Frac Sand Mining & Processing - How it works in 30 Min

[@jimsvideos7201]

I think this is just the right amount of detail at a comfortable pace, thank you for sharing.

[@pletsexpress]

Glad you liked it, Thank you for watching :)

[@jonathanzellner906]

@@pletsexpress I agree, exactly the right amount of detail and very educational

[@BrianZinchuk]

I've been writing about fracking for 15 years, but this is the first time I've seen anything on the origins of frac sand. Thank you.

[@pletsexpress]

What kinds of articles? Thanks for watching!

[@RikterZilla]

In 15 years did you ever learn how to spell Frac? It looks like you have been spelling it using the stupid media do.

[@Sillyturner]

Why is everybody beating up on the narrator. I think he did a very good job all words plain and easy to understand.

[@rp1645]

Thank you very much for walking through the making of FRAC Sands.

[@bestfriendhank1424]

I can remember bringing units trains of sand loaded in open top gondolas from Winona to Adams for points south. Reminded me of when they loaded grain in cars like that in OK and TX.

[@pletsexpress]

The unit trains of open top gonds were short lived in New Auburn, WI. The train you see in the clip went to Adams and then on to Butler so who knows maybe you hauled it! SSS only did that before their dry plant was set up and functional. What you see in the gondolas is washed sand but not yet processed. Thank you for watching :)

[@GoldVP...]

I was the first company to haul for AEC Foster Creek, in Alberta's Cold Lake Weapons Range, SAGD crude separation, through steam assistance! 1999 was the very first sagd style crude retrieval!

[@markparker2873]

Great Video, well filmed and narrated, Thank you, Mark from Australia! 😀👍

[@pletsexpress]

I'm glad you enjoyed it Mark. I would love to someday see your huge iron ore operations in Australia, quite impressive. Thank you for watching!

[@cdye07]

That looked like a Fred weber logo on the loader at 8:11, I work for Fred weber. At my location, we load 40/70, 100mesh and 30/50 on barges, trucks and railcars from US silica. Fred Weber is all over!

[@shaunybonny688]

Kinda makes me miss my time working in mining. Good video.

[@shaunybonny688]

Really nice, state of the art control room.

[@philliplester6387]

2:06 that haul truck operator is fired😂😂😂 slam slam smash

[@ozark_trapper]

I work for a sand plant. We do Above and below ground mining. We make 25 ft passes under ground. 25 ft wide and 25 ft tall. Our under ground mine goes under the highway. It goes a long way back under ground. I just got a new loader at work. A johnn deere 844l. Not a fan of it. I like the cat 980 or 982 better. Our haul trucks are cat 773 models. We have 2 different plants. One for frac and one for other type of sand. We makes several different types of sand. We ship alot of sand to use in glass . Alot of frac sand last month. U are right there is good money working in that type of a job. We work year around. Our crusher is above our wash plant . Then the dryer is bellow the wash plant. We ship several cars a week to Mexico too. Our sand is pure white. The company i work for bought 5000 acres around the plants.

[@johndelaigle4640]

you sound very informed of this process I'd like to discuss more with you . looking to invest in several mining opportunities

[@Jordanehart]

Great documentary.

[@pletsexpress]

thank you, glad you liked it :)

[@stanleydomalewski8497]

Interesting Video, Thanks for Sharing !

[@wazza33racer]

There is actually a world wide shortage of sand. Saudi Arabia had to import sand from Australia for construction concrete. The Saudi's have massive amounts of sand in their deserts, however it is too old,polished and fine to be any use in concrete.

[@quartzstatistics]

BS the earth contains so much sand there is more than enough. But the bureaucrats want to make you dependend on them and control and tax all what value the people are adding. And so they make up a fairy tail about shortage of sand. Shortly BS

[@rtz549]

What about recycled crushed glass for concrete use?

[@wazza33racer]

@@rtz549 crushed glass is most energy efficient being turned back into glass.......and in its crushed form, has a lot of dangerous silica dust. The EU does allow reclaimed, crushed concrete to be used, but it can only be a maximum of 30% in the concrete aggregate.

[@rtz549]

@@wazza33racer I read before that concrete made with recycled concrete is stronger then that which isn't?

[@thehandlesticks66]

Amazing content. Great to see sustainable mining is possible. They don't just have to be scars on the planet.

[@pletsexpress]

Yes, it is certainly possible to run a business and be a steward of the land at the same time. Wisconsin is tough on their regs and permits also. Thank you for watching :)

[@garycornelisse9228]

Very interesting. A well balanced presentation. The voice is just fine, and I wouldn't mind a little more about the trains. There is a sand deposit in Northern New Jersey that runs up into New York state. Back in the 1960s there was a man who was pulling sand out of the deposit under his land, mostly used in construction. Well the guy passed away and his wife turned the operation into a play ground, letting people run the equipment at an hourly rate in the quarry for fun. Apparently she was making pretty good money at that.

[@ClutchTFS]

Only clicked because Ive never seen a deere haul truck before. I thought it was the new gen volvo lol. Anyways cool video! I work in a limestone quarry its pretty interesting.

[@pletsexpress]

thank you, and thanks for doing a tough job and being a hard working miner!

[@stevecummins7834]

why can't the cleaned (expensive) reject sand sizes be used for other economic uses like sandblasting, playground sand, concrete formulations or for use in precast concrete blocks? I seems a little wasteful to clean sand only to return it to the mine as reclaim landfill?

[@pletsexpress]

I'm not sure on that one. SSS sold finished sand for uses besides fracking from time to time but as far as the reject material that's a good question... Thanks for watching!

[@romanregman1469]

Who thought that children playing with sand on the beach making all sorts of castles & mounds & pools, would grow up to work doing the same as adults, and even get paid quite well for it!

[@pletsexpress]

haha, yes, who would have thought?

[@Ravens-ft2hn]

Dawson Creek BC Canada 🇨🇦 could use all the Frac Sand they produce, They have to supply the Coastal Gas Link Pipeline that supplies 3 LNG plants on Canada's west coast.

[@petenielsen3453]

Very interesting. thank you

[@shaunybonny688]

This sand is used in fracking, like fracking for oil and gas? Is any of it used in concrete?

[@shaunybonny688]

Nevermind, I commented too soon.

[@pletsexpress]

:) its ok, I'm guilty too sometimes haha Thanks for watching

[@zachmalcolm6342]

Course correction Bradley it was actually built for the SOU

[@brucemorris6319]

There’s a real good silica mine in Gate Oklahoma I used to work there.

[@pletsexpress]

did you feel like a kid in a sandbox playing with trucks and machinery? Bet it was kind of fun

[@dennisholst4322]

Where is gate

[@dennisholst4322]

What town is gate near

[@brucemorris6319]

Gate is a small town in northern Oklahoma@@dennisholst4322

[@brucemorris6319]

Rosston, Oklahoma @@dennisholst4322

[@bigbird2240]

Is that sand useable for mason sand ?

[@pletsexpress]

They sold to a variety of other customers also ranging from sports sand to golf courses to construction so not just limited to hydro fracking.

[@jairamragbir437]

come to Trinidad and Tobago and show these loooosers in office and show them how it's done.... let's get'em cowboy.🙏🌹🇹🇹

[@j18i319]

how much money can a sand mine earn ?

[@thomasblack736]

What’s the name of the show this fall?

[@pletsexpress]

man you keep me busy! I think for now we'll just focus on getting all the programs on the poll done. Looks like Wisconsin Central is in the lead :) kzbin.infoUgkxLhMcXqV2jDe9haEY74JqdPcqLqGMclWK

[@thomasblack736]

1.Trackside in Southern California 2.Fort Worth Hotspot 3.CSX and NS- 1991 including the 765,the 4501, the 611 and the 1218

[@bigbird2240]

When it rains you have to shut down ?

[@pletsexpress]

Sun, Rain, Wind, Dark or Light doesn't matter. They ran in everything except when it gets too far below freezing at the wet plant it became impossible to run without everything freezing solid. The dry plant ran all year though. Thanks for watching

[@benjaminburns4412]

Not interested in your train content tbh this is great though. Obviously your channel has found a home with train docs but I hope you post some alternative content once in a while like this. More mining or construction industy stuff would be great!

[@pletsexpress]

I'll keep those suggestions in mind! Thank you for watching, glad you enjoyed it

[@peglegnoid6139]

Good foundry sand ?

[@kenlewis2353]

Although America refines the most silica sand in the world it is not the best Australia has by far the best silica sand in the world.

[@calvinneufeld4003]

This guy has a voice that will make a rainforest dry. I’m sorry for the honest criticism.

[@sargent420]

Poor guy running the excavator…looks like a new guy who’s learning and he had to be on video. Lol. He’s got a long way to go but at least he’s trying!!!

[@ericdaniel7069]

Narrators voice Puts me to sleep

[@yessirski554]

BRO TALK WITH SOME ENTHUSIASIM

[@welshlyn9097]

Not one full bucket 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😮😮😮😮😮😮😮

[@pletsexpress]

everybody has to start sometime😀

[@jackinkc767]

Somebody is proud of this operation but not the narrator. Maybe it is a computer voice.

[@bigbird2240]

Why don’t they run all the equipment with solar! Lol 😂

[@dcjxd]

Its already part of the 18% renewable energy in the U.S. energy mix, including hydro power and wind?

[@ClutchTFS]

That'd be aloooot of solar 😂my truck burns about 220-250L of diesel a day.

[@feelinghealingfrequences7179]

not much sun looks cloudy

[@ishehaxor]

This stuff causes lung related cancers pretty vigourously doesn't it?

[@gunstuff5273]

Anything that is in the form of dust has to potential to cause harm to your body. Most of the processing of this is causing very little dust. You could liken the amount of dust present on this job site to the amount on a beach when the wind picks up. After it is used in the process of fracking, then it is a completely different story.

[@Handleyman]

Yes. Absolutely. The clinical term is silicosis.

[@rtz549]

If you ran a sand blaster for a living and didn't wear a mask; you'd have lung issues.

[@RikterZilla]

Thank you for spelling Frac correctly

[@macmcguffie1003]

THE HAUL ROADS ARE TEARING THE SUSPENSION UP ON ALL WHEELED VEHICLES. WHERE ARE THE GRADERS ?

[@2xKTfc]

There was even a grader parked behind the washing and screening plant. That really needs to be run over the haul roads a few times more often.

[@ClutchTFS]

Graders? lmao I've yet to see a grader work our area of the quarry. The roads are brutal and yea it definitely takes it toll on the trucks (and the operators).

[@2xKTfc]

@@ClutchTFS Yes graders - as you can see at 12:15, this quarry does have one. They just need to use it.

[@yuk-erkmckirk9277]

so why is it called frac sand, looks like normal river/aluvial sand to me.

[@pletsexpress]

its simply called frac sand due to the primary use for which it was mined and the processing methods used to achieve specific blends and mesh sizes at the dry plant for the purpose of hydro-fracturing. You are correct in your statement as well, SSS sold their sand for many other uses as well. Thank you for watching :)

[@jackinkc767]

Somebody is proud of this operation but not the narrator. Maybe it is a computer voice.