Australia's Most Spectacular Mines | MEGA PITS

[@DrTubeman]

Awesome reel, I used to work in the Pilbara region mining all over the place in different mines, was a great place to live and work mainly FIFO job. I still call that special place home, even with the heat and bloody flies, lol, but the sunsets were magic. Cheers for this excellent reel fella, definitely would like to see more coverage of different mining operations in Australia and other parts of the world, thanks again...

[@engineeringwithabs5235]

Impressive Imagery! Thank you.

[@miningshorts]

Thank you for watching!

[@ianmorris7485]

Living in Western Australia, I have been to The Super Pit several times and each time it gets so much deeper! I get the same feeling at the lookout as I did at the Grand Canyon. Only been to Port Hedland twice but the piles of iron ore waiting for shipment are huge, dominating the town. If you get caught by a train crossing the Great Northern Highway as it approaches Finucane Island, you get a compulsory rest stop on your journey!

[@corley2893]

All of the train lines in/out of the port now have rail bridges, but yes, its a long wait when you do get caught

[@alexanderkerr-fellows9405]

Ive only had the opportunity once but its amazing to see ive worked a few mines between the gold fields and pilbara

[@spateri728]

It's so big it has its own mini climate.

[@luisschmelz4115]

Have been really enjoying the latest videos! Keep things up🙌❤

[@miningshorts]

Thank you 😀😊

[@hugoagogo9435]

If we had a couple of those mines here in Scotland there would be no Scotland left 😂

[@flamingfrancis]

Mate, you do very well with the "mining" that is done in Loch Ness.

[@Hype7media]

The cattle farms are just a massive

[@johngray1972]

And the problem with that is…….. 😂😂

[@FransBlaas1]

Amazing richness explored… love this vid.. 😊😊

[@kiarawhalen1544]

I have been past the Mt Arthur mine a few times. It is gob smackingly huge. Not just that single mine though, there is many in the area and it is like a giant sand pit. They have moved literal mountains there.

[@Mick_4591]

Had family member who used to work at Mt Arthur not so long ago

[@DanDudek-j2t]

Australia never ceases to amaze me!!

[@alexandervysochansky2881]

This is a masterpiece of man and nature. My experience is 19 years in open-pit mining

[@FredericFolliard-k2m]

Thanks!

[@FredericFolliard-k2m]

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[@miningshorts]

Appreciate that a lot man. Thank you 🙂

[@paddyblkones]

enjoyed that thank you. Nicely done

[@BeastMachinesWorld-24k]

Wow, the moment at 05:27 when they reveal that Olympic Dam has over 400 miles of underground roads is insane! Who would’ve thought a mine could have its own underground city?

[@ianrobinson8974]

I was lucky enough to go to Koolan Island mine in my first job after high school. I was a trainee with BHP shipping which also enabled me to circumnavigate Australia, leaving Koolan Island and sailing to Newcastle on the east coast of Oz

[@dr.process99]

This video makes me realize how much effort and precision go into creating even the simplest products!

[@ApparentlySomeon]

Good to see some appreciation. A contributing factor of modern man's problems is the lack of gratitude for what is provided.

[@steveanderson4768]

Wow, some of those minds just the sheer quantity of gold and copper is just mind-boggling and it’s making the operators very wealthy which is good. They’ve got a lot on the line they really do.

[@FloHilux69]

Great work

[@jamesprochazka2735]

Wow, what a great video!

[@miningshorts]

Thank you for your feedback, James. Appreciate it a lot 😀

[@Freshmanscott]

St Ives gold mine another one to consider - located around a huge salt lake certainly up there as the most visually stunning

[@alexanderkerr-fellows9405]

Used to work at the owners other mine agnew

[@geradkavanagh8240]

Live in Blackwater Qld. The coal mines between here and Moranbah are absolutely massive.

[@raventuretv9812]

Great 👍👍 would love to work in those mines....

[@miningshorts]

Thank you!

[@8ZRD11R]

There is a hell of a lot more than 379 mines in Australia.

[@Adam-x4b]

379 not more not less there you go

[@8ZRD11R]

@@Adam-x4b I would agree there's probably 379 major operating mines, but there are thousands across the country.

[@stevenstart8728]

I've got 2 illegal mines on my farm. One is for quartz gravel to put around the sheds and the other is a deposit of black soil for my vegetable garden.

[@flamingfrancis]

The first coal that was sighted and documented in Australia was done by Capt. James Cook as he travelled just south of Sydney at Coalcliff (1788) . He saw lumps of it in the cliffs. Sadly many of the mines on the Sydney Basin and Illawarra Escarpment have seen mothballed or reduced production due to the monster scars appearing elsewhere.

[@corley2893]

Theres alot that are in "care and maintenance", which essentially mean that they spend as little as possible to keep the mine there, without having to rehabilitate the land. Its a money saving excersise, and they're not listed as "active"

[@aaronbaensch6249]

How about Cadia Valley or Cadia-Ridgeway Gold Mine in NSW. In terms of gold production, the Cadia Valley gold mine officially stands as Australia’s biggest mine. In 1992, Newcrest Mining discovered the Cadia Hill gold-copper porphyry deposit and in 1994 Cadia East was discovered

[@user-sp1ri]

the great quarry downunder, its almost like quick dig stuff up before we all get caught out and sent back to England😀

[@simonrobinson1275]

As an Ex miner my self, would love to see more, some of those mines I have visited and companies worked for. Would love to see what other ones you can cover.

[@SiboBushings]

Impressive 😮❤

[@boom-rl7me]

Great video!

[@miningshorts]

Thank you 🙂

[@nathanroberts355]

My great uncle Patrick hannan found gold in Kalgoorlie western Australia 1893

[@Danger_mouse]

I was watching out to see if any of the ones I've worked at would be in there 🙂👍 An ex-motor mechanic, I moved to Kalgoorlie to start underground mining. Never worked at the Super Pit, but lived near it. I was a part of the team that helped deliver the Ernest Henry haulage shaft when they went underground there. I'm currently not far from Olympic Dam at Prominent Hill on another shaft job where BHP is the client.

[@doonhamer252]

My Dad worked in Big Bell underground as diamond driller , then as timberman from 48 till 54.. then sent to BC Canada to work for a sister company .. John Goodwin was a mechanic underground , my god father .. They went on to own mining claims further north and in New guinea..

[@majorlaff8682]

My friend flies (by plane, of course) 6,000 kms every fortnight on FIFO to a mine in WA. Some of his workmates travel even longer distances. Many of the world's population haven't even flown that distance in their lifetime.

[@piratejimmeh]

Cowals got some pretty perfect looking walls!

[@jamesaustralian9829]

If you took all the underground roads in olympic dam, and lined them up, youd make a road from adelaide to Melbourne

[@corley2893]

Telfer has the highest average temperature in Australia, but as it is not a town anymore, it isn't considered on the list. The title of the highest average temperature belongs to Marble Bar, which is about 200km west. Temperatures often reach 50°c

[@indoman8887]

Yep, worked at Telfer once, 1988 - 1998 and saw it go from a town to fly in, fly out, which was sad because it was a great little community. It does get a bit warm out there and we used to work in Jackie Howe (blue) singlets and stubbie shorts, no allowed to do that anymore😂😂

[@simontowart2225]

And just like Telfer used to be a town, Newcrest used to be a company.

[@jordenmarshall4113]

I work on a mine Jsut north of marble bar, can confirm it definitely gets warm up here haha

[@kauabarros9638]

The island I live on could fit in most of those larger mines pretty crazy

[@daranobrien]

Bro worked at koolan. At dozer service time they would take to waters edge and put fishing rods in the tracks. Fishing while working

[@SJR_Media_Group]

Australia the land of BIG everything...

[@kiore22]

Kalgoorlie Super Pit is way different than it was 30 years ago when I was diamond drilling in it.

[@stuarthinds848]

The next generation of Australian mines please. Hemi, Havieron, Minyari etc

[@localcrew]

Those are some PITS!

[@Richard-ss5hr]

Holy cow that's some wall failure on that Ernest Henry pit

[@jonoMTB21]

I’ll think you find iron knob is the oldest iron ore mine in Australia

[@tomquinn823]

Brilliant press I worked at Kalgoorlie Super pit BHPWhaleback FMG solomon Rio Tinto MT Tom Price As load n haul supervisor

[@DynamixGTR]

Live in Blackwater QLD, worked in the other big coal mine here which is Curragh.

[@AW-pz3qc]

What about the RioTinto Bauxite at Weipa? Applied for a job driving a haul truck, got the job but for non-related reasons it didn't happen...been one of the biggest disappointments of my life! Unfortunately, sometimes we have to make decisions which make sense at the time....;-(((

[@kevin-e5h5t]

The "Balance of Payments" in Australia is about $5Billion. That means our exports out-weigh our imports by $5billion. Most of that is from shipping out metals/minerals/coal/oil/gas to somewhere else. That money does not end up as Government Revenue. It ends up in the exploiter's pocket. Less than 1% of Australia has been assayed.

[@titanau]

I was born in Broken Hill NSW, you should check out the mines there, it is where BHP started. BHP stands for Broken Hill Proprietary Company Limited

[@Sash77....oldmanradic]

You didn't add the Latrobe Valley coal mines of Yallourn, Loy Yang and Hazelwood. They are huge

[@matiusclicarelli700]

Oh wow man back in 2005 I was exploration diamond drilling on koolansland, before it was a mine obviously.

[@johnheckscher7138]

I'm at koolan island now, The ore body might run out in 2027

[@flamingfrancis]

Koolan Island and Cockatoo Island were well into production by early 1960's. Australian Iron and Steel (AIS), a then family owned company based at Port Kembla started mining there in early 1950's. Became a subsidiary of BHP in late 60's. Excellent quality ores.

[@matiusclicarelli700]

@@flamingfrancis yes that's true but the operations had been shut down for many years prior to our exploration drilling in 2005. Well it's good to see it back in production again. I didn't know if it did or not. Well now I know.

[@aussienscale]

Awesome to see we are saving the planet !!

[@dennisboyce4716]

So you are going stop driving you car ; using your phone; living in a house; sorry but everything we have comes from resources ; you will have to remove your clothes too -

[@steveskrobot9496]

Pictures dont do the Kalgoorlie Mine justice. When you actually see it in person, the scale of it hurts your eyes!

[@KarlArschGmbH]

Bandanlagenbetrieb wäre vielleicht bei einigen Minen möglich, würde eine Menge Diesel einsparen. Falls ein geeignetes Stromkraftwerk in der Nähe steht?

[@farmduck2762]

Most of those mines are in areas where there are very few people so no power plants. The Pilbara region he mentioned has about 60K people in an area the size of France.

[@kirankkadam]

Are there any active mines in VIC?

[@mfpitci]

I don't think there is, remember VIC is a police state with Nanny laws😄

[@gordonstorch8561]

Australia is a quarry with a beach around it .

[@TheSilmarillian]

Imagine the iron ore mining now taking place in the Pilbara was but a speck on a baron landscape when Lang Hancock and his pilot flew over it look at it now , well yeah now the biggest producer of quality iron ore in the world RIP Lang. May I add a bit of mining trivia at one of his open cuts a massive dump truck left the edge and plummeted into the water seepage dam collection sump about four hundred feet deep at the bottom, he immediately shut down operations of the mine brought in salvage divers from New Zealand to retrieve the operator , turns out their was a media team there at the time that had moved the safety orange edge cones to get a better shot of the road ramp and the haulage truck, how do I know this 2 be true trust me it is.

[@majorlaff8682]

I believe you. They'd do anything for a story. I'd believe you before I'd ever trust any media.

[@green2stayecoswdmarketingn339]

Those mines belong to the citizens, and so does the revenue, #THENEWECONOMY💲

[@dalemiller5893]

Like to see Paraburdoo w.a. cheers

[@0Nofuture]

And Australia supplies closer to 65 percent of iron ore

[@123cez123]

10:21 Telfer

[@jcurran8860]

Excuse me, ever heard of Mt Whaleback?

[@flamingfrancis]

@...9:58.....

[@NineLayerNige]

Grams/Kilograms. The rest of the world also uses metric

[@scottpage81]

North Parkes Mines??

[@jakobrebeki]

How about South African mines, there are some big ones out there....

[@seeweed70]

Funny ive worked in majority of these. Shuts mainly

[@SuperRoo_22]

Boddington is not in South Australia.

[@flamingfrancis]

Very informative compilation.....we Aussies need to more value add to our resources. One or our insightful past politicians tried to do that Found that interesting re Koolan Island as I used to analyse ores from there and nearby Cockatoo Island on a shipment basis at Port Kembla Works. The mines were owned by Australia Iron and Steel at that time before becoming a subsidiary of BHP. These ores were amongst the very purest to be found anywhere except for (perhaps) Brasil these days.

[@JrFranklin-xs4rd]

WOULD LIKE TO WORK THERE MYSELF. VA.HILLBILLY

[@miningshorts]

Where exactly in VA? 🙂

[@scottpage81]

12:55. ITs Lake Cowel, NOT Cowel mine as i lived 50kms from it

[@davidhayes7589]

Cowal Gold Operations is it official name.

[@geoffgeoff143]

No such thing as a metric ton. 1000 kiligrams is one tonne!

[@djt6012]

This one always slightly annoys me. I often follow up with Metric Inch, or it's 25 degrees Metric Fahrenheit. I think it comes down to the misbelief that they are both pronounced the same, but tonne rhymes with the name John.

[@jonholmes4479]

so sad how broke we are as a country and look at what is being taken from us

[@mfpitci]

Yeah, Australia should be a wealthy country.

[@0Nofuture]

Its kal-goo-lie

[@geoffgeoff143]

Yep, coal mines look so much nicer than a row of ugly wind turbines.

[@Gregemio]

Ugly scars on the landscape. WE GIVE IT AWAY FOR FREE. Mining companies pay almost NO TAX.

[@rodschultz2875]

And remove jobs

[@deaddoll1361]

I wonder if there's any set plan for filling these eyesores in once they're no longer profitable, or will it fall to the taxpayer?

[@damienward9798]

So as long as the companies declare "Under care and maintenance" Rehabilitation is not required. Kudos to the companies who practice progressive rehab.

[@ramppit]

I wouldn't say spectacular

[@freespeech9857]

....kilometers..... NOT .....ki - LO - meters! 👎👎👎👎👎

[@gradyyokeley9930]

I think all autonomous equipment and vehicles should be forced to stop production😡😡😡

[@anthonyj7989]

And why? How many people have been run over by an autonomous truck or train? And how many people have died because of a drug fuelled truck or train driver? Making statements about Australian mining operations and never been there, you should go to a Queensland coal mine or a Western Australian iron ore mine and you will soon find out why these mines have gone autonomous - short answer, its bloody hot and remote. Which brings up the next question - how many people have died in a remote parts of Australia from dehydration? You should also ask the people who work in mines and work around autonomous mining equipment and they will tell you that the autonomous equipment shuts down when people are about and equipment that has a human driver keeps moving on and sometimes over someone. It is also a myth that autonomous mining equipment has reduced labour, but all it has done is moved people from the mines to an air conditioned building in a large city where people can have a much better lifestyle and go home to their families - not just eat dust and flys while at the mine.

[@flamingfrancis]

In that case you'd better make sure not to plan a trip to Sydney to ride on the new Metro extention that travels below Sydney Harbour..

[@rhys5567]

Why. You want to do it for the same price. You should want to get rid of your computer and phone I assume too?

[@ranchjellybean7058]

disgusting

[@raclark2730]

You type on a device made from mining.

[@kristiancraig461]

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[@Australianfarmer]

This is one reason our Seasons are changing, put to much weight on top of a ball, what's it do it starts to roll.

[@craigcombelic4917]

Why do you use Metric? People in the USA don't like it, means nothing to us.

[@tontobb8956]

And as an Aussie We don’t care champ

[@miningshorts]

Would that hurt to learn something that's not mentioned in US standards?😀

[@matttownsend7119]

"People in the USA" seem to live in willful ignorance of the rest of the world. I suppose that it's easier to think that way, it certainly isn't smarter.

[@flamingfrancis]

The article relates to Australian mines where mining is done to Metric Standards.....learn to use a simple converter.

[@johnwatters6922]

Only three countries use imperial system, all third world countries, Myanmar, Liberia and err another one, I forget ...