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. Joey Gruszkowski on April 21, 2021 at 10:43 pm

    Well its 2020 did they get the permit

  2. Ernest Clements on April 21, 2021 at 10:45 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?

  3. Adam Esreb on April 21, 2021 at 10:45 pm

    Yeeeeeeeeet this is for school

  4. jonny moka on April 21, 2021 at 10:45 pm

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

  5. Typical RockHound on April 21, 2021 at 10:46 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™‚

  6. Aaron Wilcox on April 21, 2021 at 10:48 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. A Ww on April 21, 2021 at 10:51 pm

    Wow

  8. Vaccinium augustifolium on April 21, 2021 at 10:55 pm

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

  9. Bob Frazier on April 21, 2021 at 10:55 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.

  10. SLG Enterprises LTD on April 21, 2021 at 10:55 pm

    It’s 2020, did you get the permits?

  11. Devilteam on April 21, 2021 at 10:56 pm

    Is 2020

  12. Mickanosh on April 21, 2021 at 10:56 pm

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

  13. bombchomsky on April 21, 2021 at 10:57 pm

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

  14. SomeoneNotFound on April 21, 2021 at 10:57 pm

    I’m always scared of this elevators.

  15. Red Light on April 21, 2021 at 10:57 pm

    End Fracking ! Save earth 🌍

  16. Joe Bampton on April 21, 2021 at 11:00 pm

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

  17. Darkened Destiny on April 21, 2021 at 11:00 pm

    2020 and the progress is slow

  18. Mad Mike on April 21, 2021 at 11:01 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

  19. uLtRaFoX on April 21, 2021 at 11:01 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

  20. Richard Cowley on April 21, 2021 at 11:06 pm

    Calcified Iron Pyrites

  21. Brown Sugar on April 21, 2021 at 11:09 pm

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

  22. l'annu on April 21, 2021 at 11:09 pm

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

  23. Wild West on April 21, 2021 at 11:10 pm

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

  24. Bruce MacMillan on April 21, 2021 at 11:11 pm

    FU@K BLOOMBERG !!

  25. Nate Griepentrog on April 21, 2021 at 11:12 pm

    Dude what shaders do you have on?

  26. Sakshi Das on April 21, 2021 at 11:13 pm

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

  27. Ethan Charles on April 21, 2021 at 11:13 pm

    They prop stopped digging cuz they hit bedrock. Gg

  28. Nathan Mace on April 21, 2021 at 11:17 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.

  29. Gabriel Wooten on April 21, 2021 at 11:19 pm

    who esle here for class

  30. Llo 255 on April 21, 2021 at 11:20 pm

    2020? How is it working out?

  31. Colton Blumhagen on April 21, 2021 at 11:21 pm

    1:41 Who would drink that red water?

  32. Tesfayohanes Abrha on April 21, 2021 at 11:22 pm

    Don’t play with them tigers OKC

  33. John Schaeffer on April 21, 2021 at 11:24 pm

    WHAT
    IS A FOOT,,,,

    YOUR FOOT,, OR MINE,,,,,

  34. Slipknot Slayer on April 21, 2021 at 11:25 pm

    It is 2020 right now

  35. IM DEAD TO ROSS on April 21, 2021 at 11:25 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

  36. jerszak on April 21, 2021 at 11:28 pm

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

  37. Joe Bampton on April 21, 2021 at 11:28 pm

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

  38. JohnnyIbbs on April 21, 2021 at 11:29 pm

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

  39. charles kaleyo on April 21, 2021 at 11:29 pm

    Interesting stuff πŸ’ͺ

  40. Ernest Clements on April 21, 2021 at 11:30 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!

  41. Mohd. Raza Faizy on April 21, 2021 at 11:31 pm

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

  42. Eric Simonson on April 21, 2021 at 11:31 pm

    COOL

  43. serKo on April 21, 2021 at 11:32 pm

    Hope they got their permits now

  44. Quantum Droid on April 21, 2021 at 11:34 pm

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

  45. Mark Dent on April 21, 2021 at 11:37 pm

    Is that located in Baghdad az ???

  46. T. Rose on April 21, 2021 at 11:38 pm

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

  47. Ajju Ratre on April 21, 2021 at 11:38 pm

    I want to study in your country. Coal mines

  48. GoHazard on April 21, 2021 at 11:39 pm

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

  49. NAEC Nanjing Auto Electric Co., Ltd. on April 21, 2021 at 11:39 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?

  50. will woods on April 21, 2021 at 11:40 pm

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

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