I used to work as an IT tech for a coal company. I got sent to one of the company's mine sites to work on a mine engineer's computer. When I got to his office, there was the absolute worst taxidermied deer head on the wall. I mean, this thing looked like a real life example of a deer as drawn by a kindergardener. I asked the engineer "What's with the derpy deer head?" and he told me the story. Just before quitting time two days before Christmas, with the mine going to shut down from Christmas eve till New Year's Day, they were going to blast off a cliff face. So they drilled the holes on top of the cliff, loaded them with their blasting compound, wired the whole thing up and were ready to go. It was just before quitting time, and the men were all anxious to get home for Christmas. Everyone was clear of the blast zone, and the clock was ticking. They blow the siren and just as the engineer reaches for "THE BUTTON", out of the woods comes this big 12 point buck. He walks right up to one of the holes full of blasting compound and starts sniffing at it. Everybody is screaming at the deer to run, throwing rocks (way to far away to be effective) and trying to get the deer out of the blast zone..... and the clock keeps ticking. Finally, the engineer has had enough and just mashes the button. The deer goes flying, end over end into the woods and the cliff face comes down and everyone has a chuckle and goes home for the holidays. Some of the guys came back and searched the woods, eventually finding the mangled deer. They had the head stuffed and mounted as best they could, and gave it to the mine engineer as a Christmas gift.
@FishFind3000
Жыл бұрын
Lol, that would be a great gift.
@awesomecronk7183
Жыл бұрын
That's bloody hilarious
@nunyabisnass1141
Жыл бұрын
Lmao, merry derpmas. I shouldn't laugh at that and i suppose none of the engineers wanted to either (hence trying to scare it away), but thats just the way it is sometimes. No use crying over spilled deer parts.
@ahoytheremate1954
Жыл бұрын
Rom i will never have a dead animal on my wall because there's nothing left i ate them
@arnoldgrubbs2005
Жыл бұрын
@@ahoytheremate1954 Well, you can't eat horns though... just saying..
@Askjeffwilliams
Жыл бұрын
Finally ....now you're talking Jason ..... feel the burn baby ....you can get away with a 3 hole burn as well but it won't be as clean.... we noticed you didn't stem your holes after loading a round.... now tghe fun part ....mucking time ..... good job my friend and can't wait to see more on this mine ....take care sonny Jim
@mbmmllc
Жыл бұрын
Hey Jeff! Thanks for the comment. You and I will have to get together some time and talk about loading and blasting. I really dropped the ball on getting you up here this year! I will get in touch with you in the next few weeks and we can make a plan for the future. I might be heading down your way after Christmas and if you're up for it I might stop by and see you. We will talk soon my friend. So c'mon lets go!
@anatikus1050
Жыл бұрын
PVC can potentially build a static charge. It's safer to use a wood broomstick or wood dowel rod. Your videos are great. Can't make them if you're dead.
@epiphany7573
Жыл бұрын
When using explosives the rule is always P for "Plenty!" Great video Jason!
@MOTOMINING
Жыл бұрын
Nice! I'm taking a Mines Supervisor Course as we speak! It covers everything from quarrys to underground! There's a large section on explosives!
@adventureswithgoat719
Жыл бұрын
YeeYee
@nunyabisnass1141
Жыл бұрын
That makes sense, since explosives are very good at making things larger over an area.
@redmist6131
Жыл бұрын
Good luck and don't blow your fingers/hand off remember safety 3rd
@paulcragg1315
Жыл бұрын
This guy would fail it.
@anonymousanon9084
Жыл бұрын
Hopefully it’s not online learning 🤪
@larryevans7669
Жыл бұрын
Great Video, Thank you so much Jason. Loved it. But really, blowing stuff up, what's not to love. Easy to follow your logic and processes.
@marknunya3035
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for making a video of the blasting it was very interesting. I can't wait to see the assay of course.
@nunyabisnass1141
Жыл бұрын
Pink surveyors tape is awesome for tying up cords in the field to help keep them organised.
@cz8189
Жыл бұрын
Always interesting and refreshingly direct and honest ! Thanks - love learning from these videos
@mridaho7871
Жыл бұрын
Great video again Jason. This shows how much work actually went into making all the mines scattered around the world. Can you imagine doing this to produce a mile of tunnel.
@Michael-rg7mx
Жыл бұрын
You can use a third of the jelly if you use stemming. The holes where you want a smooth wall Crack really good with 3 runs of det cord. Blast just one in the center then the perimeter all together. Saves on caps. Only need 2 and use the nonel ignitor.
@francisjahera1150
6 ай бұрын
Hallo
@garyschlagel995
Жыл бұрын
THANKS FOR SHARING, JASON! GREAT VIDEO! VERY EDUCATIONAL!
@etarheel1
Жыл бұрын
Go big or go home, right! 😂. Always learn things in every single video! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge and adventures with us!
@silvaorgold
Жыл бұрын
That looks like a lot of hard work but a whole lot of fun great job Jason please tell me you're crushing all that stuff I can't wait to see what's in there Keep up the great work you always do a great job
@OregonAuExploration
Жыл бұрын
Can't wait to see the development of your mine.
@dominickfagan4050
Жыл бұрын
love watching you dont have stuff like this in Ireland you are lucky. Love your mobile processing unit on the truck to well thought out
@larrytischler570
Жыл бұрын
Nice drilling set up Jason. Looks like a minature oil drill bit
@SasquatchBioacoustic
Жыл бұрын
Great video. Please show us how you clean up the debris and bolt up the walls to make them secure.
@GSProspecting
Жыл бұрын
Great job all around fam. What a blast. Keep on having fun and living the dream fam. Gold Squad Out!!!
@adventureswithgoat719
Жыл бұрын
Yes! It's boom time!
@StreetMachine18
Жыл бұрын
looks like fun!
@Ethan-xm4fv
Жыл бұрын
I love your sound effects of the blast. The slow motion was awesome.
@susanturcotte3176
Жыл бұрын
Me, too Ethan! It was almost a great rock band's beat!
@JGDyffryn
Жыл бұрын
This type of video is great. Not an overly complicated or overly simplified take on something that you don’t often see. While I know I’m not likely to ever need to do any blasting or mining, I love learning more about it. Would you be able to talk on some costs of the supplies used??
@nicevideomancanada
Жыл бұрын
and what license is required. I used to make explosives in High School and so did my Father in England after WW2
@susanturcotte3176
Жыл бұрын
I also wanted to question what kind of licences/permits do you have to have just to get your hands on blasting equipment. I'm sure it's not the same everywhere and certainly wouldn't want the wrong person to get ahold of this stuff!
@nicevideomancanada
Жыл бұрын
@@susanturcotte3176 like me?
@susanturcotte3176
Жыл бұрын
@@nicevideomancanada hi Peter.... You made explosives in HS? Wow! I'm a disabled, 30year RN, who only patches up people like you... tee hee!
@nicevideomancanada
Жыл бұрын
@@susanturcotte3176 I only have a small piece of shrapnel in my leg and I mildly burned my hand with some black powder it was only bad enough to make the skin on one hand a bit tighter than normal. I learned my lessons.
@jamesthompson7825
Жыл бұрын
I really appreciate the time you take to explain the process. It reminds me that it’s time to untangle the Christmas lights for this year.
@susanturcotte3176
Жыл бұрын
Hee hee hee James! That though crossed my mind several times as Jason picked up the tangled mess and shook it!!! Lol!! (It even sounded like Christmas lights!!!)
@eeoo570
Жыл бұрын
Finding gold and making booms…looks like fun!
@jeffatkinson3288
Жыл бұрын
THAT was COOL!! Looking forward to seeing what's next!
@itatane
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the highly informative video Jason. While it's best to have everything go perfectly, I reckon a slightly mistimed blast is always better than, "where's the kaboom? There was supposed to be an earth shattering kaboom!"
@RealLifeFinance
Жыл бұрын
Your videos are so educational. Thanks!
@kylerayk
Жыл бұрын
Great video and explanation of the drilling and blasting process! Stay safe and keep the content flowing!
@christopherleubner6633
Жыл бұрын
Very good shot. When using the detcord caps, you need to make sure the cords are separated by a minimum distance or else they will trigger other ones prematurely. Detcord is mighty fun stuff. One cool use of it is to crimp lugs or splices on large cables. It basically cold welds the lug on as well.
@illeagle6024
Жыл бұрын
Jason is living my dream. 😁
@BiggestKev1960
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing Jason, interesting stuff 👍
@MegaSilverStacker
Жыл бұрын
That will be the most excitement I get to watch all weekend!!! 🍿🍿🍿Thank you Gaber🤗🤗👊
@Ed_in_Md
Жыл бұрын
That was awesome! I must have watched it twenty times!
@JhonDiamond2021
Жыл бұрын
awesome work buddy, blasting gold mine.
@twisttwister8254
Жыл бұрын
Nothing can stop gold fever...not even a mountain 🎉😮😊
@CaptainDansWanderings
Жыл бұрын
I could watch this kind of footage all day long.
@michaelpass2176
Жыл бұрын
The new fuses that go boom!❤😂
@robertgoss3626
Жыл бұрын
Can’t wait to see more of this project. That’s awesome. I love your videos. I’m learning a bunch
@physicsfan314
Жыл бұрын
Love to see a collab with the Slow Mo Guys on this sort of deal. That would be incredible!
@steveaumann6335
Жыл бұрын
Awesome video, I’ve always wondered how you guys start a mine shaft. Thanks for sharing 👍👍.
@jph8266
Жыл бұрын
Holy crap that was awesome!!!!! BOOM🤘🧨🧨🧨💥😳😮 Love this stuff! Now I’m excited to see if you got gold from that debris.
@silaschipman7870
Жыл бұрын
Awesome video! Very informative and great execution!
@Sonex1542
Жыл бұрын
I just like watching things go BOOM!
@Madlintelf
Жыл бұрын
I'm really impressed, that sure beats feather's and wedges hands down! Thanks I always wondered how to plan a blast like that, granted it didn't go in the order that you wanted, but the results are fantastic.
@kaboom4679
Жыл бұрын
All the same principle . Drilling a line of holes in a blank face , with nowhere for the force applied to break toward , is not going to end well , no matter if you are applying force by mechanical or chemical means . Chemistry is easier , but , expensive . So you really want to make the most of it .
@Jimothycrithmas
Жыл бұрын
Great vid. Love the energy. Your passion is infectious.
@Seven-Seven-77
Жыл бұрын
Who doesn’t love blowing up stuff - great vid thank you 👍😀
@caseybenner4530
Жыл бұрын
Definitely got my vote on more explosions.
@HanstheTraffer
Жыл бұрын
Another great video. Thanks for sharing...you have to do all the hard work and we get to watch. What a deal.
@EchoJulez
Жыл бұрын
Another awesome video. Always learning something from your content. Can’t wait to see you process the material.
@dennisshoemaker2789
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this with us. It was very interesting!
@davidbeer
Жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed this Jason 🙂
@bigshan5806
Жыл бұрын
Airleg drilling goodtimes, loud, heavy, but so much fun. Underground mining was hot as , but we blasted some boondies using that beast. Box n diamond blasting for faces. If u can use your water to clean your holes makes it easier to load, use some inch poly for your lifter holes on the base, stops crap going in them. .happy mining mate.
@EDMcIntoshBrocher
2 ай бұрын
24:25 That is the face of a man happy at his work. Jason, never mind the gold - just blow more stuff up!
@blacklabelonthebedrocks
Жыл бұрын
Jason, While loading your holes, it would be better to unroll the first three or four feet of the fuse lines only. Open the rest right before connecting. This would avoid the spiderweb-like mess you had.
@joen4520
Жыл бұрын
Or just batch tie ;)
@mridaho7871
Жыл бұрын
My thought was to uncoil just enough line to reach the back of the hole then wire tie the rest so you’d end up with a coil of wire dangling at the face. Cut the tie as you’re connecting them.
@geradkavanagh8240
Жыл бұрын
Yeah, that was a total mess, one alternative is to set a post and clip them in order from top to bottom as you go. Used to do open cut coal mine blasts and when your dealing with 100 plus holes you really have to have your act together. Chance of misfire because of overlapping lines was pretty high in this video.
@hunnybunnysheavymetalmusic6542
Жыл бұрын
@@joen4520 Shots are timed for a reason. Blowing them all at once is not as efficient as properly timing each shot. People spent a lot of years and a lot of money to determine the best possible patterns to time the shots.
@joen4520
Жыл бұрын
@@hunnybunnysheavymetalmusic6542 the timing is in the cap, not in the length of the cord. Clearly you've never lit a round. You still time the round as normal but instead of clipping each clip onto the det cord you can tie 5-6 cap cords into a knot and just tie a clove hitch around the knot. Det cord detonates lighting all the caps in the knot simultaneously, while the delay is inside the cap. Source: have drilled, loaded, timed and lit dozens of timed jackleg rounds in an underground mine
@wes11bravo
Жыл бұрын
My nephew is a Combat Engineer and I keep thinking about how his facility with the good ol Danger Putty will translate into a civilian career. I can't think of anything better than this!
@joshuajackson6442
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, that was beautiful!
@CabinOnTheWater
Жыл бұрын
Now we know why Gold Coins are so expensive. So much work from the time a site is surveyed, blasted, mined, recovered, smelted, assayed, sold, delivered, struck, packaged, sold, delivered, etc. So many steps I missed in getting gold from a mountain into your coin collection or bullion stack. Wow!
@johnolsen7073
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the lesson in Ez Dets and delays.
@jasonlambert5552
Жыл бұрын
This video was certainly a blast to watch
@littlewingpsc27
Жыл бұрын
How often do you have to replace the drill bit tips that actually cut the rock out? Are they replaceable on the drill rod, or once worn out, you replace the entire assembly? Is drilling in 4' or 6' the normal industry practice? Is that so the drill bits don't wander the farther you go in? It would be interesting to know the rough cost in time and material to drill and blast that section just to better understand the costs of creating the entrance into the mine. Is there a standard "cost per foot" that is used when estimating the cost to get to a good seam?
@Porty1119
Жыл бұрын
You asked enough good questions that I'll go into as much depth as possible using our calculations from a mine I'm working on in New Mexico. In our ground (andesite wall rock, quartz veins) each bit lasts about 16 holes. 6' is standard practice for drifts around 10'x10' or smaller, so each bit can drill about 100'. They cost $15-20 apiece. Drill deviation is a factor in longhole stopes, pilot holes, and drop raises, but not so much in drifting - the limit is really set by the ratio of height/width to depth. Go too long and the round won't pull properly because the free space is too far away, relatively speaking. I'm our LHD operator as well as our engineer, so give me a locked-up round and I'll be pretty unhappy mucking it out... Direct cost on a small drift like this is in the neighborhood of $400-600/foot for a commercial mine, half of that being labor. After labor, our biggest cost is the surface genset to run the ventilation fans. Fortunately we now have an electric compressor for the drills, so we just run the generator under higher load rather than needing to maintain another large stationary diesel engine. Explosives ("powder") is around $300-400 per 6' round, though the price of diesel has driven that up. Including equipment depreciation, we budget about $250 for mucking with a 1-yard LHD and hauling to the surface with two 5-ton trucks. For a noncommercial mine or sole proprietorship that doesn't worry about hourly wages, total direct cost could come down to maybe $300/foot. You can also end up with weird indirect sustaining costs like water rights, infrastructure, leases, and the like.
@littlewingpsc27
Жыл бұрын
@@Porty1119 Thanks for sharing that level of detail. It helps to better understand the costs and value proposition for how to determine if a seam is worth developing.
@stevemacdaddy9909
Жыл бұрын
That was very informative. Learned something new. Ive always wondered how to drill and blast rock.
@MADDLADO1
Жыл бұрын
Always great videos Jason 👍
@FancyPants43
Жыл бұрын
Now this is what I'm talking about!! 💥💣💥 Thanks for the video! 💯😎💯
@schmip
Жыл бұрын
i love how the sticks of explosive look, like big pieces of danger sausage!
@jimwednt1229
Жыл бұрын
That's awesome! I'm really getting into this hard rock mining business So fascinating to learn the geology and ore body and vein structure. The blasting, wow ! That was a fun video .
@macfilms9904
Жыл бұрын
As a former set electrician (lighting) on TV & film, I was quietly horrified by the cable 'management' - although I also subscribe to "if it works, it ain't stupid" - thanks for showing the whole process! Is this going to be an open cut? Or will you follow the vein in?
@feelinghealingfrequences7179
Жыл бұрын
26:23
@dezertraider
Жыл бұрын
CRAZY COOL JASON!HAVE NEVER SEEN THE OPENING OF A ADIT..HOW MUCH DID THAT COST FOR EXPLOSIVES?CAN YOU DO A CLEAN UP VIDEO ?STAY WELL..THANK YOU
@Porty1119
Жыл бұрын
About $300-ish for the explosives.
@oswynfaux
Жыл бұрын
How much did it cost in materials for that little blast?
@tristenshumway6999
Жыл бұрын
I love working underground! Thanks for sharing brother much love and respect from Colorado!!💪🍻
@wrxs1781
Жыл бұрын
Blasting rock, what could be better, loved it.
@Michael-rg7mx
Жыл бұрын
Just one more. Do you want to shatter the rock on the foot wall first, try not to turn the pay into dust? How about just cracking the rock. Cut the sides and 3 holes to crack it. All of that fuming out was wasted. Stem the shatter charges then you can do it with 1 or no delays. Cord cuts clean on 2 foot centers. 3 feet between center holes. That hard rock shatters easy. If it gets softer load more. Try that it is half the holes and a fraction of the jelly. In that wet hole use 1/4" crushed rock to stem. That 5 dice was on 3 foot centers, 6 feet deep. Pounding on a cap may be the last day in the mine. Great video, thanks for posting.
@BennyCFD
Жыл бұрын
Wow.....Terrific video, very informative. For the amount of explosive it didn't seem like there was much damage or hole. Thanks
@jansteve-007
Жыл бұрын
That is some heavy machinery to handle, the wawe for you👏👏👏👏
@stevehunter523
Жыл бұрын
That was cool 😎 thanks for sharing it was awesome
@danduzenski3597
Жыл бұрын
Excellent. Hard rock and the tools.
@cmcer1995
Жыл бұрын
Wow, that was a blast. I was wondering with some of the lines over-lapping other lines whether or not that could trigger a blast or not. I thought that these are probably insulated so that was not a concern, but then a saw someone mention the potential for that to occur. Anyway, since I know nothing about explosives, I thought the job looked like it was successful anyway. Fun video to watch.
@accxresearch
Жыл бұрын
NONE lline is very lightly loaded and doesn't even break the plastic casing. It is safe to initiate with it touching other explosives.
@darcam
Жыл бұрын
Just curious, how much did all this cost to blast?
@chrisstrobel3439
Жыл бұрын
Looks like fun and a great way to keep in shape 🤠👍
@aaronvw81
Жыл бұрын
This will be a good series if you continue on showing how a mine is set up.
@petepete2284
Жыл бұрын
lol Great blast. Looking forward to the next one .
@m80wulf
Жыл бұрын
i love the video only thing i would like to add is end after cleanup and cost brake down so we know how much it cost to blast that much rock
@davidoconn9352
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for another entertaining lesson..
@Fatamus
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for your time😁👍 great video
@bounsanongvongphachanh823
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this, now I know how to blast.
@snagger5299
Жыл бұрын
Well that video is worth a thumbs up that's a heck of a lot better than those shorts videos
@scrapitjc
Жыл бұрын
That blast was awesome, as always, luv the videos..
@daz41262010
Жыл бұрын
awesome blast on that video Jason :)
@ericmcrory4668
Жыл бұрын
The 14 year old pyromaniac that still lives in my 53 year old body thinks that was really cool! Would love to experience the percusion of that blast in person.
@hunnybunnysheavymetalmusic6542
Жыл бұрын
Due to geometry being what it is, it is actually impossible with a normal jack leg to drill perfectly parallel back, rib or floor shot holes because the drill its self is larger in diameter than the bit. Therefore, your outer holes will typically be from about .03 to 0.8 degrees outward or else your hole will completely close its self in on you as you drill, unless you are drilling in really mucky soft junk that flashes off the back and ribs easily.
@Porty1119
Жыл бұрын
It's a mine, not a pharmacy. If it doesn't underbreak and stays on line I'm happy.
@hunnybunnysheavymetalmusic6542
Жыл бұрын
@@Porty1119 My point, in case you are not getting it, is that the outer holes are ALWAYS tapered outward. Otherwise, eventually your hole shrinks to nothing. I have no idea what a pharmacy has to do with anything, but physics has everything to do with it. Matter occupies space. The only way you could possibly straight-line drill your outer shot holes is if the drill bit were somehow entirely offset outside of its own way. Despite your 'miney' looking name, I have no idea if you've ever shot off a round, let alone tends of thousands of them, and, while I do not want to prejudicially assume people have, or have not had experience in this industry, so I am trying to be patient and simply explain the overly obvious: The drill its self is larger than the hole it is drilling. If that on the surface does not prove anything to you, I can't help but go on the premise that you have not spent any time using a rock drill. But in the end, simple fact remains: ALL outer holes MUST be drilled at a slight taper OUTWARD, to maintain the size of the adit/drift/tunnel/hole.
@spudnikholyghostroller7314
Жыл бұрын
Jason have you ever used ammonia nitrite this cuts down on having to use so much of the other, by putting 1/2 a stick in the bottom of the hole then fill it with ammonia nitrite and pour diesel over it give it a few hours to set. If you wait longer it will turn into glassy looking then it's in pure form then just blast it, this is how a the rock quarry do it.
@rossarmstrong9601
Жыл бұрын
Awesome video.. I must have a twisted sense of humor because I was laughing the hole time he was talking about loading holes..
@Uriel_222
Жыл бұрын
Woohoo 🥳 that was cool 😊thanks for sharing Jason
@wilsonrawlin8547
Жыл бұрын
"WOW! That was a BIG BOOM" ;D
@timleary8279
Жыл бұрын
Are you a geologist? Never seen a geo who could rock drill. When I charged jumbo faces the numbers the on dets (detonators) went to 15. Which was a longer wait than than blast. It was always good to hear the lifters go off and have diesel machines to bog ( muck ) with. And trucks. Did lots of narrow vein gold. Those air leg miners ARE mad and definitely earn those $$$$. Looking forward to see sum stope action soon Excellent video. The explanation on this pattern and charging was spot on. Hope it runs ounces per ton for ya mate. Rock on
@kevinkollar67
Жыл бұрын
Hey Jason I was wondering when we were going to see more episodes like this one?
@Kevin-ht1ox
Жыл бұрын
Pulling it out is always the most difficult part.
@44070Swinger
Жыл бұрын
Isn't it always though..... lol
@markae0
Жыл бұрын
bigger is better ! great video! no one was harmed
@chicagovasko
Жыл бұрын
Everything you blew up actually looks pretty good.
@mandybrown7758
Жыл бұрын
Holy Moly lmao 🤣 That was awesome
@adventureswithgoat719
Жыл бұрын
Happy Saturday Mandy
@rockman531
Жыл бұрын
Hi Jason, GREAT job! Your body is going to thank you for all the torture in some very unpleasant ways! You'll need 10 pounds of Epsom Salts & a bottle of aspirin Looking forward to the cleaning up video to see exactly how much damage you did! Be Careful! Stay safe! Jim.
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