Parker Blows A Hole In Kalgoorlie's Super Pit Gold Mine | Gold Rush: Parker’s Trail

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  • Опубликовано: 7 апр 2021
  • Parker Schnabel visits the Super Pit in Kalgoorlie, Western Australia, to learn how gold mining is done on a super-sized scale. He even gets to blow a hole at the bottom using explosives!
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  • @giantsdms
    @giantsdms 3 года назад +121

    That pit is the coolest thing Parker's Trail has covered yet, its unbelievable until you see it yourself

  • @b3755
    @b3755 2 года назад +12

    I can’t begin to imagine the look on parkers grandfather’s face! He would be so proud to see how far Parker has come

  • @marciaolson4878
    @marciaolson4878 3 года назад +36

    Parker’s grampa would not believe this! Great job Parker!

  • @mrrob5851
    @mrrob5851 3 года назад +76

    Parker seemed almost depressed by how much rock is moved there. But he knows there’s a difference. I can’t wait for Parker to start a claim down under

    • @kennyminer2245
      @kennyminer2245 3 года назад +3

      "Ya better take cover"

    • @Rizzbulla
      @Rizzbulla 3 года назад +4

      He's been searching forever, I thought he struck a deal on a claim down there already? Why is he still looking?

    • @TheSirTomo
      @TheSirTomo 3 года назад +7

      @@Rizzbulla this is old footage

    • @Rizzbulla
      @Rizzbulla 3 года назад +1

      @@TheSirTomo
      Thanks for the info

    • @timsorensen2085
      @timsorensen2085 2 года назад

      He won’t get a look in in Australia coz he is to small

  • @K-Fed
    @K-Fed 3 года назад +355

    I like how there's a "camera man" as well as a camera man that films the "camera man."

    • @koalaman9585
      @koalaman9585 3 года назад +22

      Let's be honest tho ,the camera dude being recorded by the camera dude has the coolest personality out of all them

    • @ianmontgomery7534
      @ianmontgomery7534 3 года назад +10

      is one a Discovery channel one and the other is Parker's guy?

    • @klrnuker8592
      @klrnuker8592 3 года назад +17

      @@ianmontgomery7534 they use GoPro's to film the camera guy...... the camera guy we see in the show has a GoPro mounted to his camera that is facing himself and when they ride in the cars, they put a GoPro on the seat in front of him to film him..... it' only one camera guy working multiple cameras and angles.

    • @ToxicMrSmith
      @ToxicMrSmith 3 года назад +3

      Heaps weird how a massive show with a mega budget has more than one camera

    • @ianmontgomery7534
      @ianmontgomery7534 3 года назад +1

      @@ToxicMrSmith yeah but they don't usually show cameramen in action when they do.

  • @ats-3693
    @ats-3693 3 года назад +12

    I was in Kalgoorlie on a geophysical survey last week, right now I'm spending my weekend processing the final data for the client

  • @geevee9728
    @geevee9728 3 года назад +50

    I get the feeling that when Parker says "lets go check out this super pit" that he thinks it's just BS name.

  • @peterschmidt1453
    @peterschmidt1453 3 года назад +70

    I visited the pit 3 years ago, the piles of excavated timber that shored up all the hundreds of tunnels dugout by the old timers was impressive in itself. No trees for hundreds of kilometers, all the timber hauled in from the South West of the state 700 km away at least.

    • @YodaWasSith
      @YodaWasSith 3 года назад +4

      I'd imagine those days you hoped for a heavier cart to bring home than you brought out.

    • @dbaider9467
      @dbaider9467 3 года назад +2

      Nice perspective! This video blew my mind.

    • @allang3541
      @allang3541 2 года назад +6

      Plenty of local timber was used by the old timers , nothing tougher than local silver gimlet for instance. Early days there were several local bush rail lines known as “ woodlines” horse and cart and later trains would bring timber in from the surrounding bush to fuel the condensers to make fresh water before the pipeline form Perth was commissioned. They bought timber in for the mines also. Grew up in kalg and spent a lot of time in the bush. Them old underground workings were all still being worked in the 80’s when the superpit was a scattering of smaller pits and owned by two different companies.

  • @danielhendrickson9401
    @danielhendrickson9401 3 года назад +11

    Amazing.. large operation.. wish we could have seen more of it..

    • @michellerae328
      @michellerae328 3 года назад +1

      That's my home town, can remember when that pit wasn't there, Hahahah!!

  • @zacharyallan6680
    @zacharyallan6680 3 года назад +6

    Thank you for posting this @Discovery Australia

  • @nancyerica7674
    @nancyerica7674 3 года назад +8

    That is just totally awesome to see. Just wow. Car hop trays from amazon.

  • @scottscott6794
    @scottscott6794 Год назад +1

    Dream big Parker, I wish you all the success.

  • @darrennarine2603
    @darrennarine2603 2 года назад +1

    Can't wait to be there, hopefully soon 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻😍😍😍😍

  • @user-mj7gm6gj9v
    @user-mj7gm6gj9v 3 года назад +5

    Discovery Australia AKA The Danny Etheridge cameraman show!

  • @livetv3164
    @livetv3164 3 года назад +6

    Parker has never seen something like that in his entire whole life.

  • @corysykes948
    @corysykes948 3 года назад +4

    Amazing!!! I mean AMAZING‼️

  • @mrsilver8517
    @mrsilver8517 2 года назад +2

    Parker's trail is the only gold rush that is hard to find online.

  • @f1s2hg3
    @f1s2hg3 2 года назад +1

    Parker guest of gold honor!

  • @christophervanheerden6499
    @christophervanheerden6499 3 года назад +4

    Parker: Right boys, we're upgrading slucifer!

  • @shaunfelton2046
    @shaunfelton2046 3 года назад +13

    Sorry, Parker. The super pit isn’t an available claim.

  • @f1s2hg3
    @f1s2hg3 2 года назад

    INCREDIBLE THE PIT!!!!!

  • @rhutchski
    @rhutchski 3 года назад +3

    Holy schnikies. I feel so..... insignificant.
    THAT is incredible.

  • @joe_tipakuah4880
    @joe_tipakuah4880 3 года назад +5

    Looks like a massive open pit quarry.I used to these things as I formerly worked in a quarry..used to see blasting,loading and hauling process all the way to the crushing plant.But this is extremely insane way to mine a billion dollars of gold..Greetings from Malaysia.

    • @davidhobbs5679
      @davidhobbs5679 3 года назад +3

      Same premise but it's size is just massive, pretty sure the pit is close to the volume of Sydney harbour

    • @joe_tipakuah4880
      @joe_tipakuah4880 3 года назад +1

      @@davidhobbs5679 its extremely enermous..i like it..everything's inside there, the Komatsu front shovel and the Cat offroad trucks were like dinosaurs of the mine

  • @JamesJones-cx5pk
    @JamesJones-cx5pk 3 года назад +3

    That is the same explosives that leveled the Lebanese port. The Oklahoma Federal building was also the same fuel.

  • @MikeBova1
    @MikeBova1 3 года назад +40

    I like to see the size of the tailings pile, its probably snow capped

    • @ats-3693
      @ats-3693 3 года назад +2

      True story the older tailings piles around Kalgoorlie that were processed using older less efficient gold extraction methods still hold economic gold grades and are worth reprocessing when the gold price is right.

  • @petrosstefanis6234
    @petrosstefanis6234 5 месяцев назад

    So very cool. Go Parker!

  • @jeffprice4860
    @jeffprice4860 3 года назад +4

    I worked on the construction of the prison in kalgoolie one day we were sitting out the back of the hostel we were living in and the ground and building started to shack I nearly crapped myself I thought it was an earthquake it turned out that they were blasting under us , apparently the had to move the town over a few times because the mine keeps growing and they just dig under and then back fill

  • @kabdul9208
    @kabdul9208 6 месяцев назад

    I’ve worked at Kalgoorlie & this put is huge!

  • @imranrafai509
    @imranrafai509 2 года назад +1

    Very nice video

  • @sailingcitrinesunset4065
    @sailingcitrinesunset4065 3 года назад +4

    Kalgoorlie is epic!

  • @mcauliffemcauliffe1167
    @mcauliffemcauliffe1167 Год назад +1

    @ 6:19 what a wicket view for a few seconds, looks scary though I would be afraid to do this job the heights.

  • @peterbennpan7288
    @peterbennpan7288 2 года назад +1

    In 10 years time this is what Parkers operation will look like while TB is sat in his Rocking chair watching Gold Rush season 50......😎

  • @timtimtimmay4654
    @timtimtimmay4654 3 года назад +3

    The innuendo is gold in itself

    • @markbarclay02
      @markbarclay02 3 года назад

      I'm going to smell your scalp and gums

  • @jbangun1682
    @jbangun1682 2 года назад +3

    Ahhh Kalgoorlie.... I am typing this comment working on a smelter just a few kilometers away from the Super Pit.

  • @f1s2hg3
    @f1s2hg3 2 года назад

    Parker hit the BIG TIME IN DOWN UNDER IRISH SCOTS LAND OF ABORIGINES! Love Aussie gold!!!!!!

  • @daveszabo8150
    @daveszabo8150 2 года назад +1

    Welcome to down under Parker! We do things big here

  • @nathanroberts355
    @nathanroberts355 3 года назад +3

    Paddy Hannan is my great great uncle he came from canny Clare in northern Ireland and came to Australia 1860.s and came to kalgoorlie to mine gold and now it's biggest world's producer of gold

    • @michellerae328
      @michellerae328 3 года назад +1

      The main street is named after him in Kalgoorlie. Hannan street.

    • @nathanroberts355
      @nathanroberts355 3 года назад +1

      @@michellerae328 yes he was a prospector and that why he put kalgoorlie on the map and now that's we get our world's producing of gold being mined by kalgoorlie gold mining company and maybe you could set the super pit yourself too and take photo of my great great uncle Patrick Hannan too

    • @michellerae328
      @michellerae328 3 года назад +1

      @@nathanroberts355 His statue is on the corner near the town hall, kalgoorlie Boulder is my home town.

    • @bush600r2
      @bush600r2 2 года назад +1

      @@michellerae328 has the town changed much in 20 years Michelle? I worked and lived their in 2002 for a couple years and I lived and worked in Kambalda at st Ives also. Exchange hotel still their

    • @michellerae328
      @michellerae328 2 года назад +1

      @@bush600r2 Hahah funny you asked that just come back from there today. Exchange is still there pump'n everynight ! place hasn't changed much but hey mate & Kal & Kambalda will never change still the same, St Ives is still going. 👍

  • @pineapplepodcast7445
    @pineapplepodcast7445 2 года назад +1

    You know it's crazy when the cameramen break their vow of silence.

  • @vincentgray870
    @vincentgray870 3 года назад

    I want to see more about the mill!

  • @exploreyourweb
    @exploreyourweb 2 года назад

    Wow that is epic Man

  • @jesseerickson662
    @jesseerickson662 3 года назад +8

    Parker- "see you guys on the flip side." he's so hip

  • @evanjohnson1299
    @evanjohnson1299 2 года назад

    Wow a genuine earth shattering kaboom

  • @billiondollardan
    @billiondollardan 3 года назад +3

    I swear I thought this was Adam Driver from the thumbnail

  • @marklamberton541
    @marklamberton541 Год назад

    I've worked there. It's a pretty cool place.

  • @harrisonberghuber9351
    @harrisonberghuber9351 3 года назад +1

    Really hoping he visited gold bar after this blast. Refreshing beverage is crucial.

  • @terrytahutu1343
    @terrytahutu1343 2 года назад

    Can’t wait mr Parker

  • @0P9ine
    @0P9ine 3 года назад +1

    The little literally is part of the town....you feel mink quakes every now and then from the blasts

  • @hulkgqnissanpatrol6121
    @hulkgqnissanpatrol6121 3 года назад +1

    I've got a feeling he will be!

  • @macsloan58
    @macsloan58 3 года назад

    Oh, there she is. I’ll watch now.

  • @constantine731
    @constantine731 3 года назад +2

    Parker has never seen the oil sands still lol

  • @thomasathey5265
    @thomasathey5265 3 года назад +2

    18 million dollar excavator, thats crazy how big it is.

    • @justdoesntaddup8620
      @justdoesntaddup8620 3 года назад

      800 ton , runs 2 x 60 litre quad turbo V16 Cummins engines

  • @KyleSand
    @KyleSand 3 года назад +2

    Need to get Parker hooked up with Paul Huet on some of the Karora Resources $KRR Kalgoorlie properties, lots of bonanza grade out there, would make a great show!

  • @blaskoxx4954
    @blaskoxx4954 3 года назад

    Wow, how does that compare to the open pit near Miami/Bisbee, AZ?

    • @No1AussieDave
      @No1AussieDave 2 года назад

      lol, as a comparison, Bisbee is a dimple on a golf ball the Super Pit is the rest of the Golf Ball.

  • @robertstinson1918
    @robertstinson1918 2 года назад

    He is like super pit with sarcasm then sees it and just drops his jaw

  • @aussierecklessriders458
    @aussierecklessriders458 2 года назад +1

    I won't lie was thinking Parker was dreaming a bit there lol he wants apart of that scale of mining you best hope you have billions

  • @Ooglyeyes
    @Ooglyeyes 2 года назад

    Proud to work here

  • @corruptcsgo3354
    @corruptcsgo3354 3 года назад

    welcome to Australia

  • @Patrick-yh5yd
    @Patrick-yh5yd 3 года назад +1

    How did this Parker become such an expert?

    • @michaelwalker9575
      @michaelwalker9575 2 года назад +2

      He’s not that’s why he keeps asking questions and learning.

  • @DylanHeuts
    @DylanHeuts 3 года назад

    What season is this?

  • @davidhollingsworth5608
    @davidhollingsworth5608 3 года назад +2

    I wanted to know what he thought about the safety.

  • @crazyman8472
    @crazyman8472 3 года назад +1

    There’s gold in them thar hills! 🤑

  • @f1s2hg3
    @f1s2hg3 2 года назад

    I seen that equipment used in the iron/steel integrated mills of Detroit Wayne County Michigan USA.

  • @ayosakmet6570
    @ayosakmet6570 3 года назад +1

    Parker sounds like Hiccup (how to train your dragon) 🐉😊

  • @Van-Schouwen
    @Van-Schouwen 3 года назад

    cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • @adamf894
    @adamf894 3 года назад +1

    2:10 First step - Blasting... wrooonngg! First step drilling, although they’re tied together they’re a different process. Drill, blast, extract, process.

    • @ducewags
      @ducewags 3 года назад

      @My Name? One would think removal of over burden would be a thing? Then ground prep for the drill to safely drill on level ground, along with the "extension" cord to run the drill from the Gen-Set. Minnesota Iron Ranger here.

    • @adamf894
      @adamf894 3 года назад +1

      @@ducewags former WA miner here, generally ground prep is completed during extraction process to set the pad for the drill rigs, all rigs over here are mobile with Atlas Copco D65 or Pantera DP1500s generally the go to so no need for a genny. The blast will usually be sufficient for pad level if the blast engineer has calculated bore depths right.

    • @ducewags
      @ducewags 3 года назад

      @@adamf894 I have no clue where WA is or what your ground is like, or what your mining. Is that Washington State? or West Australia?

    • @adamf894
      @adamf894 3 года назад +1

      @@ducewags yea mate, Western Australia. Gold, iron ore, lithium etc. I’ve actually worked at this pit before.

    • @No1AussieDave
      @No1AussieDave 2 года назад

      @@ducewags Western Australia,

  • @dootdoot1867
    @dootdoot1867 3 года назад

    Wow @ that excavator

  • @Sean-rx5ep
    @Sean-rx5ep 3 года назад

    this neeeds to be on netflix

  • @jesusmariasolisjr2294
    @jesusmariasolisjr2294 3 года назад +2

    NOW THATS WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT PARKER BIG TIME 👏 🤑💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰💰🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲🧲GO BIG OR GO HOME BROKE .

  • @conceptalfa
    @conceptalfa 3 года назад +1

    👍 👍 👍!!!

  • @4maximusnme
    @4maximusnme 3 года назад +1

    That seems cool as f*** to visit

  • @MrMaquinistaporelmundo
    @MrMaquinistaporelmundo 3 года назад

    Que suerte tiene

  • @robaust3049
    @robaust3049 3 года назад +1

    Go Kalgoorlie...

  • @dugwthree
    @dugwthree 3 года назад

    cool.

  • @patmcbride9853
    @patmcbride9853 3 года назад

    It is interesting that they don't use a conveyor, or bucket chain to move material to the surface of such a large pit.

    • @iainsmith2856
      @iainsmith2856 3 года назад +1

      50t scoops, 250t trucks and miles of road to get out of the pit. A single breakdown in a conveyor would halt the system, a broken truck is pulled out and the rest keep going

  • @crusader777
    @crusader777 3 года назад +2

    Should rename this , Alaskan Spoiled Brat !!

  • @JC-fx6fz
    @JC-fx6fz 3 года назад +1

    Me who lives in Kalgoorlie: cool

    • @Fakshin
      @Fakshin 2 года назад +1

      me who used to live in kalgoorlie and work in the superpit: cool

  • @nathanroberts355
    @nathanroberts355 3 года назад

    You should go see the giant iron ore mines of mt Tom priceiron ore mine and mt whale back minesite and telfer Patterson range gold mine and comet underground mine in marble bar

    • @justdoesntaddup8620
      @justdoesntaddup8620 2 года назад

      You could also go to see the giant “Broken Hill” iron ore operation , , , but yr can’t anymore cause BHP broke the whole hill down and sold it for fridges, washing machines, cars, bridges, anything made of steel.

  • @gusc.l.1805
    @gusc.l.1805 3 года назад +1

    anyone recognize the road from a top gear episode where they race up it?

    • @joel231
      @joel231 3 года назад

      Nope, that was an iron ore mine in the Northern Territory

  • @margaretgomer8782
    @margaretgomer8782 Год назад

    I hope Parker got to see the automated haul packs.

  • @nathancoleman3416
    @nathancoleman3416 3 года назад +1

    Anyone else think the thumbnail looks like Adam Driver?

  • @MustangsTrainsMowers
    @MustangsTrainsMowers 3 года назад +1

    Does he make more mining gold or from being in a TV show?

    • @brimmed
      @brimmed 3 года назад +1

      tv show for sure

  • @Vip3rah
    @Vip3rah 2 года назад

    this is where top gear raced the bentley, bmw and gtr right? looks hella familiar

  • @22thevoice22
    @22thevoice22 3 года назад

    No mention of their profit margins. That's quite the operation.

  • @danielworthington2949
    @danielworthington2949 3 года назад

    Also what is adam driver doing in aus

  • @Hackmudu
    @Hackmudu 2 года назад

    I want to work in there

  • @JasonAguirre
    @JasonAguirre 3 года назад

    Makes you wonder why they bother with the klondike

  • @DonnaChassie
    @DonnaChassie 3 года назад +1

    We are wearing HEADPHONES, turn down Your NOISE Censor!

    • @ccleadge
      @ccleadge 3 года назад

      actually the noice needs normalizing during post. its not the gain during recording.

  • @deqiqehadush424
    @deqiqehadush424 2 года назад +2

    I have exactly predicted Parker would wish to own such mining giant one day. He did it.

  • @DeactivationNation
    @DeactivationNation 3 года назад +1

    i am also here

  • @lisasaussieadventures1803
    @lisasaussieadventures1803 2 года назад

    I like that there is signs saying no drones but hey I suppose when u have money you can do want you want

  • @gladheateher4now
    @gladheateher4now 3 года назад

    Where is Parker now?

  • @f1s2hg3
    @f1s2hg3 2 года назад

    This is no longer Gold Rush this is PARKERS SHOW

  • @TheNicagator
    @TheNicagator 3 года назад +1

    there is no way this guy is not related to Kylo

  • @pingerboy69
    @pingerboy69 2 года назад

    Wooo

  • @michaelbrink9996
    @michaelbrink9996 2 года назад

    Why cant we see this on Normal DIscovery? Missing Parker on Gold Rush

  • @jeffrydemeyer5433
    @jeffrydemeyer5433 2 года назад

    Just imagine that pit filled with water in a couple of years

  • @danmorrissette4814
    @danmorrissette4814 3 года назад +1

    Think Big~!!!!!! ;-)-

  • @rynodekock4899
    @rynodekock4899 3 года назад

    When’s gold rush alaska new season starting

  • @phenixevelyphd2149
    @phenixevelyphd2149 Год назад

    Isn't it amazing how big and efficient the project can be when funcded by the CHN gov?!

  • @Rodrigo8
    @Rodrigo8 3 года назад +1

    will the tv show that the government keeps 30%?