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)
Dig baby dig
is it worling now?
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.
This was part of the native Americans land. Arizona ignored the native Americans rights.
What could possibly go wrong?
Hope they got their permits now
They must have 10 1000 hp fans to get air moving.
4:50 turn on the captions and have a laugh
magma, not lava
South Africans: "Hold my Castle Lager"
This might be irrelevant but on minecraft I have a lot of gold and diamonds
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?
It is 2021 now, hope they got started by now.
…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.
I rather die than work underground
The Stora Kopparberg mine in Sweden is vaguely similar, but only about 2000 feet deep. After centuries of production, it was turned into a museum in the 1980s, with tourists initially allowed on guided tours at 600 foot depth (interesting with some tableaus in side tunnels), though now apparently only upper levels are toured.
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
How do I get a job working in one of these mines?!?
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.
LOLZ But, Biden cancelled it!
Interesting to think that the discovery of so much copper could bring its price down.
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.
they just make it impossible for most people to do anything now. BILLIONS of dollars just to get down to the ore… some how.
"licenses" to extract the ore. we know where they pulled that idea from
its all ridiculous.
All I hear is the descendants of European colonizing settlers talking about how they are going to continue stealing and taking from stolen land 🧐
Cool beens
If you have 6 billion to spend why is he trying to get rich 🤷♂️
They prop stopped digging cuz they hit bedrock. Gg
6G $ Capex? Damn there is a shitload of ressource to justify such a price 😳
I see what you did there at the end…
It’s 2020, did you get the permits?
They need to stop digging.
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?
Is 2020
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.
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!
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!
Wish i could work there !! I was working in a copper mine in middle east !!!
awesome video.. love it
Shrinkage stoping
They get to it. Whoops we were wrong no copper actually there.
Who’s watching this now saying, "Theres covid"
Yeeeeeeeeet this is for school
Its 2021, wheres the follow up.
And women want equality 🤦♂️
never mine straight up.
They sunk $6 billion never thinking that they could get $4.77 a pound for copper. Copper prices have gone thru the roof.
Wonder if this mines working yet
INCO Creighton Mine in Sudbury is 7280′ straight down. Cage is double deck and takes 60 men a trip.
4:40 little did they know something bad was going to happen to the whole world
1:41 Who would drink that red water?