How Nevada Produces BILLIONS in Gold

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When people think of gold mining, they likely picture bearded men with gold pans in mountain streams or Discovery Channel's Gold Rush.
In reality, it's neither!
In this video, we tour the entire gold mining process at Round Mountain Mine, owned and operated by Canadian gold giant Kinross.
We start where most mining operations begin-drilling, blasting, and loading with enormous shovels.
But with most gold here being microscopic, how do they extract every ounce from the rock they mine? That's where the milling and processing comes into play, and followed along every step of the way.
At the end of it all is the gold pour-where they carefully pour the gold, silver, and other metals extracted into bars for transport into the world.
To learn more about Kinross, check out their website below!
www.kinross.co...

[@lostwithasmile485]

Crazy stuff! The statue of the gold bars at the end is so tiny compared to the enormous mining hole! Geez! So much work. Much respect, Round Mountain!

[@flippnorge7105]

All of a sudden Parker’s 50k ounces doesn’t seem that much… nice vid as always!

[@absolut7769]

Yea no Parker isnt in the big leagues when it comes to gold mining

[@Shxlbyyy]

Ain't no Alaskan gold mine run by one crew, that's for sure 💀

[@williamtipene1995]

Watch what they do in Australia

[@thems_the_brakes]

@@absolut7769 Parker is doing absolutely fine for himself. There's a very decent chance (likely in fact) that he makes more than the CEO of this company.

[@Control-Alt-Delete619]

This is actual gold mining, not a soap opera. 🍻🇺🇲

[@GotRox]

Quite the operation. I spent 30 years there, and was one of the first operators of shovel 344 and 345. Good job on the video and the “regular joe” explanations. 👍🏻

[@AaronWitt]

Amazing!! Thanks for making it happen

[@JamesGGP]

How much u make

[@mattk7865]

What was it like living in the Nevada desert for so long?

[@Control-Alt-Delete619]

@@mattk7865 fast women, fast equipment, and fast gold! 💪👍🍻🇺🇲

[@pinkpapafranku]

​@mattk7865 I'm in the NV desert now. It sucks. It's already triple digit temps in May. Everything is dusty. When its windy you feel as if you're in a convection oven. There is almost no weather, but it can be catastrophic when it rains. And there's not enough greenery around (but it is a desert after all) People in Vegas really suck for the most part, but you'll also find some of the best people on earth there. Overall I'd rate the NV desert (outside of the cities) an 8/10 solely for the good people, but otherwise sucks

[@MJCx777]

every time I see a mining video I cannot believe it's actually cost effective, but I guess it is or they wouldn''t be doing it

[@seldoon_nemar]

it's also an economy of scale thing. the bigger the truck the bigger the volume of PAY-load, per trip, overall cost of ton miles drops. it also takes decades to get to an operation of this scale. to _start_ a mine at this scale is monsterously expensive and takes years of coordination, because even the equipment suppliers do not carry inventory for example. Those big haul trucks are fairly generic, but an operator can't just call up and order 10-20 units and expect rapid delivery. A multimillion dollar shop needs to be built to even finish delivery assembly.

[@Landstalker1999]

The almighty God created starving African children for a reason. God is wise and resourceful.

[@piehamcake1]

@@Landstalker1999 Man created poverty

[@antonzhdanov9653]

Dude, mining is one of the most profitable businesses out there. Yeah, it's very expensive on big scale but still insanely profitable.Mine doesn't close bcs it's not profitable, it becomes not profitable when there is nothing to dig anymore.

[@antonzhdanov9653]

​@@seldoon_nemarNah, not really. Things like gold, platinum or amber can be dug with simple pump and washer facility with cost in range of 50k$ and be pretty much profitable.

[@ToxicMrSmith]

Thats around 35.6bn worth of gold for anyone wondering

[@joelswfx]

Ah yes but how much are they spending on electricity to produce it, that number is probably halved….

[@davidmella1174]

@@joelswfx yeah mining is all about maximizing margins or else the operation is futile

[@d.h.601]

Mmmmmmm cyanide

[@Nirotix]

800,000,000 Million/year approx.

[@DgurlSunshine]

@@Nirotix PAID IN CRYPTO TO FOREIGN CONTRACTORS? WATER HEIST 1312

[@noobstertontropolisburgpoi8096]

Gold, giant craters, heavy earthmovers. This one mini-doc somehow checked all my boxes. Sold! Subscribed!

[@AaronWitt]

oh yeah!!

[@mojo.adventures]

Welcome to the Silver State! 🤠 This place will make a miner or rockhound out of you before you realize it... ask me how I know 😂 This was a great episode, nice work!👍

[@untitleduniverse1828]

🎶 "She got the gold mine, I got the shaft"

[@kahvac]

Thank You Kinross for the tour !

[@TechGorilla1987]

@5:50 - I am already surprised that they skip the larger of the crushing stages and go right to the ball-milling.

[@littlehippo5004]

They don’t skip it, they do it at the top of the pit and then that crushed rock goes by conveyor to stockpiles

[@alanmunroe8332]

Dec 2017 I had the opportunity to haul the boom pivot base, (63,000 lbs, 9' 6" wide x 13' long x 9' tall) for a Rope Shovel to Round Mountain NV. The Bucket weigh was in excess of 100,000lbs. The bottom door was 13'+ wide x ~20' long x ~2' tall at 35,000 lbs. It took the Cat Team 46 days to assemble the entire project😊 What an experience.😊😊

[@AaronWitt]

that's amazing!!

[@ryanc8188]

I'm surprised there is enough micro gold in the leaching fields to warrant that extra operation.

[@robotekusa]

99% of the gold on earth is microscopic

[@NoAliasEM]

@squibbelsmcjohnsonfound long ago ?? Buddy. We’ve only been mining with technology for 40 years. Mining with machinery for 100 years. We’ve barely scratched the surface

[@Unduplicatable]

@squibbelsmcjohnson lies you speak

[@michaelfercik3691]

There is 6 parts of gold to every trillion parts of sea water. Finding an environmentally safe and economical slight magnetism for gold, then on a big ship troll the seas of the world magnetically attracting gold out of the sea water.

[@julianprzybysawski8543]

Gold is not magnetic.

[@kevinmackay5233]

I spent some time in Elko, NV and a lot of mine workers and people who work on the machines for the mine come from back east for six months at a time, and then move back to states like Missouri. Talked to a few of them in a bar one night, most of them are young guys in their 20s and early 30s but some of them are almost 60+ and have been working those hot, dry deserts for decades

[@michelleharrell8452]

A Huge operation. There are 2 goldmines almost behind where I live in NV Hwy 50. One is not in operation but behind that goldmine is another that does produce gold bars. But all those processing facilities must be underground. There are 2 holes which can be seen from Hwy 50 going east. The money truck was seen by chance about 3 weeks ago. Yes gold bars are processed there. This video was most fascinating to me.

[@fragdude]

What a massive effort. I wonder if the various extraction methods ever stop/start depending on the price of gold (presumably some of the extraction methods cost more/less per ounce)? Or is the price of gold always high enough for it to be worth running the operation always at full steam ahead of time

[@almobrown1]

The fuel bill probably in the billions too..

[@Calliber50]

I was at a Nevada gold mine, I found a neat heavy dented ball on the ground and brought it inside and put it on my folding table. I came back to the room being evacuated and my ball being removed. Turns out the used ball mill balls can explode from the stress of heating up and cooling over and over as they crush ore. After a few days I found a neat giant scorpion I put in my beverage container and placed on my folding table. The plant manager said I was like a damn child, just touching and picking up everything. All they told me was stay away from cyanide and shinny yellow rocks. Never said anything about balls and scorpions.

[@SamSeth]

Thanks for the inside look. It's always enjoyable to drive through Nevada and enjoy the geology

[@deepsleep7822]

I find it interesting how many different processes there are for recovering gold.

[@jonnyb89821]

Yeah this is one of the most simple!

[@shopshop144]

After the gold bars get to the point as in this video, 80% gold, is that the end of the road for Kinross, or do they refine the gold further else where? Good video!

[@jonnyb89821]

I don’t know where Kinross refines it’s gold but the mines I worked at shipped it all to a specific refiner in Salt Lake City

[@craignelson6810]

This is a great video showing the process with great shots. I remember working at Gold Quarry mine with Newmont in summer 2010. Brings back memories. Mining is big business. Crazy enough money can be made to make this happen.

[@Jack-ne8vm]

Make the waste dumps or heap leach look like pyramids. Something to see from the air. How about making a video of decommissioning a big mine? Does a lot of it get buried in the pit?

[@catatonia1]

Over the same period of time the Super Pit in Kalgoorlie Western Australia produced 50 million ounces of Gold

[@martinbernal5693]

What happens to the byproduct? It’s just sand at that point or is it more complicated than that?

[@VitaKet]

They leave it for future generations to deal with.

[@brianmck7363]

The heavy equipment they use is absolutely amazing

[@lastnamefirstname520]

You should have replied: “it was a blast”- obviously…. You get set up for comedy gold (pun intended) and miss out… 😂😂

[@oohjah]

i was waiting for that! lol

[@OzGeologyOfficial]

Excellent video! Thanks for making this I’m having a nice little binge on your videos. Top quality production.

[@Jasonbourne69]

Didn’t know Trojan made explosives but I guess they were already good with explosions

[@Jasonbourne69]

1:43

[@stevetemple1616]

😜

[@thomasmiracle7826]

My mom hauls gold ore out of the mine outside spring creek there in Nevada what will blow your mind is Canada owns all that gold

[@bammersmith5993]

I didn't hear the horn blow before blasting hello 😮😂😂😂😂😂.

[@BloatedBearucraticNightmare]

Do they backfill in compact the holes

[@daveelv]

Been watching for years Aaron,,love the content....spent my entire life in the industry...heavy haul transportation.....Any chance you could turn the music down on your videos?...more to a background level!! Thanks.....Dave

[@petercozzaglio6070]

Hello Aaron, your mining videos are very well produced and very interesting. It isn’t often that I subscribe after only 2 videos.

[@justusm7171]

We see what you are constantly thinking about A-Aron, separate the race 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣. Love the edits bruh.

[@henryfoulkes7793]

This is awesome, can I ask what cameras and lens you guys use?

[@terrancestodolka4829]

Wow... What an amazing process... Glad KINROSS Round Mountain of Utah, allowed you into an amazing mine and how the extremely large process is achieved to create gold bars...

[@mikegewalt4122]

Around 35 Billion in today's price of gold. Great video!

[@adog7787]

lol no, I’m 2023 all the mines of Nevada produced only $10 billion.

[@josephmedina6403]

What do you need to work here Aaron? Mshaw ? Explosives permit ? Osha as well ?

[@jonnyb89821]

You need the new miner MSHA training. To work with explosives you have to take the training and be registered with the BATF with no felony convictions

[@bianchimatt6746]

This was a phenomenal video!

[@korsi500]

That was cool that monument to all the gold taken out of there! 👏

[@sveannnnnnn7578]

great video, watching from Sweden !

[@billhammett174]

Makes bitcoin mining look good environmentally...

[@MrMadartist]

They have to mine the gold for the connections don't they?

[@milky_joh6281]

How you going to build that super computer 😂

[@brylzy]

You should see lithium mines…. It makes oil look good environmentally…

[@richardmccann4815]

Except for the massive amount of electricity and electronics in the form of servers that is needed to keep track of the transactions!

[@Rob-tr1st]

SAVAGE!!

[@tatendaVIDZ90]

XCITING STUFF! you forgot to explain what happens to the gravity recovered gold from the shaking table though, where it ends up and what happens to it. None the less, quite cool learning about all these steps "exciting" the gold!!

[@camnnn]

I’ve worked on round mountain, kennecot, battle mountain, twin creeks . Cortez and a few others

[@IntegraDIY]

5:06 I’m guessing the dump trucks drive on the inside, to avoid the weaker edge 🤔

[@Reloykaotica]

for anyone interested in how much 15 million ounces cost as of 8 days ago when this video came out it is roughly 3.6 Billion

[@slomotion5165]

That chain link fence is there for someone sticking a hand under the gold saturated last stage😂

[@beloved_lover]

I've never understood how that's even remotely feasible considering the size of the operation and how small the output is in physical form. Heavy machines and cost to build the facility and maintain everything. But then again, 15 000 000 Oz of gold is worth $40 billion in today's price. So it kinda makes sense now.

[@Jamskater93]

Not to mention, they sift and separate all of that material. They could also sell clean fill dirt and landscaping rocks for new construction builds.

[@seanchiarot]

Gotta say; I have no clue how this ended up on my for you page.... but I'm glad it did; this was quite interesting!

[@keitharnett2647]

Miami and Globe Az mining district is cool area , Plus new Resolution mine is close by 8K ft main shaft where block cave deep mine is huge deal . Thx for videos worked mining industry for years back in KY live Az now .

[@120alvarez]

Donde ponen toda la tierra extraída de las minas? Se vuelve a rellenar el hoyo después de extraer todo el mineral?

[@TAYLORFAN50]

Really great for the habitat and wildlife wouldn't you say? 😏

[@pyro323]

I was waiting for Aaron to say he had a blast blasting all that rock!

[@boda4339]

Can the sand after the gold is extracted be used for making concrete?

[@thisismyusername6717]

Damn they dont leave NONE behind😂 Awesome video!

[@greggreg2263]

How much would it cost to build an operation like this from scratch?🤑

[@dgsantafedave1]

Mine, Mine all Mine!!!! Love that cartoon!

[@kennethwilliams3584]

How do you keep the water from getting in

[@jonnyb89821]

Typically is another department in the mine and they drill wells around the parameter and pump out the ground water.

[@mkegadgets4380]

Very interesting video. Step one….. removing the overburden look forward to your next video

[@BloatedBearucraticNightmare]

Does that plant make bars all day and night? or Do they pour like on a schedule? or Just when they have enough gold to pour so many bars?

[@69FTWB]

It’d be super cool if you looked at the tailings ponds of some of these mines. I know its not the most glamorous part of gold mining but it’s super cool (to me…I work on a TMA) millions and millions of yards of rock/clay/sand placed super precisely

[@caljustis1579]

Is it just me or was the ground moving at 3:00? Seems kinda sketchy to have that bucket and truck on that

[@johnroney3556]

Great informative video on the complete process. I use to work at a small gold mine and mill in the early 80's. As a young kid in my 20's i learned so much about all the different phases of mining. From geology to labor to mechanic to mill man to cook, i did a lot of different jobs. Mining gets into your blood, its not just a job but a way of life.

[@garyanddoris6022]

As a retired welder over 35 years, I've replaced enough Gotdayum steel in rock trucks , 777 , 787 , Dozens from a 350 to a D11 cat , Shanks , teeth on shovels , buckets , hoppers belt lines , trains expert on some 1950 model rail cars, to reach Mars and back 3 times ...lol...

[@andersonlynn3686]

You mean there’s no made up drama and bunch of breakdowns , nice professional setup and video .

[@tristenklein5940]

Any idea what the time frame is from the day the mine purchases the CAT Shovel to the time it actually begins operation? How about the time frame involved in assembling the shovel onsite?

[@austinotto3551]

I work for cat I have worked on two of the shovels at round mountain but I’ve built some but I don’t know about time from factory to the mine but assembly is about two month give or take a couple weeks

[@AaronWitt]

They’re usually ordered years out. Assembly takes a few months

[@mzee5533]

With experienced guys a single shovel assembling is 3months max. I was in the assembling team of the same Bucyrus 495HR2 it took us 3 months and all of us were newbie’s to the shovel we only had 3 experienced guys from 🇨🇱.

[@nicholasmorello6370]

I live a hour and a half from there. Always wondered how they did it. Thanks.

[@brettwymer5433]

Tonapah? My brother actually work at that mine back in the mid 80’s….when there was still a mountain.

[@RaceCarLogic]

good video, hanks for sharing.

[@FjHenderson]

How does it take to get to the bottom of the pit from the top?

[@jackprier7727]

30 years ago this pit was way smaller and the town of Round Mountain still existed (since moved S to Hadley). I built a pole barn garage in each town and the pit swallowed the town about 4 years later and I think the owner wanted to jack up his inventory before the town was purchased-

[@BrandonBroe]

I curious what happens when a big truck breaks down during the haul back and the road service mechanic can’t fix it, how would u tow them out?

[@jonnyb89821]

They have a really large tow truck! Most break downs can be fixed right where the truck sits.

[@mna9211]

Man you are amazing. Love and respect from India

[@RockyMountain4x4]

3.3 million dollars a day with the current price of gold 😮

[@richardbeee]

Wow! That was cool. Now I can put a visual of the mine with the high grade specimens that I recently saw for sale. Nice job. Just for clarity though, cyanide dissolves the gold. Gold will cling to mercury. I'm a retired assayer and refiner of precious metals. Loved my first pit shot also. Incredible!😊

[@AaronWitt]

thank you!!

[@findyourmusic8889]

Imagine jackie chan was fiting with those monster of trucks 😅

[@sdrammm696969]

What do they do when they are done with that site? Leave a huge hole?

[@steveo1600]

Thank you! Great Video

[@edward9]

Excellent as usual!

[@tedc7714]

What's the procedure for a run a way haul truck??? And what is the final result per ton of rock.

[@KieranMckean]

Is that the elko mine ? I toured the elko mine 30 years ago as part of a harnischfeger p&h group . We were told 1.5 million per day in gold. We took a picture of the whole group of about twelve of us standing in the shovel.

[@B-rad303]

The giant greater looks so beautiful on the landscape

[@Rapture9999]

During an internship with Barrick they let me detonate the charges one afternoon. Was awesome

[@AaronWitt]

nice!!

[@listcheck]

We need more of these mines all over

[@JaredAdjei-kwarteng-wk7ir]

How much will it cost you to construct such a plant(gold refinery plant)

[@billbradley2480]

Wow that’s about 1245 ounces of gold and silver etc per day produced since 1985.

[@Darkmatter2134]

Just imagine all this work to produce gold for electronics that just end up in landfills in a few years.

[@negroniusblaximus7420]

There is a new chemical process to extract gold and other rare earth elements from electronics, we will most likely not be sending our electronics to india to have children burn to extract any longer

[@LTMH369]

You can retrieve gold from electronics. My 11 year old found a video on youtube that shows you how to do it.

[@mikeconnery4652]

Nice operation and thanks for the video

[@delviscandelario5749]

The video is very interesting, many people would like to have a kilo of gold and see here how much is produced, what life is like.

[@guywhoisaguy67676]

Good video. 469 ton in 30 years isn't bad either. Wondering what the operating costs are ?

[@corneliuswowbagger]

Interesting, I ‘m a geologist with some background in mineral processing engineering. I once got a tour of a much smaller scale, but still profitable, mine in the Flowery lode that parallel to and east of the Comstock under Virginia City. They had just cut into old underground works that dated back to gold rush days. We also saw an old and in the day not so well controlled cyanide mill that looks like desert, but was a Superfund Cleanup site.

[@isaacking1524]

Why does the gold go to the inside of the spiral slide? It's heavier, so shouldn't it go to the outside?

[@radme]

You might like a tour of one of the underground mines in Elko, it's a different experience certainly.

[@p.guillermoterrera7543]

Destruyendo ,El ambiente ,acabando con toda la vida ,dejando,solo la Tierra sin vida ,tremenda ambicion sin limited.

[@treadwell8481]

Should see if coeur will let you tour the kensington gold mine in Juneau, Ak.

[@socalcasedog]

Cool perspective of where I work.

[@JonnyOnTheRise]

Great video guy's, maybe a bit to much brol, or maybe show brol with more voice over😊

[@Fester_]

Very cool. I didn't see him drink the local water though.

[@harshavardhan6781]

Hey bro!! The way you're explaining is so good and your communication skills are so good, I like your way of explanation🫡🫡

[@g-dcomplex1609]

thank you for sharing, well thought out, regards

[@shakdidagalimal]

Really, only those three bars worth since 1985 ? So what are they working with one part per million ? 14:59