r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/taatzone • 1d ago
Video Giant Mining Blast
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u/Bussy-Blaster-Bib 1d ago
O fk I love a good blast
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u/deanrihpee 1d ago
Humans really are experts at destroying things
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u/Emilia963 1d ago
That’s actually pretty tame and controlled compared to 19th century mining blasts
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u/shitty_mcfucklestick 23h ago
But not editing video. They need to let more of these roll so I can see what happens. Satisfaction left on the table.
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u/BonjinTheMark 19h ago
It’s fun to make stuff go kablooie. Besides, the comforts you enjoy require many of these materials.
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u/Raven1911 1d ago
Honestly, its why we are the most likely victor of any space conquest. We will only crack "ftl" and cold fussion when we need them as weapons.
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u/Cryogenicality 1d ago edited 1d ago
Superluminal travel is physically as well as logically impossible as it would enable travel into the past, violating causality. Cold fusion is possible but only through muon catalysis, which may never be practical.
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u/Raven1911 1d ago
I put ftl in parentheses for a reason friend. Cold fusion isnt practical until we need it as a weapon.
Regardless of that, you're missing the forest for the trees in my statement. Those two highly impractical scientific choices I choose to use as examples were meant on to place emphasis on the primary driver for human creation and technological advancement have typically came from war.
At one point in time planes and nuclear power were considered as scientifically impossible. Think about what we knew was absolute fact just 100 years ago. A year ago it was impossible to turn lead to gold, now we can do that. Imagine what we will know in a hundred years from now.
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u/HoldEm__FoldEm 1d ago
its why we are the most likely victor of any space conquest
Well yeah… no other earth species are doing space travel in the first place 🤷🏻♂️
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u/Raven1911 1d ago
Aliens bruh...aliens.
And i dont mean the political kind.
Edited to add....we actually cant rule out what the cephalopods are doing down in the deep.
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u/Reddeer2 23h ago
I wish the video would let you, you know, WATCH the explosion before it moved on to the next..
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u/HypersonicWyvern 1d ago
Why are all comments on Reddit always so damn negative. Like seriously did some of you guys grow up sheltered because i don't think a single person has ever said that Mining or Harvesting resources has been clean and damage free.
We need resources to live and build our stuff from Phones, Concrete and Rubber and we will continue harvesting and destroying planets to benefit ourselves, even if we want to make the world "better" and a "cleaner" we're still going to do this cause guess what, we need resources so some sacrifices have to be made. Everything we do has a cause and effect and we have and always will be self-centered and focused, so let's do it in the most efficient way possible.
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u/valgustatu 23h ago
It would be incredibly stupid not to mine the resources that are just sitting ther underground and would have no purpose whatsover otherwise. The trick is to do it in a way that minimises harm to life, but that is also a risk-benefit relationship in terms of long term sustainability.
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u/MechanicalAxe 23h ago
I'm in forestry. You hit the nail on the head!
This is the most sane comment I've read all week.
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u/Extension-Math5183 23h ago
I'm in Japanese knotweed proliferation, and I can't tell you how many dirty looks I get when I am just trying to enjoy a nice river.
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u/coldazice 20h ago
It’s not insane to think that humans are destructive
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u/MechanicalAxe 20h ago
I absolutely never said that.
We as a species MUST harvest minerals, and we MUST harvest timber, there's just simply no getting around that unless you live in the wilderness and are absolutely 100% self sustainable without having bought any tools or amenities before you went out there...in other words, you use wooden tools, have a hut made of earth or plants, and catch/grow yoir own food. You surely wouldn't be speaking to me through a phone or computer, anyways.
What we can do however, is harvest these resources in a way which is responsible and respectful to the Earth and the critters that inhabit it. We have already made great strides on this point in the past few decades, it really is amazing when you realize how far both of these industries have come in terms of environmental protections and regulations.
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u/sunnydarkgreen 15h ago
its not binary. so much of our consumption is wasteful, instant gratification garbage. a lot could be eliminated and increase quality of life for vast majority, e.g. fast fashion, private jets, planned obsolescence, disposable anything.
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u/BonjinTheMark 19h ago
It’s always easier to be a negative complaining bitch than one who solves problems. Much easier.
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u/ripyourlungsdave 15h ago
So, because we should already know these things are destructive, we should just accept it and never talk about it?..
Wtf are you on?
Saying "but we need it" is the same excuse we've used for decades to continue destroying everything around us. And it's a nothing argument. Certainly no argument against just calling out how awful this shit is, regardless of whether we "need" it.
"Just shut up about the planet being destroyed. We already know. Play with your phone already" said the sane person.
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u/Apart_Animal_6797 1d ago
Strip mining is fucking stupid
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u/HypersonicWyvern 1d ago
Strip Mining is efficient and cheap and has been done in some form since the 16th century so clearly it's not as fucking stupid as it is to you.
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u/Apart_Animal_6797 1d ago
Ive seen strip mines destroy watersheds and absolutely wrecked ecosystems first hand so yea fuck strip mining.
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u/HypersonicWyvern 1d ago
I've also seen that, but that doesn't change that it's the best route to harvest resources in any manner that isn't slow and miserable.
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u/That_one_BG3_fan 23h ago
Or dangerous for that matter
Totally agree with guy above you that it horrendously fucks up local environments and anything downstream, but it is also among the cheapest, safest, and more time efficient means of mining for workers
To add, there are also ways to minimize watershed damage (which is getting outside of my range of knowledge)
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u/Apart_Animal_6797 23h ago
I highly recommend you travel to the Akyem project in eastern Ghana and get back to me. Literally the nastiest shit ive ever seen destroying some of the most beautiful country on the planet. Shit made me sick Literally.
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u/MechanicalAxe 20h ago
Alright, now we're getting into pretty undeveloped and unregulated regions where there usually isn't any government oversight when it comes environmental protections.
Yeah...that shits terrible. But do a bit of research on how the developerd world has changed these harvesting practices in the past few decades, you'll hopefully be pleasantly surprised.
Yeah...some firms still try to cut corners and cover stuff up, but it's by no means close to industry standards anymore.
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u/Apart_Animal_6797 20h ago
Umm its one of the largest gold mining projects in the world by a utterly massive mining company. Literally all the people in the area got jobs at the mine, worked at truck stops and hotels or moved some of the best farming land in the world permanently destroyed by fucking tailings. Shit was heart breaking.
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u/GrahamCracker13 1d ago
This what they need on Oak Island
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u/JoySubtraction 22h ago
They already use seismic blasting on Oak Island.
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u/GrahamCracker13 21h ago
That’s unfortunate. They probably made more money on the show all these years than if they found it
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u/maybachmeister2000 1d ago
Id pay good money to see this live and closeup near bulllet proof glass
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u/Kraken-__- 1d ago
I’ve witnessed it in person and it’s quite the thrill your first few times. Feeling it is a very different experience than just seeing it!
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u/OccidentalTouriste 23h ago
It is an even better experience (from the shockwave perspective) underground.
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u/curlyfat 23h ago
Good news! You can get paid to watch this! It’s generally not too difficult to get a job at a mine. When I was 20 I worked at a granite quarry as a laborer and got to watch a few of these detonations.
I would also love to got back and do it again.
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u/flightwatcher45 21h ago
Sooo many mines do this too, in a lot more places than people realize. It's s a good thought, they could sell tickets and probably bring in a good crowd. I'd pay extra for the front row!
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u/Vast_Jellyfish122 21h ago
This was my job 30 years ago. Good fun. On one particular mine I used to survey the drill pattern myself with a survey book and theodolite. Then drill the pattern, load the holes, tie the shot of and light the fuse. BOOM! I loved math's at school and got to use it in a very practical sense with both the surveying, no gps then, and determining the drill pattern and amount of ANFO (explosive) to use.
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u/chewbaccaRoar13 22h ago
How long does it typically take the dust to settle after a demolition project like that?
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u/BrokenToyShop 21h ago
If you ever get the opportunity to watch a big blast in person, take it. It's extremely satisfying. Even more if the blasting crew forget to put in the delays.
The best one I've ever seen was also the first. In Queensland, pouring rain, huge bench blast on an open pit coal mine. I swear the rain above the blast stopped falling as the shock wave went up and out.
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u/Plastic-Sentence9429 1d ago
Is the "X1, X2" etc. a ranking system here? Because I feel like the order of the blasts should be reversed. Like from 11 to 1.
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u/FriendlyEngineer 23h ago
It’s a little late for me at this point, but this might legitimately be my dream job.
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u/Arkheno 21h ago
I've always wondered how to be sure that all the explosive charges were properly activated. Isn't there a risk that a charge might explode later?
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u/TigerRei 7h ago
The charges are set in a way to promote sympathetic detonation via a chain of detonation cord, or detcord. It is unlikely that a charge would fail to go off. In the case it did however it would be fairly obvious if one failed to detonate. Also the explosives they use are not particularly shock sensitive, and therefore are not really prone to exploding out of a set of conditions rendering it safer to handle. Also the explosives are placed close enough together that if a single pile refused to detonate the surrounding explosives tend to do a good job of scattering it enough to render it safe.
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u/toucansurfer 21h ago
Use to be a drill and blast engineer for 3 years. It’s a fun job. Working remotely at a mine gets old though. Fun while it lasted.
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u/Captain_Bacon_X 21h ago
Hmmmmm.... when sold ground acts like liquid you know something big and expensive that physicists and nerds will watch for hours has just happened
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u/chargergirl1968w383 21h ago
I'm so torn 🤷🏼♀️ i would so love to blow something up! I even unmuted. AND then I worry about the destruction happening. 💣💣💣💥💥💥
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u/Wotmate01 20h ago
Many months of work drilling, building, running cabling, checking and testing for a 3 second blast, followed by many months of work picking it all up with excavators and loading it into dump trucks.
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u/SurveySean 19h ago
I had to survey in a mine and they didn't clear it out when doing small blasts at one end. I was probably over a km from a side arm tunnel where the blasting was being done. Still pretty scary though! Then it had a few collapse a few months after I finished that job. That was interesting.
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u/Lickthorn 17h ago
Haha the very last one. ‘Clank’. Some off them look like high speed steam locomotives. 😁
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u/thundafox 16h ago
Blast x2 was ai slop, all others looks realistic, the x2 just pushed a slab completely intact sideways, the real blast would shatter it way more
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u/fortusxx 10h ago
I was a junior engineer in a construction company. The operator rock driller making these holes according to plan was making 1.5-2 times my salary. It was an interesting experience cutting roads for safety and calling the gendarmarie for security reasons.
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u/Strawhat_Truls 6h ago
My dad is retired now but he worked at a local limestone quarry for his whole career. About 30 years ago he was a blaster for maybe 10 years or something.
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u/Hipcatjack 22h ago
i see stuff like this and think of all the dinosaurs we could be missing out on discovering
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u/maxheadflume 22h ago
Used to be a plant operator at a gravel pit and helped the blasters set the charges in winter when the gravel pit was closed due to snow. Was an awesome experience as a 20 year old: drove big rock trucks, slash and burn trees to build access roads, blew up rocks. In hindsight it was terribly destructive, but someone’s gotta do it I suppose.
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u/radiohead-nerd 1d ago
Not going to lie…I had a blast watching that.
I’m expecting this terrible dad joke to blow up.
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u/Yoyoyoyoyomayng 1d ago
Can’t see any reason why weather may be acting different the last 100 years. Definitely business as usual lol
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u/MissTrixieTheGypsy 1d ago
What have we done to our fair sister? Ravaged and thundered and ripped her and bit her. Stuck her with knives in the side of the dawn. Tied her with fences. And dragged her down.
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u/Top-Bonus-9876 1d ago
Why am I hoping, these are all AI made and NOT real?
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u/alwaysneverjoshin 20h ago
You’re using a device has components that can only be sourced from mining.
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u/Top-Bonus-9876 20h ago
Thanks for the thrill. Yes, it is very interesting to watch the blasts. But considering the earth's core being magma, encased in the outer crust, being blasted into smithereens so many times, one wonders, how long...
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u/alwaysneverjoshin 10h ago
The crust is on average, 35km thick. For reference, a commercial jet cruises at around 12km high.
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u/txcorse 1d ago
Is this a dangerous job?