelled it!

  4. T. Rose on January 8, 2022 at 9:18 am

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

  5. NAEC Nanjing Auto Electric Co., Ltd. on January 8, 2022 at 9:19 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?

  6. Mick King on January 8, 2022 at 9:21 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.

  7. 1956roadtrip dave on January 8, 2022 at 9:21 am

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

  8. Ethan Charles on January 8, 2022 at 9:22 am

    They prop stopped digging cuz they hit bedrock. Gg

  9. Adam Esreb on January 8, 2022 at 9:22 am

    Yeeeeeeeeet this is for school

  10. Joe Bampton on January 8, 2022 at 9:24 am

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

  11. Vaccinium augustifolium on January 8, 2022 at 9:26 am

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

  12. Wild West on January 8, 2022 at 9:32 am

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

  13. asaf gl on January 8, 2022 at 9:32 am

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

  14. Sakshi Das on January 8, 2022 at 9:32 am

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

  15. The Global Deception on January 8, 2022 at 9:32 am

    You don’t know for a fact there’s molten lava at the center of the earth since no one has been able to drill that deep to find out. That is just a theory.

  16. Star666 Lane on January 8, 2022 at 9:32 am

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

  17. Ajju Ratre on January 8, 2022 at 9:33 am

    I want to study in your country. Coal mines

  18. Colton Blumhagen on January 8, 2022 at 9:34 am

    1:41 Who would drink that red water?

  19. Andy Anderson on January 8, 2022 at 9:35 am

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

  20. Thomas Schick on January 8, 2022 at 9:35 am

    …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. Farming team on January 8, 2022 at 9:36 am

    Is 2020

  22. Ernest Clements on January 8, 2022 at 9:38 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!

  23. Bhuda Lepadima on January 8, 2022 at 9:39 am

    And women want equality 🤦‍♂️

  24. mining vids on January 8, 2022 at 9:40 am

    Shrinkage stoping

  25. Bob Frazier on January 8, 2022 at 9:40 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.

  26. Sodnom Bayarsaikhan on January 8, 2022 at 9:42 am

    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.

  27. GoHazard on January 8, 2022 at 9:45 am

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

  28. Chris McMillen on January 8, 2022 at 9:46 am

    Wonder if this mines working yet

  29. Jose Ortega on January 8, 2022 at 9:46 am

    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!

  30. Fusion325 on January 8, 2022 at 9:46 am

    I see what you did there at the end…

  31. Askar Top on January 8, 2022 at 9:47 am

    is it worling now?

  32. Pwnanite on January 8, 2022 at 9:50 am

    Its 2021, wheres the follow up.

  33. Alex Moses on January 8, 2022 at 9:50 am

    magma, not lava

  34. Clark_Kent on January 8, 2022 at 9:50 am

    South Africans: "Hold my Castle Lager"

  35. will woods on January 8, 2022 at 9:53 am

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

  36. JohnnyIbbs on January 8, 2022 at 9:53 am

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

  37. Red Light on January 8, 2022 at 9:54 am

    End Fracking ! Save earth 🌍

  38. Mickanosh on January 8, 2022 at 9:57 am

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

  39. Ernest Clements on January 8, 2022 at 9:57 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?

  40. Aaron Wilcox on January 8, 2022 at 10:00 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

  41. jack weyant on January 8, 2022 at 10:00 am

    4:50 turn on the captions and have a laugh

  42. Leon Kellerhuis on January 8, 2022 at 10:01 am

    Dig baby dig

  43. Andrew Tvr on January 8, 2022 at 10:02 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 🧐

  44. ❤️‍🔥 a on January 8, 2022 at 10:04 am

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

  45. lemniscate on January 8, 2022 at 10:04 am

    2020 and the progress is slow

  46. Nate Griepentrog on January 8, 2022 at 10:06 am

    Dude what shaders do you have on?

  47. SJL Network on January 8, 2022 at 10:08 am

    awesome video.. love it

  48. Aj Aj on January 8, 2022 at 10:08 am

    I rather die than work underground

  49. emma on January 8, 2022 at 10:10 am

    never mine straight up.

  50. Live Action on January 8, 2022 at 10:10 am

    They need to stop digging.

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