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 Enterprises LTD on April 16, 2021 at 8:12 pm

    It’s 2020, did you get the permits?

  2. John Schaeffer on April 16, 2021 at 8:13 pm

    WHAT
    IS A FOOT,,,,

    YOUR FOOT,, OR MINE,,,,,

  3. Joe Bampton on April 16, 2021 at 8:14 pm

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

  4. Ajju Ratre on April 16, 2021 at 8:16 pm

    I want to study in your country. Coal mines

  5. bombchomsky on April 16, 2021 at 8:17 pm

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

  6. Llo 255 on April 16, 2021 at 8:18 pm

    2020? How is it working out?

  7. Gabriel Wooten on April 16, 2021 at 8:19 pm

    who esle here for class

  8. Darkened Destiny on April 16, 2021 at 8:23 pm

    2020 and the progress is slow

  9. jonny moka on April 16, 2021 at 8:23 pm

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

  10. Mickanosh on April 16, 2021 at 8:24 pm

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

  11. Joey Gruszkowski on April 16, 2021 at 8:24 pm

    Well its 2020 did they get the permit

  12. Aaron Wilcox on April 16, 2021 at 8:25 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

  13. serKo on April 16, 2021 at 8:25 pm

    Hope they got their permits now

  14. Slipknot Slayer on April 16, 2021 at 8:25 pm

    It is 2020 right now

  15. Mark Dent on April 16, 2021 at 8:26 pm

    Is that located in Baghdad az ???

  16. Colton Blumhagen on April 16, 2021 at 8:26 pm

    1:41 Who would drink that red water?

  17. Bob Frazier on April 16, 2021 at 8:27 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.

  18. JohnnyIbbs on April 16, 2021 at 8:28 pm

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

  19. Vaccinium augustifolium on April 16, 2021 at 8:29 pm

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

  20. Nathan Mace on April 16, 2021 at 8:29 pm

    So we have a 6 billion dollar scratch off ticket. What if some invents something better than copper? Like the power grid is doing with coal.

  21. Mad Mike on April 16, 2021 at 8:34 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

  22. Adam Esreb on April 16, 2021 at 8:34 pm

    Yeeeeeeeeet this is for school

  23. Mohd. Raza Faizy on April 16, 2021 at 8:37 pm

    Salute to these workers πŸ™‹. Doing really hard to improve their livelihoods

  24. Devilteam on April 16, 2021 at 8:39 pm

    Is 2020

  25. Joe Bampton on April 16, 2021 at 8:39 pm

    Vale Inco 9 shaft at Creighton Ontario was 7,280 feet deep in the 1970’s deeper now.

  26. GoHazard on April 16, 2021 at 8:39 pm

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

  27. Ernest Clements on April 16, 2021 at 8:40 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?

  28. SomeoneNotFound on April 16, 2021 at 8:41 pm

    I’m always scared of this elevators.

  29. Brown Sugar on April 16, 2021 at 8:42 pm

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

  30. jerszak on April 16, 2021 at 8:43 pm

    It was black people who created and built all of this.
    -true story

  31. Wild West on April 16, 2021 at 8:45 pm

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

  32. Bruce MacMillan on April 16, 2021 at 8:46 pm

    FU@K BLOOMBERG !!

  33. will woods on April 16, 2021 at 8:48 pm

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

  34. Tesfayohanes Abrha on April 16, 2021 at 8:50 pm

    Don’t play with them tigers OKC

  35. Ernest Clements on April 16, 2021 at 8:50 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!

  36. Richard Cowley on April 16, 2021 at 8:53 pm

    Calcified Iron Pyrites

  37. NAEC Nanjing Auto Electric Co., Ltd. on April 16, 2021 at 8:55 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?

  38. Red Light on April 16, 2021 at 8:55 pm

    End Fracking ! Save earth 🌍

  39. charles kaleyo on April 16, 2021 at 8:57 pm

    Interesting stuff πŸ’ͺ

  40. Nate Griepentrog on April 16, 2021 at 8:59 pm

    Dude what shaders do you have on?

  41. Eric Simonson on April 16, 2021 at 9:00 pm

    COOL

  42. Ethan Charles on April 16, 2021 at 9:01 pm

    They prop stopped digging cuz they hit bedrock. Gg

  43. T. Rose on April 16, 2021 at 9:02 pm

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

  44. l'annu on April 16, 2021 at 9:03 pm

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

  45. IM DEAD TO ROSS on April 16, 2021 at 9:03 pm

    Those core samples are amazing. I wish the public had more access to view those core samples. Kinda like NASA not revealing many pictures of outer space

  46. uLtRaFoX on April 16, 2021 at 9:06 pm

    It takes money to make money. kind of f***** up really, this is exactly how the rich are getting richer and…. I think you guys know the rest

  47. Sakshi Das on April 16, 2021 at 9:07 pm

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

  48. Typical RockHound on April 16, 2021 at 9:07 pm

    Kidd Creek .
    A gold mine in Timmins ontario is almost 10,000ft deep . / shaft

    As well as Kirkland lakes new project.

    Sudbury ontario CreightonMine 10,000ft+

    I Love the area .

    LOTS of potential for Mining and prospecting <3 πŸ™‚

  49. A Ww on April 16, 2021 at 9:08 pm

    Wow

  50. Quantum Droid on April 16, 2021 at 9:09 pm

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

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