Join Lila Michael as she learns the mine cycle phases. She will take you through Barrick North America's Cortez Mine, an active and modern gold mine located in Northeastern Nevada. Video produced by Freelance Productions.
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@user-fv5rx2eq1q8 ай бұрын
Thanks for this educational video. Please continue such kinds of video because many people can learn easily.
@exploringabandonedmines6 жыл бұрын
Having visited and documented hundreds of historic mines it was interesting to watch this documentary on modern mining and seeing how modern mining has evolved. Great job on the production!
@brendanwood15406 жыл бұрын
You'd be interested in checking out Diavik and Ekati diamond mines in Yellow Knife, and some of the Uranium mining techniques being used elsewhere. Uranium mining involves tunneling drifts through clay and shale; They first have to construct massive freezing plants on the surface that pump refrigerant through pipes into the ground. Once stabilized the drifts are made above and below the target ore body. Then the raise bore technique is used to excavate the ore from above using water jets while the ore is collected through a funnel on the bottom drift and sent through sizing mills before being pumped as a liquid slurry to the surface processing plants. Pretty much anything BHP, SNC, and McIntosh/Redpath (Now Stantec).
@FixItStupid6 жыл бұрын
Uranium Death From Mining To Nuclear Waist Bad Bad Stuff Learn The Medical Side Oh You Will Sorry
@uploadJ5 жыл бұрын
Yes, that was great! From start to finish, the mining cycle. I've been viewing a lot of mine exploring vids too, this last year ...
@ashtontoler30364 жыл бұрын
hey frank
@jayare19333 жыл бұрын
Hi frank!
@gabrieltaiwo431611 ай бұрын
Universities should be showing this to students....what an informative and well presented master piece! well done Lila et al
@goofboo19 күн бұрын
They did in my mining class!
@jamescyr70762 жыл бұрын
This is the last underground mine site I worked at in Nevada. Looks like there has been many improvements since I was there!
@hardrockuniversity72834 жыл бұрын
I have 2 years underground and ten years surface experience. Nicely done. Excellent explanation for the uneducated.
@daviddollarhide71856 жыл бұрын
Enjoyed this a lot, well done. Wow, this is huge!
@maxhengstenberg9083 жыл бұрын
This Lady is an awesome narrator. Loved this video
@shaenj4 жыл бұрын
In 1970's I did this for a living. That was me and my brother so it's a slightly different scale as this here. But the method of cyanide treatment was just the same. That was in Western Australia. We made a success of it too!
@isaacstringfellow41822 жыл бұрын
Kk
@harrylago74352 жыл бұрын
KZfaq
@cowboygeologist77724 жыл бұрын
Retired Geologist here. That was very fascinating to watch. Thank you for making this video. Great job.
@golanoski14 жыл бұрын
Hello I was wondering if you had any video reccomendations for a gem hobbyist? I'm trying to learn how to find my own gyms on hikes or as a hobby. Any website or groups you know of? I would love to help a geologist with their digging. I have a strong back and don't mind digging holes and I love breaking open rock!
@cowboygeologist77724 жыл бұрын
@@golanoski1 where do you live? This is an interesting facebook group, not sure about any gem groups specifically. facebook.com/groups/1136184309752694/?ref=share
@golanoski14 жыл бұрын
@@cowboygeologist7772 thanks for the reply ill check it out. i live unfortunately in central florida. not much prospecting to do there. buy my wife is a travel nurse so we do get around some. im currently in new york city for about three more weeks so id love to link up with a group or have someone kind of teach me t he ropes while im here. i currently feel like im just winging it watching youtube tutorials. and while its fun i feel uncertain about my ability to properly identify rocks and minerals and basically the whole process of gem hunting
@cowboygeologist77724 жыл бұрын
@@golanoski1 I'm in Nevada. Not far from Lake Tahoe, Carson City, Reno, Virginia City area.
@mikeconnery46526 ай бұрын
Absolutely fantastic video
@bridgetkaite926811 ай бұрын
Very insightful! Reàlly amazing! Thank you for sharing the knowledge.
@Victor-ki1mp8 жыл бұрын
Really helpful...an eye opener indeed!
@michaelkaiser46746 жыл бұрын
awesome video,thanks for sharing life with enthusiasm
@davebrock66188 ай бұрын
probably the best mining video I have seen, Thanks.
@b.a.d2249 Жыл бұрын
She loves doing this as the others . remind me of different time.
@fredmoller16758 жыл бұрын
really liked the underground part, as I am a contract remote mucker at a northern Ontario gold mine.......surface open pit mining not so much. Done both, albeit for two weeks in an open pit (never again), after forty one years underground, I still 'love' it! Muck, muck, muck, till you drop.....:)
@845nirgendwo4 жыл бұрын
Three years later..keep on mucking my friend!
@Porty11194 жыл бұрын
Can't wait to get back underground...got tired of waiting around for a job, so I got in on the ground floor of a high-grade gold project and am doing most of their engineering and equipment selection. If the job you want doesn't exist, make it so.
@fredmoller16756 жыл бұрын
Our backfill is a piped slurry from a surface plant that mixes the slurry, tailings with concrete, a great system for our needs.
@atinoteintunovas99694 жыл бұрын
TOTALLY A W E Ss Oo Mm EE ee ! !!! !! ! ! 1. Thank You very much for the tour !!!! It was incredible !!!!
@josephdaiglejr85095 жыл бұрын
Awesome video very informative and interesting view into modern mining. Arizona has open pits and underground mining but for copper
@sophiavalentinalealgratero8312 жыл бұрын
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@dougmoore76167 жыл бұрын
Fantastic video. Great introduction to mining to educate the public or the new green employee. Kudos to Barrick for putting this together.
@franzrojasluque47683 ай бұрын
Excelente video, me sirvió mucho para aprender mi ingles en minería.. muchos saludos y éxitos desde Perú.
@HardRockMiner5 жыл бұрын
Very well done!!
@sueparker332 жыл бұрын
You learn something everyday!
@fraggle13403 жыл бұрын
Well made, I really enjoyed the video
@dougscott81614 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing, this was quite an eye opener. I have been reading and hearing so much about the environmental impact mining has been having and the newer regulations on almost any thing any one wants to do, but this is the first time I have seen how these issues are being handled. It does, however leave open the question of whether or not the open pits left from the mining operations will eventually be at least partially re filled and if some of the underground shafts will be filled in. The section on the underground operations gave the indication that the tailings could be repacked into the shafts after processing to remove the gold and so helping to reduce the negative impact on the land.
@JimboPalmer3 жыл бұрын
I can speak about Barrick Goldstrike also in NV. When they quit de-watering the open pit, it will fill about 25 feet a year with water. So the end result is a lake in the desert, with about 75 feet of wall around it. (I quit work there in 2002, so the exact details get fuzzy) The rock that came out has been re-sculpted and replanted, so moving it back would just be more disruption. This video mentions dewatering the underground at Cortez is also dewatering the open pit, unlike Goldstrike, where the underground is north of the open pit.
@lurp61787 жыл бұрын
Never worked in a a mine that deals with metals. some day maybe. but iv ben a haul truck driver at a potash mine in northern utah for 16 years and love it. over past two years I thought about going to precious metals and hopefully make a little more of that $$$$
@Dragon90815a4 жыл бұрын
This is an exception to goldmining
@JimboPalmer3 жыл бұрын
I can say i worked at Barrick Goldstrike, another nearby mine from 1988 to 2002, and this was our safety protocol as well. Anyone can stop production if they see a safety hazard. One miner had a reaction to a bee sting and every mine world wide added antitoxin to every first aid kit.
@stephen_piwa3 ай бұрын
Amazing Video
@yunassaxer71192 жыл бұрын
great job!
@martinclemets2313Ай бұрын
If it is in your house it was either grown or mined. metals like lithium, cobalt, zinc and antimony for you bathroom fixtures, lead for your car battery, graphite for pencils, gypsum for dry walls, silver, gold for computer parts, etc. etc. Thank God for miners and Mines.
@DavidHuber632 жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@DanielRamirez-hz7rj3 жыл бұрын
Very nice and didactic video!!
@VegasCyclingFreak6 жыл бұрын
Very interesting!
@fredmoller16756 жыл бұрын
Gasoline powered equipment is against the law in Canada at least, we're all diesel powered, but their newest mine about a hundred miles west of here is all battery powered equipment.
@Porty11194 жыл бұрын
It's essentially illegal in the US as well. You can get away with it in big room-and-pillar mines with parallel entries provided the truck isn't shut down underground...MSHA considers it stored fuel at that point. Mostly just supervisors driving their F-150s underground.
@saviznekoufar98283 жыл бұрын
very usefull and I learnt alot
@Cognitoman5 жыл бұрын
I worked at turquoise ridge as a helper on a drilling rig
@jeffinetlyjeffbi97704 жыл бұрын
Lol me too worked for boart and eklund
@Cognitoman4 жыл бұрын
@@jeffinetlyjeffbi9770 yep with boart
@nazzarenoceretti80252 жыл бұрын
Bellissimo video 👍
@timbowood8 жыл бұрын
Nice !
@scottchapman68278 жыл бұрын
How Awesome!
@jy26935 жыл бұрын
Mining is a blast...
@pbberger20022 жыл бұрын
This is a really interesting video.
@williammccartney48332 жыл бұрын
Good video thanx 🙏
@folonatuszongo4754 жыл бұрын
Resemble with Barrick -Bulyanhulu ,Safety is a first priority.
@gordonpeden62344 жыл бұрын
Damn! I watched it right to the end but Lila skipped getting "nekid" in the end of shift shower.
@davidpierotti83784 жыл бұрын
well done to the woman in the mine
@rickseifert51394 жыл бұрын
Just another hole in the ground with a rabbit warren added to it . Barrick gold used to be in the western Australia region of the goldfields . Used to work for them . I've only got 23 yrs underground mining experience in many mines for minerals ranging from nickel to gold and lithium . Open cut and fill stoping method is mostly done along with block caving method . most places use paste ( cement ) fill and others use waste rock as backfill . Using a jumbo isn't all that difficult when comes to boring out a cut / round , bolting and meshing is where patience and skill comes into play . Scaling is the fun part with a jumbo . Overall just another day at the office . Icon dets are best used for stope firing . Piece of cake using the loaders, trucks etc . Using a loader on line of sight remotes or tele-remotes that takes skill . These loader / mucker operators in this video need to water down the dirt more and stop mucking dry dirt .
@johnnyd74202 жыл бұрын
pard you clearly have never worked in Nevada. I agree that the muck pile needs to bet wet down before mucking, but if you put water on the muck pile in Nevada it turns to fucking mud and is miserable to muck. Only place I wouldn’t wet down muck piles was NV
@goldhunterexploration-shei58732 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@MrDiapasion5 жыл бұрын
Come and see how gold is mined in South Africa. That Yankee mine of yours is nothing compared to what we have here...
@carlostorres87718 жыл бұрын
Mining rocks!
@jrregan5 жыл бұрын
Keep digging guys! You'll find those missing pagers and harddrives soon.
@ElementofKindness6 жыл бұрын
This is nothing at all like in Minecraft.
@jrregan5 жыл бұрын
Fake Mining News!!
@daniellysohirka42588 ай бұрын
Of course the Jumbo guys a Newfie, where ever there is a mine you'll find a Newfoundlander. Also not every mine is as sweet as this one. I've been in 14 different mines in Canada and they all differ, depending on on money. It changes coming from a contractors perspective as well, where bonus is almost half your paycheque sometimes. So, of course your gonna drill as much core as possible, as well as keeping safety a factor. We had 7 years no LTI up in Rabbit Lake, Uranium Mine. Northern Saskatchewan. Just for our Boart Longyear Diamond Drill crew.
@Richard-ez6nfКүн бұрын
Rabbit lake and Key lake , both large mines
@Porty11194 жыл бұрын
ANFO and emulsion out of a UV-11...been there, done that, tasted ANFO all day! No idea what the hell a computer system has to do with that, only time I've seen electronic caps used, the scatter was bad enough that it caused serious underbreak and ground vibration issues to boot.
@sujatashinde10123 жыл бұрын
Creative ideas
@joewallsmonsterhunte5 жыл бұрын
Check out the E.P.A. reports.
@b.a.d2249 Жыл бұрын
I bet that was a blast
@stevenking26786 жыл бұрын
How the underground mine is so dry and clean
@edchester17733 жыл бұрын
thanks
@chimwalatembo7088 Жыл бұрын
Nice one
@joemc1114 жыл бұрын
Dec.18,2019 Gold was $1476.00 OZ.
@MOTOMINING4 жыл бұрын
It's $1725 May 26, 2020
@jeffinetlyjeffbi97704 жыл бұрын
We're so nice in Nevada we just give that gold to Canada.
@brucewmclaughlin90724 жыл бұрын
And our Mr Dressup sells it ? We ain't got no gold now.
@jeffinetlyjeffbi97704 жыл бұрын
@@brucewmclaughlin9072 that gold does pay wages... 401ks but no sir Mr dressup sells most that gold, wreaks (our land... that Nevada land) takes it and goes to Canada where insulin is just 4.25$... to our great USA it's 120.00$ if you love our country THAT SHOULD piss you off.
@TheSilmarillian4 жыл бұрын
Interesting hello from Australia opal miner here :)
@golanoski14 жыл бұрын
Do you still mine opal? Any tips or resources for a beginner about how to find and join local mining or geology groups? Any tips or video reccomendatioms to.begin mining (gems) as a hobby?
@TheSilmarillian4 жыл бұрын
@@golanoski1 Yep still mining searching 4 that illusive million dollar seam :)Just google mining and geology groups in your local area there are plenty of rock hound clubs
@golanoski14 жыл бұрын
@@TheSilmarillian thanks i just found a few on facebook. good luck with your hunts! hope you find the big one! any tips you can share with a beginner?
@TheSilmarillian4 жыл бұрын
@@golanoski1 Depends on whether you wish to fossik or mine either way best place to start is move a lot of dirt :)
@northwestrockgem97454 жыл бұрын
Can i buys some off of you? Ive been polishing them from rough for years. Shoot me an email davewatkinsimortal@gmail.com
@brittanyprivera22542 жыл бұрын
straight rarity
@1Maklak5 жыл бұрын
I had to re-watch parts of it, because the info-dumps were just so fast and they used a lot of jargon. I still didn't understand all of it. And US units are weird, with mixing imperial and metric systems and things like ounces per tonne.
@Porty11194 жыл бұрын
I get confused when grades are stated in grams per ton, LOL. Tends to mean you're dealing with a Canadian company!
@artisnalmetallurgist31682 жыл бұрын
DREAMS COME TRU
@b.a.d2249 Жыл бұрын
This lady knows what to ask
@Battle357 Жыл бұрын
great
@vergaoneverga5 жыл бұрын
no explenation of that huge aread with black diamond things???
@HeavyHaulKen4 жыл бұрын
Plastic cubes used to reduce evaporation.
@Clark_8086 жыл бұрын
How the incan empire was made(modern mining)
@kamseeseverything15495 жыл бұрын
That's why I'm on this video. Researching 'ancient' mining.
@sujatashinde10123 жыл бұрын
All in one
@mikerigby1048 Жыл бұрын
Safety first is a first for me. Nippers under the jumbo boom as they’re actively drilling, climbing through a deep sump. Removing PPE and using the scraping bar. Boggers not putting up bunds in front of an open stope and mucking out. Boggers telling truckies to drive under unsupported ground to get loaded. So many safety breaches I’ve come across
@thulaningcobo93542 ай бұрын
So the dump truck operetor it went through to underground like deep underground to collect ore or coal?
@goldenmean-Fire-Fighting7 ай бұрын
👍👍👍
@MrSanmanbob2 жыл бұрын
I'd like a chance at that Bar of Gold.
@kalebmiller29124 жыл бұрын
It now has 3 mines
@gabrielfurlong40426 жыл бұрын
8:43 i-kon by @Orica 👍🏽
@sujatashinde10123 жыл бұрын
One ya 3 💝
@philliphall51986 ай бұрын
Wonder what they would get for the rock pile around the old gold mines
@josephastier74219 ай бұрын
49:20 Most people don't realize how dense gold really is. Hollywood always gets it wrong.
@j.muckafignotti42262 жыл бұрын
Block caving, interesting. Same as the Ertzburg mine in Irian Jaya.
@SebongileTyhalithi11 ай бұрын
If want to apply harrick mine what must I do?
@JamesKlukas-lu7xd5 жыл бұрын
Here's an obvious question : What happens to the finished product , who buys it and how is it transferred the buyer ?
@JimboPalmer3 жыл бұрын
The dore leaving the mine is about 94% gold, it is trucked to the city and refined to 99.99% gold 'for free'. (The impurities are silver and copper, so this still makes the refiner money) Gold is a 'cash on the barrel-head' transaction, the price is fixed daily in London. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gold_fixing The gold we sold went to electronics, jewelry, and hoarders in India and China.
@kalebmiller29124 жыл бұрын
Each load now has 3mil worth of ore
@ideoformsun58063 жыл бұрын
What happens when the mining stops? Do all the tailings get reclaimed? Do they fill in the pit? What happens to the cyanide? Is mining still profitable if they clean up the site afterwards? In a lot of mining areas there are many sink holes. Is it safe to build houses or do any human activities in the area after a lot of mining has been done there? Or is the land permanently changed and unsafe for human use?
@john-ls8wq2 жыл бұрын
They leave a big hole and don't give a shit
@cywinslow598410 ай бұрын
@@john-ls8wqhaha read their regulations they have to comply with. Not so simple as that
@sojc71442 жыл бұрын
Oooh Yeah!! 🤠🤩🤣
@sujatashinde10123 жыл бұрын
Asharaap
@JM-ml3ch6 жыл бұрын
how do they split the $?
@danieldunkelberger59145 жыл бұрын
CEO get the lions share .workers get enough to keep working.
@Porty11194 жыл бұрын
@@danieldunkelberger5914 Sounds like they need gyppo pay...
@dangold19984 жыл бұрын
There is no Split!! They get a paycheck from the company. A regular paycheck every 2 weeks and a footage bonus check. WELL over 100 grand a year. Plus most schedules you only work a half a month and have half a month off with the way the days off and work days fall.
@williamscott873 Жыл бұрын
Is this mine still open
@nephisilver30515 жыл бұрын
They never mentioned if they recovered any platinum out that mine !!!
@JimboPalmer3 жыл бұрын
I worked at the nearby Barrick Goldstrike Mine, our 'impurities' were silver and copper. No Platinum that I was aware of.
@benongheen76362 жыл бұрын
i wish Melissa was a Geo at my site
@NurdRage7775 жыл бұрын
We are running out of sand to make cement of. The building blocks of our modern age. We have placed all cement underground so we where able to mine for gold. If you think about this. Humanity is really weird...
@iraqattacks5 жыл бұрын
so we are running out of sand? wake up dude
@jordanwashington50714 жыл бұрын
ya lol - go to the beach my niga
@Porty11194 жыл бұрын
LOL, what the fuck? I mine sand, that's news to me.
@cywinslow598410 ай бұрын
The mine I work at literally makes sand out of the waste so idk what the hell you are talking about
@MegaSilverStacker3 жыл бұрын
Where do i apply?☺👍
@b.a.d2249 Жыл бұрын
That would be a cool job also
@nickalyea33015 жыл бұрын
amazing ,awesome need a welder?
@WarriorPleb4 жыл бұрын
damn, they don't have to wear hard hats in the vehicle cabin? we'd get written up for that sh*t haha
@sujatashinde10123 жыл бұрын
Rest man
@sujatashinde10123 жыл бұрын
Chandercant dada
@luisbito83915 жыл бұрын
important put tree clean the areas
@sujatashinde10123 жыл бұрын
How cut and mark
@jayare19333 жыл бұрын
Great video... Less Mcnutt made me shoot milk out my nose though!