WORLD'S LARGEST MAN-MADE EXCAVATION-KENNECOTT COPPER MINE-BINGHAM CANYON-SALT LAKE CITY-UTAH-EP78
WORLD'S LARGEST MAN-MADE EXCAVATION-KENNECOTT COPPER MINE-BINGHAM CANYON-SALT LAKE CITY-UTAH-EP78
WORLD’S LARGEST MAN-MADE EXCAVATION-KENNECOTT COPPER MINE-BINGHAM CANYON MINE-RIO TINTO MINE IN SALT LAKE CITY-UTAH Take the mine tour with Sue & I as we show you the world’s largest man-made “hole” what has been in operation since 1906! This mine is being worked in the Oquirrh Mountains, south of Salt Lake City Utah. This open pit is 5/8 of a mile deep, and 2.5 miles in dia. It covers 2000 acres, and has provided much of the copper used in the world today.
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A new tire for a 240 ton truck is currently about $65,000. I worked for US Steel and currently volunteer at the Hull Rust / Hibtac Mineview in Hibbing MN. The equipment is very fzmiliar.
My dad works for this company! Great video, I’ve been in it
I live in Sandy, UT and see this mine every day across the valley while I’m on my way to work.
what happens if you go to the bottom of the mine
Yeah u can probably chip the New Zealand one off. Lol. The smelter is closing down soon I think
You guys never disappoint
My father in law works in the tire shop there. From June to October you can drive up either Butterfield canyon or go around to Tooele and go up middle canyon and there is an overlook on the opposite side of that platform.
Love the Video but Maybe with your experience @ BE and P&H you can answer a burning question I’ve had for the last 10 yrs Casting parts for both BE now Cat, P&H /Joy/Komatsu…..Whistler lips, why are they called Whistler lips? I’ve asked this question multiple times to guys in both companies and no one I’ve talked too knows why or the origin..
My second home for 6 years now driving those monsters! Loved it it’s the easiest job I’ve ever had! Really happy to be a part of it and to have driven one!
Incredible that they use a brand new 63” tyre for display !!
Thank you! As you know, there are hundreds of YouTube videos with people commenting on things they know nothing about. It was great to hear someone that really understands what they are talking about!! Thank you again for an interesting video!
Bucyrus Erie! Now that is a classic Wisconsin company – too bad it went out of business in 2011!
Should of said old visitor center isn’t there anymore.
Fantastic! Thank you for making this – very inspiring for future engineers 🙂
That tire is 50,000
R63 is the rim you know like a regular tire would say somthing like 235 75 R 16 And the R 16 means 16 inch rim
Very informative! Thank you.
My entire family worked up there both grandpas all my great uncles and one of my uncles who worked with my grandpa on my moms side.
I’ve heard about this mine. It’s absolutely astonishing in size, hard to comprehend !!!
The lookout platform and dumptruck bed is all new, since the landslide occurred. I worked there and out at the magna plant as well. The conveyor system goes to both plants.
So glad they reopen the visiting center
This is a great tour video! Not quite appropriate language in a couple of places to allow for me to share with my classroom.
Very cool tour of this mine
I went to see "Big Brutus" in West Mineral, Kansas and was overwhelmed by its size. You must go if you haven’t already.
Too bad the visitor center isn’t there anymore! Half the Mountain slid into the mine about 4 years ago it was a big thing on the news here in Salt Lake.
I once had the hell job
The bottom half of the visitor center was not supposed to happen but they had me go and build some firms up and it was just supposed to be a lookout for kind of hot employees but I did such a good job they said we could do something more down there and they just wanted to spend more money and make the experience a lot more fun and I feel very it’s still very great the track marks on the hill And stuff like that that was me tracking in the slopes but I but I feel really proud to be part of that
I have one thing to say nice!!
Great overview. We saw a similar mine up in Montana about 20 years ago. We may have to check this one out this fall.
Lol! What happened at the end?!?
I ran one of those shovels and we easily put on over 400 tons. And also a cool side note is that lots of silver and gold come out of there too they are considered by products of the who operation. The Olympic medals are made from the gold and silver that come out of Rio Tinto mines, and also the Super Bowl trophy is made from Rio Tinto silver. Also, Tiffany’s is contracted with Rio Tinto for their silver and gold.
No one was hurt cause they new it was coming
This is amazing I love copper and mines and seeing how large this place is it’s so cool
So that giant hole didn’t used to be there?
All the upper trucks are hauling uselly just dirt so they can widening the bottom.. and there the ones making the hills out side the mined.. and all the trucks in the bottom of the mined are the trucks with copper and minerals
I had read an article about Kennecott Copper mine and wanted to look up video of it and I stumbled across this video. Did you say you got your start at Bucyrus Erie? In Erie, Pa? I am from Erie, Pa. I was a kid when Bucyrus closed, I think it was the 80’s.. It was like the first in a long line of manufacturing plants to shut down here. The building itself reopened and it is now PSB. I’m a welder, I’ve been in there a few times, most recently, last January to take a pipe welding test. Are you originally from Erie, Pa? Huge coincidence that I clicked on this video.
you know what’s so nice about being an old old guy? you get to watch all your videos over and over and each time it’s like the first time you’ve ever seen them. I really do enjoy your videos, they are so refreshing and I can feel the love, thanks guys, love you
Saw this quarry from my flight from SNA to SLC. It’s shockingly gigantic!
Impresive mine! Great tour! thanks
As a copper miner , the drill diameter is most likely not larger then 12 inches. I think the bench height of this mine is 50 feet. The holes are filled with Anfo, or heavy anfo based on the hardness and water content of the area. In 2013 the main stay failure happened . They knew that the failure was going to happen but didn’t know the size. The next part he is looking at is a total station and prism system. Total station shoots a light beam at a reflective surfers and measures the change from the last scan. These are very helpful to show trends over a long time. Busieris was bought out by Cat. The tooth and adapter weight 54 lbs.
I think its like 300 tons it can load
No way did I see my house this video
Mark,
The small rusty loader on rails you were talking about it still made and used in underground mines around the world. It runs on air and I helped rebuild one in the ’70’s that was going to South America. I also rebuilt an electric "locomotive" that was used to pull strings of the small ore cars that the loader loaded.
jack
I work there, haul trucks haul about 370 tons every load, the tires apparently cost around $70,000 each.
I wonder if they are hiring.?🤔
Mark, I’m just wondering…..is it possible and/or cost efficient to replace your tag with a steerable version?
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Wholesome content. Thanks for sharing.
The TV show edge of alaska fired up my imagination, great place.dan
The biggest mine in the world is the kennicott copper mine(Bingham canyon mine) in Utah,USA and I live by it. It also has the tallest tower at the kennicott smelter in the u.s. western hemisphere! You can still go to the mines overlook! 100% recommend it is beautiful. Those big huge mine trucks are amazing!
Ammonia phosphate makes boom, drills are used for oil also.