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- Mine- At 14,000 feet, in the remote jungles of New Guinea is the largest gold and copper deposit in the world. Getting to that deposit and building a profitable mine was one of the biggest engineering challenges ever. In 1975 an American mining company took up the challenge and using the most sophisticated technology available, conquered the jungle and built the Grasberg Mine!
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Just an update, the open pit mine had depleted and closed out in 2021. But the company has constructed and is now operating the largest underground mine complex to extract gold and copper beneath the open pit mine, an operation that could going on for 40 years to the future. If the documentary says that the open pit costed 3 billion, the underground mine costs 1 billion a year to construct. The construction has been going on for the past 6 years and is still going on today.
The topic itself is extremely fascinating as well as this mine in particular, but I just want to point out how much better and "cleaner" these older documentaries are without constant bland rock music and overly excited narrator, plus unnecessary drama. I really enjoy them and would chose them any time
yeah, and the water was wetter and the grass was greener
@@HungrysitesRu shu'up.
Agreed 👍🏼
Yep.
True 8)
I'm a jewelry artist and this documentary appears on my watch list. This was a real treat to watch.
Who needs a television. So many thousands of quality documentaries on you tube.
Yes but then you still need a television to watch RUclips 😂
It's like an age of knowledge abundance, I sometimes think it's too good to be true, what's coming next to put a new brake to it? Just don't know why I fear that
@@khiljinagor8976 Let me tell you, there is a state in the world which has actively sought a proverbial 'kill-switch' to , if and when needed, can silence the whole internet in one fell swoop. This state I'm talking about has channelled great resources towards this goal. Who knows how far their plans have advanced.
I needed to hold my cringe and disgust to finish this docu. Its an important one to really understand how the west looks at us, indigenous people, and our land.
@@khiljinagor8976 I'm worried about that too.
My dad Young-Bok Kim, spent over 25 years(early 1970 to late 1990) at this site as a Mill Supervisor. I visited him many times and we loved it. Too bad, I did not have a chance to work with him at Freeport. My Dad passed away on September 28th of 2019. Behalf of my family we thank everyone who worked with him. He Loved, Indonesia, the People, Work, and Freeport. God Bless Everyone ........
condolences for your loss.
I'am so sad to hear that your dad passed away. Let me corrected that your dad last position was as a Milright and Mechanical Superintendent. We worked together while I was looking after as Processing Superintendent.
@@orlandogardner5288 Thank U very much. He had very full life. But we hoped he would smell the roses more often and catch up with family time we have missed. Indonesia and people are GREAT. Everyone should visit once in a life time. CHEERS and GOD BLESS....
Sorry for your loss
@@terryl858 Thank u very much. He had VERY FULL LIFE for 83years....~~~~~
This probably should have been a 2-hour documentary. What I saw was good, but I would like them to have spent another hour showing more footage of the mechanics of the mining operation.
There is quite a good bit of videos about both of these mines, and the geologists that found it
I think that dozer operator knows a lot about physics. He engineered that road on the fly. He may not have graduated from MIT but I would not discount his knowledge.. The fact that he did it on an old school dozer is all the more impressive. I tip my hat to you sir good job.
Yes I’ve worked in the woods and built road but nothing like this I would have loved to be there working
As a Physics teacher in high schools for 20 years, here in Australia, let me reply.
We commend and acknowledge the skills this man had in driving a dozer in such conditions, undoubtedly with great skills and much understanding of gravity, mass, momentum , velocity, inertia, etc.
However, it is an extension to say he knows a lot about Physics, when the subject involves the study of matter and its interaction with forces. I would hardly expect him to explain even the most basic of Physics ideas unless he studied it and taught it. So I do disagree with you that he would know much about Physics. He obviously is well versed in the use of machinery, landform, how to move matter, etc. I could not imagine he could explain magnetic or electric theory, nor the theory of matter.
I meant he has an outstanding knowledge in reference to the scope of his job this job. Is he a physicist obviously not. However There is a lot of physics Involved in this sort of operation.Maybe you should climb in a D10 dozer and point it straight up-and-up the mountain. This is real world physics not Is theoretical.
@@jahbay I would certainly agree with you he was an amazing road builder, who took risks, and knew his equipment and its limitations.
@@jahbay no.
It's like saying that Badminton / Basketball / Football players are masters at Parabolic Motion calculation.
They are not.
They have however, honed their muscle movement to the desired specification that allows them to have precise control over their movement and the movement of the balls they're playing with, but they wouldn't be able to explain the details to any layman, unless they also educate themselves on the theoretical and number crunching side of physics. Their muscle and nerves do not recognize the concept of "numbers" whenever they perform high level athletic feat. They just DO it.
What you call "real life physics" aren't actually "physics"
They are just how the world works.
Physics is the STUDY in which one explores the fundamentals of these real life phenomenon and try to make sense of them through numbers.
I dunno, this is actually more depressing than it is amazing
Back when the Learning Channel used to have quality programming.
It's less expensive to make reality bull crap tv then documentaries
@@TheGeraford13 Very true. That's why reality shows became so popular. Dirt cheap to produce and make a lot of money. Documentaries=expensive to produce and don't make a lot of money (with the odd exception like say, March of the Penguins).
@@MrBilld75 Based on what statistics? From what I've read, documentaries get plenty of viewers. At least enough to beat out 90% of the crap "fakeality" series that nobody watches. For every "Pawn Stars" raking in the dough there's 10 "Alaskan Hillbillies" or "Big Timber" which nobody really care about. So it's not like making reality TV is somehow easy as pie. The only answer, then, is that the network TV bosses would rather foist reality TV because it's simpler to make (not easier or cheaper) instead of coming up with unique ideas every week for a serial documentary.
Paid TV subscriptions peaked in 2011 and have consistently tanked every year since. Is it any wonder? They're just lazy. And look, now we're watching the documentaries they can't be bothered to show, here, instead.
@@Mavendow Yeah, I agree and I meant cheaper than paying real actors, more than anything. Not necessarily cheap or easy to produce. I'm sure it takes as much effort to film some reality series as it does some documentaries. I was speaking more from special effects/post production and salary perspective.
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I worked there for 5 years. Awesome place and great people to work with. The pit & underground mines and processing facilities engineering marvels. Papuan and Indonesian people and cultures truly wonderful. A great memory in my life. Would love to go back one day.
My guess is that you either stole some gold,or tried to and told someone you thought you could trust TRUST NO ONE except CHRIST.I am not judging you,but the temptation would be to great for me even,because I wuv GOLD!!!
can we chat about that mine I would like to look at working there ?
Where you from? Why'd you leave?
Sounds like a cool story. You're braver than I am.
@@markpaul8178 why would you make this comment to him.
Its my guess that you haven't done jack with your life, and that you never will because you lack intestinal fortitude aka BA11s.
Just my 'guess'
I have had the pleasure of working here during the time that the HEAT Road was built. I worked from Ridge Camp and was involved with the Maintenance / Warehousing, when the first D11 Caterpillar dozers and the first Cat 785 Dump trucks were brought in. At that time also, the P&H Shovels arrived and section by section, transported up the hill. Not shown here, are the 2 tunnels on the access road and that caused transportation headaches for the transport of the shovel swing gear. At that time, Freeport began privatising their infrastructure and utilities. Timika, the port town was expanded and the lowlands area expansion began, It was a really interesting mine community in which to operate and I am proud to have spent time there.
I worked there in the late 90's . We built an expansion to the processing plant. Politics and business aside, it is an incredible engineering feat. Amazing experience for me working above the clouds.
How do you get a job there
@@michaelbryant9957 I worked for Bechtel who built the original plant but also did a big expansion in the late 90s. I was there in the late 90s. Unless you are Indonesian, it is unlikely you will get a role in operations unless you have some specialist skills they need. It is not an easy life there (well wasn't when I was there) - you live in shared accommodation (unless management) ~10,000' above sea level and work at 12000' to 14k' - always out of breath etc
What does it look like day? Would think the whole island is below sea level now
@@johncuervo3019 The mountains are over 4000m so I'm pretty sure it is still above the sea.
@@cattnipp he could be thinking the underground operation. 😆 🤣
This documentary had me glued to my seat. The human drive is very inspiring. Superb!!!!
yes!
Human Drive is just About the Money, Maybe think About How its Destroyed this Country
Magnificent!!!! The logistical support needed for operations such as this is mind bending.
My dad worked here for 17 years, I was born and raised in Tembagapura. I miss this place, truly is a wonder.
Its truly a wonder you can sleep at night, given the vast number of Papuans who have been killed, maimed and dispossessed all because of that accursed mine!! .
Never drove a car:
Drive this 300 ton hauler over there and get loaded, watch the cliffs, here's the keys.
A single truck weighs in at 200 tons! All made by Japanese Company.
Shat my pants? Who wears pants? Not a tribal custom.
As an American truck driver trainers preferred novices and not experienced drivers with bad habits. Better sometimes to have someone who has not been trained limits to what they can do. The company got off cheap with no health and safety requirements and low local wages.
In NV one can get a CDL without a DL.
@@randystone4903, My dad, has been driving for nearly 30 years, including driving in the US Army. With that said, he told me that "driver mills" are things. In other words, the industry in the US is being flooded with low-quality drivers.
The pit is done. Now the underground mine beneath is nearly ready to go. It's an engineering marvel as well.
I never expected the world largest gold mine located in Indonesia. May the use of natural resources put in good use for the nation and the local people of Papua
Don't be greedy like bandit nation. It's a company not a charity foundation.
My parents work here since 2004 and I was raised in Tembagapura. This place is one of a kind. Regardless of the politics that surround this place, especially in recent years, I don't think I would ever relive my childhood anywhere but this place. I just hope the Indonesian government don't mess up it now that they have a majority stake in Freeport Indonesia
Salute to the indigenous people whose natural habitats were destroyed, and they got a photo shoot opportunity as a reward.
Early 2000’s discovery channel.. I miss this.
What? You don't wanna see a show about bigfoot every week? Lol
@@moose2577 right?!
I can say the same about the history channel.
@@Laidback_616 me too
yeh
This was a master feat of engineering. That dozer driver that created the road to Ertsberg should get a million dollar bonus cheque annually for life.
One of the most memorable documentaries I've watched in recent years. Thanks for uploading
The guy who created heat road is a good example of a guy moving through his work life time from the bottom to the top. You should always promote internally before you look to the outside. He became an expert at mountain road building from all that past work he did. In a way you could say this is the guy that made it out of a death match out of hundreds of other guys. He's the best of them.
Indonesia invaded West Papua lay drop bombs from helicopters on small villages thatched huts to keep the locals quite and murder them daily, the Americans don't care and want do a thing about the occupation because their making a load of money along with Australia. The Americans and Australians along with the rest of the west are hypocrites if this was a country was any were else they would be screaming blue bloody murder.
Hard dangerous work. Much respect.
I was a minor for nearly 18 years. It had its ups and downs. I didn't have to pay rent, food was free, I had a free car for the last 3 years but I had to abide by my parents rules so long as I lived in their house.
lmao
@@Mr.Thermistor7228 à
When you said "I was a minor for nearly 18 years " @shananagans5 ... I felt that - on a fundamental level. Facts.
Mining has it's "ups and downs" ......
Oh no , You didn't !!
Shame on You !!
Lmfao
The whole thing is quite unbelievable from the topic to the logistics to the people who made it happen to the people who filmed it happening. Glad I watched it. Incredible work!!
You sir are correct and have a sharp and accurate line of thought.
@@chefgiovanni
I thought I heard trumpeting heralds and
the Laugh-In cast's chorus singing "Here Come Da Judge"
as I read that reply
@@oughtssought1198 The mindset of a military man, maybe?
@@robertthomas4234 a definite maybe, while also noting that
Omniscient Observers breed religiously in more families than just the
military embezzlement complex
An absolute marvel indeed, wondering if its like how John marveled in the book of Revelations (politicians worshiping the Nephilim as gods). Angel beside John asked what do you marvel at? Gods angels rejoice over creation Fallen angels destroy his creation (humanity) and mother('s) nature includes land. Agreed brilliant work, cheers and God Bless.
its so sad to see those beautiful mountains be demolished
Nothing lasts forever. Those mountains would eventually erode away like countless other mountains before.
Truly a spectacular documentary! An amazing discovery.
37:30 This is going to cost tens of millions of dollars. Ilyas- 2 things: Get me a bulldozer... and hold my beer.
I'm not into mining or geology in particular but, man, this was an amazing documentary.
To me, this was about man's extraordinary feat of problem-solving, dedication & perseverance against seemingly insurmountable odds.
Yes, better than any movie seen in the last months😏😏
@@hermanngoring397 Ditch the name, herr Göring. There are other platforms for your xxx-xxxx motherxxxxxxx.
@@robertthomas4234 : is there a little stick up your a** Robert??
@@henryc1000 What? You think Gusman jumped?
Tembagapura, folks lived and worked there for 20+ years until my father retired as mine superintendent. I still have my Lupa Lela Club membership card, I’m member #67. That picture of the Huey brings back memories, I flew PK-VBR with John and Ted for years!
21:42 - What a marvelous analogy (the violin)... Excellent documentary...
Amazing documentary! No need for 4K when the content is as good as this!... we need more of this to lift our human spirit and believe we can do really amazing things. Thank you!
What,he who has the most money and power gets to rape the land and profit more?
@@imaginewhirledpeas6696 not true % of those profits goes to the people. you could say their system is corrupted and dosen't get distruibuted correctly but thats a whole other discussion.
@@leeroy4206 Personal gains, made possible by tax payer dollars...The story never changes.
Well documented and narrated. Informative and a delight to watch.
I just watched this documentary again and as impressed as I was the first time! So brilliant, what men achieve daily!
Me too!
what have they achieved?
did the indigenous people get the wealth?
do you realize the damage mining does to the environment?
the chemicals etc.....and how it takes the total destruction of the mountain to get anything..since tons of the mountain must be ground up to get an ounce of gold....maybe you should go watch a few documentaries of how mining has destroyed the environment and killed 10's of thousands of poor people caught in mans "achievement"...for personal wealth at any cost.......
@@jadezee6316 We are taking different perspectives, on the matter.
And one woman 😆
So brilliant... got into pristine ancient wilderness and destroy it
Excellent documentary. Loved it. Thank you.
Brings back memories. This is one of the old documentary films of the Freeport McMorran Mine in Irian Jaya.
I worked up there in the 90's.
It is a Copper Mine, Gold is just a byproduct of the process.
same as olimpic dam in south australia
400'000 people have been murdered to maintain this US thievery.
Free West Papua.
I worked there for the year 1997. Most of the time I was down at Amamapare. It was really a unique place. The best to you.
Did you suffer amnesia, change your name and forget you posted this same exact thing two months prior, "Jeff"?
Dang! Breathtaking doco. Came across it by accident, began ... and was riveted every second right unto the end. Personalities and challenges and rewards. The topography and images are rewarding enough, but the challenge and vision of the mines founders is just staggering.
I remember once reading a Vietnamese account of meeting 'foreign' (Read 'white') guys. It read something like: "They are an extraordinary enemy. There is no obstacle too hard, no challenge too dangerous, no enterprise too difficult that they will not attempt and conquer, and if they fail, they will leave it to their next generation to accomplish."
It is so nice to be white. White is Beautiful,and always will be.
It saddens me what we've been doing to Earth for so long now :(
@@ricgunn1439 Apparently you don't understand climate change.
I stack “Physical Silver” and “Physical Gold” because these days “Fiat Currency” can collapse with over printing and with inflation settling into the U.S. and around the world in different countries. Physical Gold” and “Physical Silver” are great hedge against inflation and even “Physical Copper” is worth something. I have a few coins made out of “Physical Silver” from “New Guinea” and always wondered why you “New Guinea” and after watching this documentary now I know why “New Guinea”. I salute these men and women for accomplishing some great and grandeur with sheer grit. For bringing “Physical Silver” and “Physical Gold” from mountain tops 14,000 feet in the sky down to earth to the common man like myself.
I worked on that mine, I was working for Western Star Trucks Australian and used to travel there from our base in Brisbane Australia, about the year 2000
Who is owner? I hope it belongs to the Country???
@@denisebilby4947 😆 how naive...
@@galapagoensis normal people LOL
@@denisebilby4947 im the owner ! U wanna gold chain 😜😜😜😜🔥🔥🔥
I worked with an Australian fellow who worked there. He had a good story about teaching the local labourers how to put on and tie up work boots.
that guy who did that road for them saving them millions and millions I hope they gave one hell of a bonus for the job
Of course they did. He retired with one of the better Rolex knockoffs from Hong Kong In gold plated tungsten. And, he's proud as Hell.
@@morgueaunne6552 funny
@@morgueaunne6552 - He also got a used rebuilt Javanese Tuk Tuk with 90K miles on it and a new paint job.
Morgue Aunne Rolex’s aren’t that expensive
@@dn6092 must be nice to be so high and mighty all well buying and using the product they produce
This was a fabulous documentary. Thank you for uploading it.
The best documentary ever. I couldn't stop watching once I started.
I have been to the top of high mountains at sunrise and sunset. It is awe inspiring. They are so majestic. But I have a pilot friend that showed me pictures from an altitude of 30,000 feet, going over the ocean, with the sun rising above mountains in the horizon. Seeing this every day must be humbling and almost bring tears to the eyes.
400'000 people have been murdered to maintain this US thievery.
Free West Papua.
@@proinseasokiellig4388 And other countries have murdered their own citizens for money and power, don’t even try and pretend your country is innocent.
That awe sure is inspiring!
@@proinseasokiellig4388 and you shared fake data
Being an Aussie I thought the "Super pit" at Kalgoorlie was huge and super impressive, well after seeing this, these 2 mines and what it took to establish them both just took a huge dump over Kalgoorlie's mines head and then rubbed it's nose in what had spilled on the floor. Big thumbs up to Ilyas Hamid for having more of an Aussie attitude then the so called experts from Australia who said it would be a multi million dollar project and then "Cool Hand Ilyas" steps up and says "Yeah nah, fuck that. Give me a dozer a couple of mechanics, fuel and some chickens to eat and I'll have her done for a couple of million." If he was born here in Oz he would have probably tacked on a few slabs of beer for him and the boys each week just to keep performance and moral up?
400'000 people have been murdered to maintain this US thievery.
Free West Papua.
@@proinseasokiellig4388 I believe it...whoever has the most money and resources to put into raping the land gets to benefit from the crime and all it's suffering..these people seemed to be laughing all the way to the bank...smfh
@@proinseasokiellig4388
As an American who is unaware of what you’re referring to, please elaborate?
@@proinseasokiellig4388 So you are asserting more than one third of the total population of West Irian was murdered because of this Freeport project?
@@proinseasokiellig4388
The Americans were sought out and hired to mine the land. The people who hired them are the ones responsible for the brutality against West Papuans, not the Americans.
Your ire should probably be directed against the West Papuan government, who were willing to allow atrocities to occur so that they could tax the mine for its own profit.
Incredible most of this was done in 5 years! I’ve seen 20 mile flat road projects here in the States take that long 😂
Gold will always speed things up.
No environmental impact studies and no one living near the mining areas helps.
The narrators voice kept me hooked to watch this fully
Wow! Just wow! One of the best documentaries I've seen in awhile. I learned so much new info in this. Thank you very much. Who needs superheroes when you have the people who figured all this out! Mindblown
Indonesia invaded West Papua lay drop bombs from helicopters on small villages thatched huts to keep the locals quite and murder them daily, the Americans don't care and want do a thing about the occupation because their making a load of money along with Australia. The Americans and Australians along with the rest of the west are hypocrites if this was a country was any were else they would be screaming blue bloody murder.
Could you imagine how frightened the natives must've been when they saw heliocopters and men dangling cutting down trees and gutting their forests? Damn. That had to be scary for people who knew little about the world outside of their jungles.
@Jon Bjornssen Not nearly as scared as the TNI who had to protect the mine property.
I doubt anyone lived anywhere near there
Bet they wished they had killed every one of them.
1.8 million dead west papuans, no mention.
MERDEKA PAPUA
400'000 people have been murdered to maintain this US thievery.
Free West Papua.
Just trying to Imagine how Many "unfrindly locals" had to be killed for stealing the metal.
During the Suharto era, Indonesian students were told it's copper only. Thus, there's a city called Tembagapura (copper city)
Never fails to amaze me how wonderfully determined and resourceful mankind can be when greed is their motivation!!!
Such a shame we don't apply the same principles when dealing with how to sort out the many major problems around the world that would actually help save lives, feed people who are starving, provide simple things like water and medicines etc etc.
One day soon though!
@Mika B Great comment. God Bless you n yours
Well said 👍
SHAMEFUL, EVIL TO THE HUMAN CORE
for me mostly is that they destroy such a beautiful place, clean water, most likely able to just drink it as it is, then we hardly have any non toxic fish anymore, radioactive fish in the Pacific due to Fukushima and the old ways of dumping nuke waste in barrels and they are leaking, in this place you could have eaten healthy fish. We could help others in need by showing them in their countries how to best build up ways to get water to drink and grow food.
WORD SOUND AND POWER THAT IS THE REAL TRUTH! NOT EVEN CREATING SOMTHING RESOURCESFULL FOR THE NATIVES
Yes, it is an astonishing place. I had a chance to visit back in 2014
So glad I found this documentary!!!!!
Thank you for licensing & publishing this documentary. This type of information should be preserved as original source human development data and preserved in blockchain archive for all time.
This is truly an engineering marvel. And the people involved such as Iliad Hamis are amazingly specialized...very hyper-specialized human intelligence. The future-bots will find this quite interesting. Thank you.
one of the coolest documentarys ive seen in a while. its good to see the older way of doing things. its how i grew up, and i keep those values dear to my heart. Its good to see that they still exist, through those who watch it, feels part of something greater..
*documentaries
The only thing that mining causes destruction of the mountain 🏔️ to get copper or gold , that what makes me sad about human were Destroying mother Earth.
@@edwardtapia8954 a little bit of concentrated digging is far from destroying Earth, especially when volcanism and plate tectonics haven't exaclty ended.
I'd be actually worried if one of these modern day tycoons attempted such though. They definitely have a knack for literally actually stepping on the indigenous folk and really dirtying things up.
When you have archeologists, and in this case, geologists leading things, they tend to respect what's there
WTF?
@@stfuplsok How do you get 146 subs with zero videos ?
How great it would be to be an engineer to create the process to mine this deposit!! Too good!!
Engineers aint mining sheeittt dude, you freagin bowel towels, doob tube, desk jockie, nigglywiggly, brown baggit, bung wipe chubby pusher, pull a hemingway jerkwad. You freagin wall street journal brown finger poncho crack shack filthy turban wannabe. Engineers aint minin sheittt!!! Only thing engineers do is dab the ding, maybe smooth the poo, while playin with their winky tink on the talkie box. Dont you realize this?!?!?! GOAWWWSHHH
Funny, this just queued up in my RUclips feed--didn't go looking for it. As it started, I was like "wait, they're going to talk about where I lived when I was kid!"
My dad was one of the "exceptional men" mentioned in this video. He was an exploration geologist for Freeport-McMoran and worked on surveying the surrounding area, especially the Grasburg. I actually remember, vaguely, Frank Nelson. Also remember my parents talking about Dave Potter. Our family lived in Tembagapura, the company built town below the minesite from 1972-1976. Most of my first memories are from living in this town.
We used to go on the road shown in the video that was carved on the ridges for the weekends to float in inner tubes on a river in the lowlands.
Kids in the neighborhood would get together and go into the jungle to play Cowboys and Indians, except we would also swing on vines.
I remember one time school was cancelled because two opposing tribes from either side of the valley decided to "go to war" and gathered on opposite sides of the river that ran through town, in the actual town. This involved a lot of shaking of weapons at each other and an occasional half-hearted spear throw across the river.
Another time about 4-5 friends and I got lost in the rain forest below the townsite and some of us were getting worried about how to find our way back. No problem: we lived in a valley with a river coming down it--just go downhill till we hit the river, and then work our way upstream to town.
Remember one of our native friends reaching into a bird's nest, picking up an egg, cracking it with his teeth and sucking out the yolk.
Yeah, not your normal memories that I would have had growing up in suburbia USA in the 70's. Wouldn't trade them for anything.
Excellent!! I love docs like this. Wish it hadn't ended. But, all good things...
They should digitize these documentaries in UHD. Someone back in 1999 must have the masters
Probably recorded on tape instead of film so it would not be feasible to make it better quality
@John Duggan 🤣
In the year 2000!!!
There's is a good doco on film making I'm sure
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Great to see you back. Love the videos and education you share
One of the better documentaries exhibiting the fatal human characteristics of greed and avarice, and of our species' blind self-destruction. The very face of evil and ugliness.
Well then...I demand that you give up your belongings derived from materials harvested from the interior of the earth. And anything that was manufactured for the profit of the maker. I don't think you'd be around long to keep bothering the rest of us!
I am looking at this and all I could think of is the destruction of the rainforest, the destruction of the mountain, the contamination of the river systems, displacement of the first nations, the loss of wildlife/habitat and that is just building the damned place. I shudder to think of what the damage is over all these years.
Rainforest doesn't matter when the whyte man makes money, FACT.
Unless there going to take this gold turn it in to dust use it for a reflecting agent in our atmosphere to reflect the heat from the sun it's just man's greed and total disregard for the planet and man made heating that's going to put everything into Extinction
This mine, big as it is, is minuscule in comparison to the surrounding environment. Once the mine is finished, won't take nature very long to reclaim it and forget that it ever existed.
Right? Thanks to that damage you get to write your words over the internet. You get your home, your car, your groceries, your roads. Metals are the basis of humanity. Can we mine in an environmentally friendly way? Yes. Can we do agriculture without modifying the DNA of plants? Yes. And at last you are a man too. So the question for you is: how have you helped the human race?
@@SpinWave not for much longer climate change and the anthropocene the 6th mass Extinction is roaring in fast
This documentary is gold.
A video on the high lines would be awesome as well.
Respect to my fellow Dozer operators 🙌🏻
I worked there for five years - Lived in Tembagapura for 2.5 years and then in Kuala Kencana for the remainder. Man was that a great experience or what?
This looks straight out of a movie setting in space.
I hope they paid two fortunes to that Ilias Hamid guy who build the HEAT road for 10M under budget for them. That guy is awesome!
Totally agree.
On the one hand I tend to think that, being a multi-national corporation, I'm sure they paid him as little as possible; dozens of times less than he's worth and many thousands of times less than they could afford.
But then I catch myself getting tangled up in that nihilistic pessimism, and think how that guy seemed incredibly proud of his work and accomplishments. I'd bet he's wealthier than he'd imagined possible in his youth, and extremely grateful for the opportunities and fortune that life has brought him.
I have no doubt that he's earned more than whoever ultimately decided his salary, because he has more than they'll likely ever have: enough.
P.S: I really do believe that, and it makes me feel better about the state of the world and our places in it. But that cheesy namsy-pamsy BS doesn't pay the bills, so they seriously better have paid him enough to send his kids away to a good college, buy a sweet house and retire comfortably. Because if they nickle-and-dimed him, like so many greedy fat corporate pigs would have, that just might be the last straw ✊
Unfortunately, they will not give him millions or hundreds thousands. Greed comes first. Bet you all the workers are grossly underpaid albeit they make billions of dollars.
Right you are he should be a multi millionaire - however Corporate bodies everywhere are run by accountants, most of who have no imagination and absolutely no compassion for the little guy. So yea they make good money but nothing like they deserve.
They put him in the documentary, probably gave him a bonus and a good hearty slap on the back and "job well done!!" Otherwise... he probably didn't get much for his death defying efforts...
@@davidhenningson4782 lucky he wasn't someone's dinner
Thank you for sharing what is the best doco ever on mining ...loved it so much .. God Bless you all
Salute to the great workers and miners.
Wonderful documentary. Never knew anything about this before.
I bet Todd Hoffman couldn’t find any gold in that mountain
Best comment I’ve seen!😂
so damn accurate hahahaaha
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lmao!!! Come on man.
Wow this is a really well put together documentary. Very informative and interesting. I didn't want it to end. This was really good. Well done.
There is parts missing this is edited
DO YOU THINK IT WAS GOOD FOR THE LOCALS?D OYUO LIKE GOLD?
There is gold in Alaska
Let's go get it
@@chrisyoung6588 Do you think a mine like this could be built in Alaska? The environmental movement won’t even let Pebble Mine be developed. There were a few of us from Alaska that worked over there both short term and long term. The supervisor for the big truck shop up top was from Fairbanks. I did network installation and turn up with the Indonesians just short term but a couple guys I worked with for here took long term contracts.
This was spectacular information! I just love these old documentaries. Though as I am a prospector myself it was nice to see prospector Jay out there panning for gold like the old timers did back in the day... I guess that's how it is always done...I wonder do any of the locals do any prospecting on there own? I know it's big in Australia.
I’ve heard about this mine. It makes the Kalgoorlie super pit seem small. Great video !!!
Indonesia invaded West Papua lay drop bombs from helicopters on small villages thatched huts to keep the locals quite and murder them daily, the Americans don't care and want do a thing about the occupation because their making a load of money along with Australia. The Americans and Australians along with the rest of the west are hypocrites if this was a country was any were else they would be screaming blue bloody murder.
Incredible achievement and incredible deposit.
Brilliant documentary.
I live in Australia, and knew there were big mines in this region, but didn't realize they were so high.
I think anywhere in the world where there are spring waters flowing out of mountains and bed of black rocks, maybe it’s time to invest in a good metal detector……….
I met many Aussies at this mine.Many worked for Bechtel doing engineering for mine expansion and there were miners working underground.
erzbergrodeo is held at the erzberg mine its the most badass motocross race ive ever heard of one day i wish to go, thousands of riders start and like ten finish its the most grueling toughest race there is they go up those vertical hills its insane especially when hundreds at a time are attempting it lol
@@stucclikechucc Sounds like Baja1000 or Dakar.
@@sethporterfield6981 quite different actually those are long desert type races, see that picture of the mine, imagine being at the bottom and the race is up those straight up verticle climbs and thrugh the surrounding steep hilly woods, and over giant boulders and rocks carved out from mining the area! litereally like a hand ful of people finish it every year out of thousands check it out sometime just type in erzberg rodeo motocross races
If you found a deposit like that in the U.S these days the environmentalists would NEVER allow it to be built. That’s an amazing accomplishment.
you seem to think thats a bad thing... uneducated ignorance, actions have consequences ya know. just tear the ground up anywhere you go and leave the next generation to deal with it, boomers 😹
9:33 The Dutch Man just gave the map?
Thank you Very much.
Incredible documentary
Brilliant documentary I was glued to it all the way through.
400'000 people have been murdered to maintain this US thievery.
Free West Papua.
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which is why "documentary" is not what this is. this is an "infomercial".
22:02 Guy is noticing the camera filming him, so he nearly walks into the door. Hilarious!
As a non geologist, how the heck do they even find these deposits? Even more so back in the day.
Really excellent content. Thank you for your work.
Great documentary 👍 amazing what can be accomplished when we set aside the concept of "impossible"...
And when the rights of local living people, safety measures and ecological impact are completely ignored.
They dump the tailings right in the watershed - I would be astounded if they have not poisoned the whole river valley by now.
Something like this can only be economically viable if MANY corners are cut.
The high prices have made everything possible.
I was shocked to see Frank Nelson from Tucson in this film. He was a client of Dean Witter back in the 1980's and I would talk to him on occasion .Just the nicest person you could ever meet, Very happy to see he had such an exciting life. Enjoy each day to its fullest and speak face to face as it will enrich your life far greater than any cell phone could ever.
I like your viewpoint, full of facts....
Brilliant enjoyed that immensely ☺️
A fantastic presentation! Extremely clear and informative.
400'000 people have been murdered to maintain this US thievery.
Free West Papua.
@@proinseasokiellig4388 I’ll hAve whatever you’re smoking.
The charm of the old documentaries. Made by professionals, to convey what the pros have done.
Now, such awesomeness is more buried.
Rockefeller that must have been an expensive dinner.
The super rich kids have always had the money and time to go far off places and to do dangerous activities. I remember the actual first reports of Rockefeller junior going missing. Rockefeller senior spent over a year of concentrated searches and the extended search continued for years, but to no avail.
@@larrymbouche, Tom Hanks is the spitting image of Michael Rockefeller.
Seems like when there is money they’re all over it guess that’s why they’re still in the 1% of the world, That is the price to pay if you want to stay And known for its richest
@@larrymbouche sucked in
I spent the year 1997 working on getting a new power station built in Amamapare and then getting the power up to the mine and mill for PT Earth Sains Indonesia. It is easy to forget the floods, riots, uprisings, fans, lack of toilets and running water and remember only the biggest events. Events that seemed to become routine for awhile, such as the 3 hour shoot out between the Police & Army in the downtown market in Timika in August 1997. At the airport they were pulling out the seats of the 737 so they could lay some of the casualties flat on the floor and fly them to medical care before they also died. Over fifty died. I wouldn't take anything for the memories, including many good ones, but would be reluctant in doing the same at this age.
Such a great accomplishment can only be achieved with as great visionary and determined people. We could identify them all as Giants. One of the great video I had the great pleasure to see. Thanks many times too.
Indonesia invaded West Papua lay drop bombs from helicopters on small villages thatched huts to keep the locals quite and murder them daily, the Americans don't care and want do a thing about the occupation because their making a load of money along with Australia. The Americans and Australians along with the rest of the west are hypocrites if this was a country was any were else they would be screaming blue bloody murder.
Now this is why I love RUclips!!! Fantastic amazing show👍💪🔥
This is a 20 year old Discovery channel documentary. This "spark" channel replays stuff without giving credit.
@@alvinaliathos6137 The original with Carl Sagan I watched when it came out.
@M D wow why so angry?
@19:30 That's a hell of a serious statement about the dozers. Damn.
Who knows where they ended up?😬
I am a Dutchman and I have lived my entire life in Switzerland so I am intimately familiar with the mountains and well my country. This is an incredible piece of engineering, science and well exploiting the local area. I don't think that any mountainscape in the old world would ever be destroyed like this. Then again locals wouldn't ever explore this far since it's really dangerous. I also work for an electronics assembly company and without this mine, my fingers wouldn't be scratched up like they are by copper wires...
well, so you admit you are the one to blaim?
@@bittasweetsymphony726 blame? Why is there anybody to blame? To blame for what exactly? That the modern world we live is directly attributed to mines like these? You enjoy the smartphone or computer that you are on making comments on about blame. Makes no sense. How people who are against this are considered “progressive”. There’s absolutely no progression at all. Smh. Thank God for courageous men like the ones depicted in this documentary.
@@bittasweetsymphony726 Everyone using technology is to blame. Including yourself.
You like mountain? Surprisingly it located near the one of 7 summits in this world. Wanna guess it?
What an incredibly fascinating video and subject. Bravo. Well done. You have a new fan and subscriber here.
WOW - Just spectacular. So glad I came upon it. Worth every minute.
The open-cast mine is a lot bigger now, then a lot more underground as well.
So impressive!
400'000 people have been murdered to maintain this US thievery.
Free West Papua.