Geology
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Mining
1930s Gold Mining – The Homestake Mine
Today we’re going to take a look at historical gold mining methods using archival footage from the late 1930s. This brilliant educational film gives us a glimpse into the operations at the Homestake Mine in South Dakota over eighty years ago, showing us their methods of reaching, extracting, raising, and processing the ore. The Homestake Mine was once the deepest…
Read More » Yellowstone Won’t Explode And End Civilisation (Sorry) | The Deep Dive
It’s sad Yellowstone’s off the cards. But at least we still have World War 3! 💸 Patreon: 📈 References: 🐦 Twitter: Timecodes: 0:00 – Introduction 1:11 – “But Yellowstone *IS* a ticking timebomb!” (Spoilers: No it’s not) 2:08 – “But isn’t Yellowstone always uplifiting?” (Spoilers: No it’s not) 5:11 – “Right so Yellowstone’s uplift and subsidence *IS* caused by magam,…
Read More »A Glimpse Underground – The Cosmopolitan Gold Mining Company
Hi guys, today we’re going to take a look at Ballarat’s Cosmopolitan Gold Mining Company as it was in the year 1864! The Cosmopolitan was an underground alluvial mine which was working on the Golden Point and Cosmopolitan leads. The company was registered in the year 1856, and commenced work early the next year. There are quite a few interesting…
Read More »Pushing Into Unexplored Areas Of A Large Abandoned Mine Complex – Part 3
In this video, we run out this great, unexplored level and start on the next level down, which turned out to be just as rewarding… The unexplored section of this mine definitely earned it a spot on my “Favorite Abandoned Mines” list. Given how damp and humid this mine was, I am very grateful that so many artifacts were preserved…
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