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. Slipknot Slayer on October 24, 2020 at 2:08 pm

    It is 2020 right now

  2. Yo its Cuban on October 24, 2020 at 2:09 pm

    I’m always scared of this elevators.

  3. Eric Simonson on October 24, 2020 at 2:09 pm

    COOL

  4. bombchomsky on October 24, 2020 at 2:09 pm

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

  5. Joe Bampton on October 24, 2020 at 2:11 pm

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

  6. Richard Cowley on October 24, 2020 at 2:11 pm

    Calcified Iron Pyrites

  7. l'annu on October 24, 2020 at 2:17 pm

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

  8. Mohd. Raza Faizy on October 24, 2020 at 2:17 pm

    Salute to these workers 🙋. Doing really hard to improve their livelihoods

  9. Edgar Yered González Reyes on October 24, 2020 at 2:18 pm

    Definitely a surprising mine, greetings from mexico. Im a geologist

  10. Ben's Backyard 1 on October 24, 2020 at 2:18 pm

    Dude what shaders do you have on?

  11. Christopher Sewell on October 24, 2020 at 2:25 pm

    Did

  12. 103CiHD on October 24, 2020 at 2:25 pm

    I hope a leftist doesn’t see this video. They will bring Greta Thunberg there to tell you all "HOW DARE YOU".

  13. john cuervo on October 24, 2020 at 2:25 pm

    Updates? Did the dick pay off? Captions at 4:52

  14. Mark Dent on October 24, 2020 at 2:25 pm

    Is that located in Baghdad az ???

  15. AnotherOne on October 24, 2020 at 2:26 pm

    that orange reflective jacket with the thick neck protector collar is awesome

  16. A Ww on October 24, 2020 at 2:27 pm

    Wow

  17. Bruce MacMillan on October 24, 2020 at 2:29 pm

    FU@K BLOOMBERG !!

  18. charles kaleyo on October 24, 2020 at 2:29 pm

    Interesting stuff 💪

  19. Firdaus Zulkipli on October 24, 2020 at 2:31 pm

    Ohmg 20minutes to go down

  20. Dhgff Fhcdujhv on October 24, 2020 at 2:31 pm

    They are in so dee, the only logical thing left to do is to keep digging..
    HEEEEEELL no. ”If you ended up in a hole, first thing you do is stop digging deeper”

    <3

  21. Brown Sugar on October 24, 2020 at 2:32 pm

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

  22. BILL C on October 24, 2020 at 2:33 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

  23. Rose White on October 24, 2020 at 2:34 pm

    cores show how shattered the rock is and how liquid quartz and many minerals infiltrated the cracks before hardening.

  24. Christopher Sewell on October 24, 2020 at 2:35 pm

    Chiefly dr

  25. Inquisitor Generally on October 24, 2020 at 2:35 pm

    The man bucket is how you get in and outta the shaft

  26. Quantum Droid on October 24, 2020 at 2:35 pm

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

  27. Mad Mike on October 24, 2020 at 2:38 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

  28. 357ranch on October 24, 2020 at 2:38 pm

    I’m very surprised that no one in the comments understands that this area is a very sacred area called Oak Flat. My people are indigenous to this area and have Sunrise ceremonies here for hundreds of years. When my people were removed from this area and resettled on the San Carlos reservation, we would still use Oak Flat for our very sacred ceremonies. When President Eisenhower came to office he set this land aside as a natural reserve for everyone use so that it would not be sold off. Fast forward —President Obama and John McCain made a deal with a European company to buy it. This sacred area will be destroyed in many different ways by this copper mine. Greed has driven us out once again. Please look all this up for yourself…

  29. jimbojims on October 24, 2020 at 2:40 pm

    South Africa has 6 of the worlds 10 deepest operational mines.
    They go down to almost 13 000 feet (3.9km) now and are going deeper still. Down to about 14300 feet at the next stage.
    Absolutely insane.

  30. Cubs Fan on October 24, 2020 at 2:40 pm

    Now that’s a man cage

  31. C Dickey on October 24, 2020 at 2:41 pm

    According to U.S. copper data 1.85 million metric tons was consumed of unmanufactured copper in 2018. If this mine can feasibly produce a 1/4 of total consumption, at a cost of $2.77 per pound currently… Then 🤑$$$ inside of 3-4 years. That is if permits, malfunctions and operation costs don’t become their demise! And I thought oil companies took big risks. Wow!

  32. Dale olson on October 24, 2020 at 2:41 pm

    Random crap backround music sucks. Junked another video👎🏻💩

  33. Ajju Ratre on October 24, 2020 at 2:42 pm

    I want to study in your country. Coal mines

  34. Plazma Bolt on October 24, 2020 at 2:45 pm

    Well its 2020 did they get the permit

  35. Steve on October 24, 2020 at 2:49 pm

    How was copper mined 100 yrs ago

  36. Llo 255 on October 24, 2020 at 2:49 pm

    2020? How is it working out?

  37. Christopher Sewell on October 24, 2020 at 2:49 pm

    Green chese

  38. Tom S on October 24, 2020 at 2:53 pm

    Is it just me or does it seem like a really bad idea to blow up the rock above the tunnel?

  39. jerszak on October 24, 2020 at 2:56 pm

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

  40. Typical RockHound on October 24, 2020 at 2:58 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 🙂

  41. Christopher Sewell on October 24, 2020 at 2:59 pm

    I have $0.00 In my account $30

  42. Lucas Rudd on October 24, 2020 at 3:00 pm

    I work underground in a nickel mine, i love the way they always interview the geos and engineers. Its the miners that really know how the mine works.

  43. Tesfayohanes Abrha on October 24, 2020 at 3:04 pm

    Don’t play with them tigers OKC

  44. teccec on October 24, 2020 at 3:04 pm

    I had closed captioning turned on. The vid ends with the hope the "dick pays off". This is a Bloomberg video.

    Irony.

  45. Nathan Mace on October 24, 2020 at 3:04 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.

  46. Mark Anthony on October 24, 2020 at 3:04 pm

    Rio Tinto sure cheaped out on that dinky little conveyance they call a man bucket , if that’s the only way they transport men underground…other mines have a conveyance that can hold 50 people…some have double or triple decks big enough to drive a six yard scoop onto. I am a hoist man at a mine where our conveyance holds 40 people and travels at 1200 feet per minute…I was at another mine in Ontario, Canada where the conveyance travels at 2000 feet per minute.

  47. unemployed on October 24, 2020 at 3:04 pm

    so the people are gonna dig straight up? *minecraft flashbacks*

  48. uLtRaFoX on October 24, 2020 at 3:05 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

  49. will woods on October 24, 2020 at 3:06 pm

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

  50. jonny moka on October 24, 2020 at 3:06 pm

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

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