Exploring an Underground Mine (THE DEEPEST I’VE BEEN)

In this episode of the Germany Series, Chase and I explored the depths of a potash mine where potassium is extracted to be used as fertilizer. (I mistakenly refer to it as a salt mine throughout the duration of the video. SILLY ME!) #mining #construction #germany

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Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
0:34 - Correcting My Mistakes
1:35 - Potash Mine Project Explanation
3:28 - Going 800 Meters Underground
5:05 - Explaining the Modification To Underground Loaders
6:59 - Marveling Over the 992K and 992G
10:53 - Showcasing How Dusty It Gets
12:22 - Exploring the Loader Production Area
13:51 - Drilling For the Sake of Mimicking the Earth
15:30 - Checking Out the Testing Area
16:22 - Mining Simulation
18:16 - Explaining How the Material Is Processed
19:25 - Caterpillar D10T
21:28 - Outro

[shaneh]

Does anyone else find it amusing that there are body lights for visibility, but the coveralls are essentially 0 vis salt camouflage?

[_seramis]

potash is actually called "Kalisalz" in german so thats probably why they referred to it as a salt mine, because "Salz" means salt

[chaseekeck]

Aarons reaction to the air filters cracked me up. Great video. Super wicked operation

[nicka]

They are mining for potash, which they will crush and screen to separate the potassium which is used as crop fertiliser, and a very good natural one it is.

The by product is called rock salt, and is typically used to grit icey roads. They have such a large stockpile in preparation for winter.

[wildbill]

As a Foreman of a limestone aggregate producing quarry it is always so interesting and impressive to see how mining takes shape in so many different forms love all the videos keep it up. The world needs to respect and understand what it takes to keep this modern world and society turning everyday. It's the men and women in these industries that keep it all going thanks for taking the time to spotlight that.

[deankruse]

It is surreal to me how watching this video can bring back all the creepy crawley feelings I get when I work at the 200ish foot deep stone quarry that I occasionally visit

[ksl]

where i am in canada almost all of our potash mines are actually solution mines, so we pump super heated water into the rock which melts the potash and turns it into a brine before we pump it back out. Its quite cool to see a conventional potash mine

[Aint.A.Mechanic]

Growing up in Saskatchewan these mines are scattered everywhere and it just never gets old seeing them

[sephjfox]

Potash is super corrosive, and calling it salt isn't too far from the truth. Thanks for the tour!

[jascollinscork]

Cracking video.... best so far of this trip 😍😍 Aarron's bloopers and explaining of things are brilliant 😂😂

[justingreen]

Would have been good for you to explain the heat in different areas. The drifts are usually good with air flow but where they had the loaders was probably quite a bit hotter. I've been in parts of potash mines where it's 30-40°C, dusty and no air movement.
Also tools and equipment or anything metal that goes underground will look brand new until it comes back to the surface and then will stsrt to rust out immediately

[SR]

That dressing room is so neat. Never seen suspended baskets like that allowing the floor to be clear for easy cleaning. So smart.

[Tuberuser]

That performance of being the salt was so convincing, better than most of the method actors in the world.

[TechGorilla]

I don't mind the salt issue, but I have been in foreign countries and there always seems to be someone fluent in English everywhere I have gone. Maybe not in the general public, but any industrial setting I have ever been in, there was English being spoken. I cannot honestly believe that no one corrected the salt slip. Perhaps that they were all playing a joke on you and had a good laugh after you left. Great production as usual!

[andrewschuyler]

Hey Aaron you may be aware but in Mt. Morris, NY there is a very large rock salt mine run by the American Rock Salt Company. Would be pretty cool to see you there.

[londog]

The breathing "apparatus" also known as a self contained rescue device or self rescuer (scsr) Depending on what version is not oxygen but breathable air. Some units depending on the model use compressed oxygen while the more common units W65 Self-Rescuer uses oxidation Hopcalite® Catalyst to convert toxic carbon monoxide to non-toxic carbon dioxide. The self rescue breathing apparatus consists of an outer course-dust filter and an inner fine-dust filter to remove dust particles, the Hopcalite Catalyst, and a drying agent to protect the catalyst from moisture. The underground mining self rescuer exceeds NIOSH specified service-life requirements of 60 minutes against 1% carbon monoxide in air 25 ̊ C, 95% RH, at a continu- ous flow rate of 32 liters per minute.

[vinsgraphics]

Aaron, check out the Gwalia mine in Western Australia. About 234km north of Kalgoorlie, 2km south of Leonora. It began as the Sons of Gwalia Gold Mine in 1898. One of the first mine managers was Herbert Hoover, who went on to be the 31st POTUS. His house is still there as a museum and B&B, right on the edge of the mine.

The mine closed in 1963, and the town emptied virtually overnight, creating a ghost town. The town is today as much of an attraction as the mine. I grew up here between 1971-79.

In the 1980s, the mine reopened. Original structures were relocated to make way for the expanding open cut pit. Near the base of the pit is the entrance to the underground mine, the Hoover Decline, which descends a further 1, 600+ meters, following the original angle of the mine. It’s expected to reach 2, 300 meters by 2031. 60t capacity trucks bring ore up from the bottom, a 2-3 hour round trip. It is the deepest trucking mine in the world, and Australia’s deepest gold mine.

Check it out. It’d be cool if you get the chance to go down!

[rushhookhornadventures]

That dozer at that point in time had only been running for less then a year and a half. Crazy!! I remember coal dozers always looked good, they had a 12 year old dozer with many hours and remans at the mine in Wyoming I was it and it obviously showed it’s age a little bit but still looked new… crazy what salt does!

[felixlaser]

I worked there myself. the sheap on the salt mountain doesn't really belong there, it ran away from the owner several times and kept going to the salt mountain so that the shepherd eventually stopped fetching it. since then the sheap lives on the salt mountain.

[ADPuckey]

really cool stuff. exactly what i was hoping for when i searched "underground mine vlog" completely out of the blue. excited to learn more about this stuff, i appreciate your passion