Moving Quebec Town Sitting Atop $7 Billion Gold Mine | Huge Moves | Spark

This week on Huge Moves S4 - In Quebec, Canada, a crew attempt to relocate over 170 homes that are sitting on top of 7 billion dollars worth of gold. They must work fast to relocate the town of Malartic so that miners can reach precious reserves while the price of gold remains high.
In Raleigh North Carolina, a second-team attempt to move a suburb of colossal historic mansions across the bustling city to rescue them from demolition. The century-old mansions each weigh over 200 tons and are extremely fragile. Can they be moved intact?
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Super-size missions, risky routes, and the biggest cargo on the planet-imagine hauling a submarine over dry land, transporting a fleet of mega-yachts across the Atlantic, or relocating 20 ancient Egyptian temples...and now meet the heavy hauliers who tackle incredible odds to get the job done.
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[@johntripp5159]

back in the 70's I worked with another guy to make triplexes from older homes in Kits Point Vancouver. I jacked them up and poured new foundations and made a basement suite where none had existed. I used hydraulic jacks which all fed from the same hydraulic pump, propped them up with I-beams and formed the new foundations. fun and games.

[@nataliehidalgo8933]

"there's gold underneath our feet, there's gold lining every street" that is a fun song to mark history.

[@KCECC-ActiveHealthyAgeing]

Love the “Moving Homes song for the Gold” 👏👏👍 and the excellent skill and nerves of movers 👏👏👏

[@borghorsa1902]

Excellent documentary! More enjoyable than 97 percent of modern movies and tv series

[@GizmoFromPizmo]

I thought I was going to see a documentary on gold mining not a house moving doc.

[@dv6808]

me too haha

[@13minutestomidnight]

It's called "Huge Moves",, and in the first 5 seconds it's really clear what this video will entail. So, you didn't pay attention, and then you commented to....complain about that fact? Okay....

[@leemcgarry7318]

@@13minutestomidnight The title is misleading. Fact. Its called Huge moves. Available if researched, not something the casual viewer wishes to do, hence the need for less bs "come and look at me" titles. The FACT is the guy was complaining about the lead title. which says fuck all about moving fucking houses. FACT

[@bunzeebear2973]

Me too. Not interested in moving houses. Use TNT

[@mobiousenigma]

mining is mining drill blast muck and move it to the processing plant. if you want to see gold mining fly to valdor theres 2 mines within town and 4 more within 30 min drive amos and malartic are within 3 h driving as are between 20 and 100 other mines in the abatibi area . they do hard rock underground mines mostly, the klondike days dont work with solid granite which is what there mining in up there chasing veins of quartz ,,between the quartz and granite are veins of gold and the deposits up there are impressive the fireplace in my grandparents house was built with samples from most of the mines in the area and if processed today probably could pay for the building and one or two had "Veins' in them , its dirty dangerous work wet muddy loud and dark mostly.

[@pawpatrolnews]

The animators had a little too much fun animating all the things that could go wrong 😅

[@Paul_VanGo]

And adding wild dramatics, which don't even come close to reality, to make it all "more interesting" to watch. I'm already impressed without all those Hollywood special effects.

[@mr.potter9426]

I agree,I'm a carpenter and I'm dying 😂😂😂😂

[@pawpatrolnews]

@@mr.potter9426 Figuratively, I hope!

[@mr.potter9426]

@@pawpatrolnews that would be the reason for the little laughing character's in my comment

[@herrensaar1989]

ýEah, because walls place on a giant steel foundation, suddently start to bend out, when preassure is actually removed from them. If anything, they would try and stretch. And how the fuck is that 1 blown tire a problem according to the speaker? He says theyre rushing. Meanwhile the worker on screen, is making jokes being in no rush. Thank god it's not the speaker moving the houses.

[@Josh_1312]

Damn, the intro alone in this documentary series awakens my really warm childhood dreams, cuz I used to watch this documentary series back then. I was completely surprised people would even come up with such sort of moves. I mean, lifting the houses from their foundation and then hauling them elsewhere by trucks felt surrealistic for me.

[@marthaconner1550]

The home of the senator, for sure, had mineral rights!! I bet the city didn’t tell the present owners that!!

[@shopshop144]

Gold wasn't the reason those houses got moved; in Canada yes, but not in Raleigh.

[@sintytyson]

Gold Boss: We've found gold under your house so you and your family have to leave! Home owner: Okie dokie!

[@youcrackmeupdude]

5:29 Thank you for the animation. I could not fathom what the streets caving in would look like without seeing that excellent animation.

[@tombayless9759]

Great information and well done

[@ronaldheit196]

I wonder how much cash each family that actually had good deposits under their house got. It damn sure should have made a few millionaires.

[@edwilko8819]

I wonder if they got new basement and landscaping included in the deal

[@adrianstoness3903]

in northern canada a whole town was moved 175miles in the 50's

[@amdidextrous]

Can you supply the source of your post? I'm interested and Google searches come up with nothing.

[@adrianstoness3903]

​@@amdidextrous lynn lake. it was moved over a couple winters with cat trains theres videos on NFB and youtube about it.

[@pnwRC.]

WOWZERS! That's a LOT of mega moves right here!

[@franknilson180]

Wau. Taking all things into consideration, I think the whole moving team did an extremely magnificent task. Well done.

[@haikew]

Yall really doing the most with those mock up visuals man...

[@Dolly-Days]

WOW! Its amazing what knowledge we have. This is so amazing how they can move such big structures like this!

[@dodge33445]

Its NOT amazing the way big mining company PUSHES homeowners out of their homes... and FORCES them to move their house. ..... SO the big mining company can benefit from it while the homeowners get screwed ... Not even getting basements like their old HOMES.

[@dcraexon134]

Keep your hands off me gold you pirates

[@808State21]

Top choir 👏🏻

[@montyharder3663]

Either write "8 Billion Dollars" or "$8 Billion", but "$8 Billion Dollars" means "8 Billion Dollars Dollars".

[@MJ-iy4fb]

they must be speaking canadian english

[@pauljonorato4990]

I would like to stay inside the house while it's being moved how cool.

[@13minutestomidnight]

It's awesome that they are saving these homes from being demolished by moving them. Hopefully this becomes a big industry in the U.S. and Canada. Help provide employment too. That said, the Quebec Transport Authorities are going to have to work on a new rulebook. Adequate safety measures are a reasonable request, but by the end, they wouldn't let all 3 moving houses on the same highway simultaneously (and they only let the movers know at the last minute).

[@asim1017]

This is amazing. I love my Canadians💜

[@loycemarch8409]

GREAT GRAPHICS

[@s.o.s.exploration2412]

First time seeing a town go under.... Literally! 😏

[@kmr4244]

You guys are amazing. Saved lot of carbon footprint.

[@davidjma7226]

Gotta love those 'elf and safety wonks!

[@jamesrogers4674]

I'd try and get a bigger lawn. Somehow work that into the deal.

[@eulogist8120]

At a total moving cost of 80million I’d hope they’d be upgrading their wealth somehow

[@timbosinfo]

Really cool show!

[@marconius101]

And you think there isn't gonna be a issue with a 500 meter deep hole next to your town.??

[@Maykil107]

spark is awesome

[@chrisshelswell3222]

Moving my house a few miles down the road from what will become a massive ugly hole in the ground… sounds great.

[@jaypeedelacruz5724]

i love the jingles..haha..

[@ayenunu]

Good community,very skilled professional worker and most of all.. good government..Very good for the COMMUNITY..

[@christophermalfa4689]

I’m completely onboard with saving, and moving those beautiful vintage mansions to a new historic district. As for moving those hideous, ugly-ass, sh*t-boxes from Nowhere, Quebec to Who Cares, Quebec… what a colossal waste of time and money.

[@stevejames479]

❤the diggin 4 gold song...great documentary, thanks 4 uploaded Spark.sjlondonengland.

[@dentonfender6492]

Love the moving/gold song with the song lyrics captioned on the video.

[@RANCOMB]

BY THE TIME THEY MOVED MY HOUSE , I"D HAD A TUNNEL ALREADY DUG OUT & ALL THE GOLD UNDER MY PROPERTY WOULD BE GONE , JUST LIKE ME... BUT THEY WOULD SEE MY NOTE "SAYING "F" the CROWN"

[@RSofio]

lol, yes!

[@benediktmorak4409]

look up what it needs to get out one OUNCE of gold from how many tons of rock? good luck to you...

[@robh6638]

What a shame for NC to move historical homes to build a subdivision that will be a slum in 30 years with homes built by the cheapest bid . Their goes the neighborhood

[@magpiefrogfrom2556]

So after the relocation, everyone has chosen who they want for neighbours and you find yourself on a single plot with no immediate neighbours. Lol,

[@so0zielo0]

Sounds like a dream =)

[@Wesley-rn7oc]

this would be my choice

[@s.o.s.exploration2412]

That will confuse the hell out of Google Maps... lol

[@ericlakota6512]

That is amazing how fast Thease guys piced that big house amazing

[@shopshop144]

The poor Rose house fell apart, in theory, at least 4 or 6 times. I don't know if I'd want to live in it after such a move. Their old balcony looked alot better then what was stuck on their house after the move. 500 meters underground doesn't seem so shallow.

[@judyvalencia3257]

Did the citizens of the town make up that song or did the producers of the film?

[@13minutestomidnight]

Every episode of the "Monster Moves" series has their own narrative song composed for each specific episode and sung by a choir - I kid you not. Why? I am still trying to figure that out.

[@judyvalencia3257]

@@13minutestomidnight Thank you.

[@djfremen]

How much gold did Canada pay for that theme song?

[@10--50]

How much would you have to be compensated to agree to pack up and move? Especially when your own property is sitting on top of a potential gold mine

[@edwilko8819]

double what the house market value for me as a min and all moving costs, decorations, crack repairs, landscaping, driveways, garages, new basement etc.......but then the mines own the town amd the land so dought they had all that much choice as the mines built the town.

[@paulleather182]

Have the residents been given money to be moved and also depending what's under their land get a percentage of gold ?

[@ITH56]

Land titles typically exclude mineral rights. They never owned the gold, the state did.

[@carlansnance8344]

Ok but if they won’t move??

[@dovespaligrino8312]

Percentage! They should get it all, If it's under there house...

[@dovespaligrino8312]

I don't get, how Amaricans can just come here. And demand OUR Gold!!!! HOW DOES THAT WORK?

[@faberfaber76]

Open pit mine in QC that by design will destroy a town - GOVT of CAD = A- OK!, Alberta asks to put in a metal pipe - GOVT of CAD = HOW DARE YOU!

[@davidjma7226]

I hope they have the homeowners a significant payout!!

[@yesimhere4469]

Music is GREAT---!!!

[@amdidextrous]

Am I missing something here? Why cannot the mining tunnels go under the town? London City is a maze of underground tunnels, for the Underground railway, none of these has ever caused a problem? Many of these tunnels are more shallow than 500 feet, can somebody explain this?

[@bobholland9924]

There not doing that kind of mining and I imagine the ground is very different.

[@ianburit3705]

All Londons many underground tunnels are reinforced with with steel or concrete "tubes" to match the diameters of the drilling machines made - look on you tube

[@bobholland9924]

@@ianburit3705 I have to admit I've never seen gold done with open pit mining. I live in Arizona we have huge open pit for copper not. Gold .

[@davidsmith3736]

Vibration

[@davidsmith3736]

@@bobholland9924 Martha mine in New Zealand.

[@jonathonstump7344]

I hope those little girls got to have their childhood basement drawings cut out of the wall and preserved.

[@Wings_of_foam]

Why? Looked like shit lol.

[@TurboHommy]

crazy to think that sh't came from space lol

[@mccari09]

I would totally have been a holdout and made them pay millions to get me out

[@villiersman951]

yep me too

[@michaelhay8712]

Would have started digging down on my own land 😬

[@roscosredneckadventures6717]

@@michaelhay8712 in canada that wont matter you can own the land but not the minerals under it sadly . Unless you stake a claim.

[@stuartcotterill9475]

Well by the looks of it, the house next to the family that were moving first were either building a new house or putting new cladding on their existing home lol

[@stanleygodlewski5489]

You must be a non Canadian. Canada is a common law govt. And under that system you don't have that option.

[@kathyliin8438]

With moving all of those homes, does it mean, Massive Moves, will be back on tv?

[@he15rgp81]

A really Interesting well shot Movie about Gold greed in the world today But I Really enjoyed the whole footage here in the UK

[@pkell7315]

Incredible ytube channel 👍 👍

[@BWhatEverTV]

You would think that the Canadian movers would have figured out the transport logistics ahead of time.

[@charlienaylor8373]

The historic homes are to be moved because the land underneath was sold for new homes ? What happened to the historic building dept. that should have been in charge ?

[@sharlawilliamson9609]

almost seems like it would have been cheaper to offer prefab new homes, instead of relocating the homes....

[@mccari09]

Lol what is with the sea shanty style songs?

[@edbeck8925]

I couldn't believe the department of transportation was hassling them in Canada.

[@IcelanderUSer]

I can’t believe authorities are worried about traffic. They don’t know what traffic is.

[@ewanbaxter9199]

Wow, amazing work. The town was dying then they discovered more gold to give the town a new life but the houses needed moving. Why then were the jobsworths out to make it as difficult for them as possible. Weighing each house, restricting to one at a time on the freeway, laying planking on the roadway and more, all unnecessary interference from the (obviously bored) authorities.

[@lidoz]

I can’t believe They made a song! Is that for the documentary only or was used for the actual village?

[@ronaldheit196]

I don't understand why the didn't just build padded 2 by 4 and plywood cribbing around the brick chimneys on that manion in North Carolina. I've seen it done on other house moves on This Old House.

[@tonyv1505]

here's a suggestion take a lot of pictures of those old building put them in the history books and demolish the home in time people will research it online vs seeing the property in person

[@gooyouchannel1245]

Using advance technology to work with it and apply appropriate skills it makes 100% target accomplished

[@aries381]

Spectacular music

[@johnallen2771]

It's amazing what people can do when they put their mind to it. We built the frickin' pyramids so I guess we can move a town. I think I would have located the new town a bit further than a kilometer away, who wants a huge open pit right next to their house? I hope one of the requirements was that they fill back in the pit when the gold is played out. To put it in perspective if these houses weigh 300 tons, a fully functional freighter on the Great Lakes loaded with iron ore weighs about 80 tons.

[@local9]

The mine is massive, checked google maps to see it, its huge!

[@dodge33445]

Really?

[@barbaranneboyer4796]

l love your choir they have a "swashbuckling sound to them"

[@lindaspencer-blackledge5706]

Wow!!!!!

[@hottubmobilenils2133]

Did they check to see if there is gold under the area where they moved the houses too ?

[@beverlykirby2646]

DID ALL THOSE PEOPLE GET MONEY FOR THAT ...SOME LIVED ON TOP OF GOLD ..THEY SHOULD OF GOT SOME OF THAT

[@tayro7265]

Did anyone core the sight that the town was moved to or is this move 1.0 out of 55.2?

[@TommyCrosby]

It's funny that they created a song for the scenes of moving the Malartic town, I doubt they sang that song in English here in French Québec.

[@bigtimbo4236]

Wouldn't have rhymed if translated.

[@kscory8577]

I wonder if those people own the mineral right underneath their homes? I would needs some of that gold

[@reekz1568]

Most places you don’t. Whatever is found under your house so deep is owned by the government.

[@gingerleegirl6697]

No way, not in an area where gold was once found. Those mineral rights were stolen along time ago.

[@michaelhay8712]

Everything is owned by the Crown, HM Queen Elizabeth II.

[@TheJesusFreeke]

Is it Canadian dollars tho 🤣

[@winterwood2836]

Why didn't they just build everyone brand new houses and demolish. The old ones?

[@mth469]

that would be too simple a plan.

[@jdowell2009]

It would have been a lot cheaper

[@joycewills895]

Historical value of some of the homes, it is cheaper to move a home than rebuild, in most circumstances.

[@mth469]

@@joycewills895 does not not screw up the entire foundation and construction integrity of the home tearing it off its base and moving it. i'd be demanding a new home and royalties from all the gold they are pulling from the ground.

[@pauldeatherage6112]

Wow they have a frieght shaker pulln the house

[@catherinenelson4162]

Is anyone familiar with the movie called "Paint Your Wagon"? It sheds some light on getting gold from under buildings! Oldie but Goody!

[@symbiantlabs]

why didnt they remove the curb?

[@Jebula999]

I work in project management... Surely 80% of the problems they faces were thought of/planned before starting \o/ Power lines, railway, road officials. I highly doubt a project of this scale was figured out "on the fly" Good o'l TV Drama tho.

[@ayenunu]

Have you ever tried to surrounded the bricks with a wooden box instead of breaking them into pieces?

[@zaz4667]

I would move away from there and the chemicals that come along with gold mines. Those chemicals can get into the groundwater.

[@suppresst]

Beware! It becomes apparent that something akin to this developed in the course of making this video - I suspect the house movers for the Quebec town were project low bidders, so probably a disgruntled competitor for the project blew the whistle on the low bidders by alerting the authorities, mid-move, that proper safety equipment and permits had not been obtained. Committed to the documentary (camera crews on site, etc.), the producers of this video likely decided, in a moment of bad decision making, to try and make the best of bad situation. This was like filming The Three Stooges as house movers. Not much better for the Raleigh move - working the complex hydraulic machine for the most precious home was entrusted to a new-hire.

[@bobbates6642]

Why not get rid of the curb and then later replace it if needed

[@jamesmayday657]

Imagine that one stubborn person who isn't in an agreement and it's right in the middle. YEAH, that would be me lol

[@bhgtree]

I can just picture Gregorian singing that moving song. :)

[@edwilko8819]

all the songs in this series are awful whole show would be better off without them

[@countdadcula4475]

Interesting, but those songs though! Rough.

[@goawakeneveryone4365]

Why not use tracked dollies? Would they not hold more weight? They could also be motorised tracked dollies. Just like placing four tanks under each corner of the buildings.

[@StanHowse]

$$$$$.. Those motorized dollies cost A LOT to rent. Also, used for more "heavy" lifting. Comparatively, an old (mostly) wooden house, doesn't weigh "that" much. Not to mention, there were 10s of them.

[@mikerock8177]

Just one more reason to bury every freaking electrical line underground it's very stupid to have them above ground

[@someoneelse7629]

Yeah, we did this in Sweden too, but to be honest, many houses should just have been torched and a new (better one) built in the new location, anything less then 250 years old doesn't really have any historical value

[@TheBurninghedge]

Why do they call them mansions? they r regular houses????? a masion is like a statley home with maybe 100 rooms minimum my gr'ma has a 30 room house n its not a mansion. Does mansion mean something different there?

[@michaelhay8712]

A mansion in the UK is 10,000sq ft +, a small Stately home will be 50,000 sq ft + set in anything upto 2,000 acres.

[@godbluffvdgg]

500 meters below the houses? They could run a dozen 50 foot diameter TBM's at 500 M and not even shake the dishes in the houses...

[@dodge33445]

Nah Rob.... They want every piece of gold, Not just a tunnel. THey want ALL the pay .

[@godbluffvdgg]

@@dodge33445 Too true!

[@sujatashinde1012]

Gold

[@ryand4533]

I wonder what it cost per home to move them.

[@jace15076]

Of course the citizens had to file a class-action lawsuit to receive compensation for the noise, dust pollution, and ground tremors.

[@longbar2344]

rubbing their hands together even b4 it all started i expect

[@marthaconner1550]

Don’t those home owners have gold mineral rights beneath their land or do they not know that??!

[@MatanuskaHIGH]

In Canada the crown owns everything

[@edenassos]

@@MatanuskaHIGH These americans make me laugh. They think they have rights to everything.

[@johnnyd8605]

@@MatanuskaHIGH its possible to apply for mineral ,oil and gas 'under surface rights' if the land doesn't have an existing registered claim.

[@sc1338]

@@edenassos Canadians make us laugh. Bending over for someone else lol

[@RANCOMB]

@@edenassos "We do own what's on or under our land", THE JOKES ON YOU...IF WE MAKE YOU LAUGH , LOOK IN A MIRROR & ON YOUR FOREHEAD IT PROBABLY SAYS 'SUCKER or LOSER" as far as THE CROWN LET ME SEE IT , I"LL TAKE A DUMP IN IT !!! THAT'S A GOOD REASON TO BE AMERICAN BECAUSE WE ARE ENTITLED TO WHAT WE FIND ON.