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.
@PaulAllee
Жыл бұрын
Jason does everything fun I like to do. Melt stuff, go underground, work with metals, use all the fun tools and recycle stuff I have learned so much from this channel.
@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
@gr2269
Жыл бұрын
We always reamed the zero hole out with a much larger bit, this insured the cut would break in a much more predictably, great video I enjoy this very much from an old hard rock gold miner.
@chrisb2381
Жыл бұрын
If not reaming a hole, I like to use a 6 pack burn. Pulls well!
@Porty1119
Жыл бұрын
Oh yeah. We've gotten good results with around a 3.5" ream using an air track drill. We extend the reamed pilot hole well beyond the other holes; it seems like it pulls about another foot.
@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 🤪
@HeadakusMaximus
Жыл бұрын
Interesting how video showed how much of that rock was loose. If that was my portal, I'd be clearing at least ten feet to each side of the original drill pattern and probably twenty-five feet above. Thanks to this video I now know to load light for the first round on a new portal. 🤣
@shucksma6337
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for the long videos.Others gold seekers are making short crappy ones.Your videos really hold our attention for learning.Thanks for all of your knowledge.
@michaelleeadkins9611
Жыл бұрын
Several years ago I worked underground coal mines. I worked in the engineering department but we had coal mines from 36" to 18 feet high. The 18 feet section was conventional in which we drilled and shot coal. I did get my certified shot Forman card. The face was shot with liquid gel tubes and caps..the shot fire was what we called a "20 shot" fire..it was about 200 vdc supply and when you pushed the charge button and hollered fire I the hole three times, the next button the whole earth shook..that was crazy. Good video. Can't waite to see your harvest from the project! Be safe
@susanturcotte3176
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for explaining how blasting works. It was educational in that no one else has ever talked about it. Looks like a great entry into a rich quartz vein! I can't wait to see more Jason!
@chuckbaker6935
Жыл бұрын
I worked at silver, gold mine for 38 yrs, done a lot of jobs at that place but never had chance to work with rhe blast crew wish I had now. Nice video.
@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.
@adventureswithgoat719
Жыл бұрын
Yes! It's boom time!
@StreetMachine18
Жыл бұрын
looks like fun!
@willlinke2849
Жыл бұрын
My very first job out of high school was a road construction job and I got to see an enormous section blasted. I can still see the little plastic pieces all mangled up after wards. Really cool stuff !!!! Next vid?
@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.
@robertatpierpontbeach
Жыл бұрын
Jason, when you drill your next round, would you mind showing a diagram of your hole pattern? When I was a mining engineer at the San Manuel mine near Tucson Arizona, we had a small book with pages of diagrams of patterns for different-sized drifts, crosscuts, raises, etc. The book and pages were coated to prevent water (and sweat damage) and we used spray paint to lay out the pattern. Of course, we used drill jumbos for the drifts and crosscuts, but I remember using a stoper to drive a raise, holding on to the air supply hose to keep it from spinning around. Happy Days!
@freddking4389
Жыл бұрын
Jason, that was a great blast. I couldn't stop watching it. Over and over. You can never go back down to the other size blast after that. I have been waiting for this video. Thank you.
@garyschlagel995
Жыл бұрын
THANKS FOR SHARING, JASON! GREAT VIDEO! VERY EDUCATIONAL!
@minniskata
Жыл бұрын
I’m very interested to see how this video turns out. I was a rock driller, currently a blaster for quarry and construction applications. I do much larger scale than this, and very different techniques, but the same concepts. Very cool to see different methods in the industry! Really enjoying your content! Keep doing cool things!
@rodneygilbertson2231
Жыл бұрын
So it’s the birth of a mine! Loved it!
@nunyabisnass1141
Жыл бұрын
Pink surveyors tape is awesome for tying up cords in the field to help keep them organised.
@vadenk4433
Жыл бұрын
This is hillbilly gold mining if I ever seen it. lol. I love it. This is exactly the crap I’d do if I was blasting a hole. Love seeing gold coming outta my home state of Washington!
@carroll-w7wxv
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Jason for bringing us along !
@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
@OregonAuExploration
Жыл бұрын
Can't wait to see the development of your mine.
@cz8189
Жыл бұрын
Always interesting and refreshingly direct and honest ! Thanks - love learning from these videos
@larrytischler570
Жыл бұрын
Nice drilling set up Jason. Looks like a minature oil drill bit
@rdaw33
Жыл бұрын
Not being an explosives expert, or even an "armchair blaster" I held my breath every time you rammed each explosive piece home!!!....Glad you know what you are doing!!!!
@MakingUsThink
Жыл бұрын
The Best in Color blasting I ever seen! Thanks
@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
@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.
@d.t.4523
Жыл бұрын
Great. Better than expected results are always a bonus! Keep working. Good luck! 👍
@UtmostOutdoors
Жыл бұрын
It was very interesting to see how the miss-timed delay still blasted a huge hole, but created more work to clean up all the fractures before the next blast. Always great to learn from you Jason!
@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
@kevinhubbard8039
Жыл бұрын
Very cool I really enjoyed how you explained it and showed us what you were doing great video
@GSProspecting
Жыл бұрын
Great job all around fam. What a blast. Keep on having fun and living the dream fam. Gold Squad Out!!!
@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!
@illeagle6024
Жыл бұрын
Jason is living my dream. 😁
@BiggestKev1960
Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing Jason, interesting stuff 👍
@SasquatchBioacoustic
Жыл бұрын
Great video. Please show us how you clean up the debris and bolt up the walls to make them secure.
@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!
@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!!!)
@JhonDiamond2021
Жыл бұрын
awesome work buddy, blasting gold mine.
@jeffatkinson3288
Жыл бұрын
THAT was COOL!! Looking forward to seeing what's next!
@RealLifeFinance
Жыл бұрын
Your videos are so educational. Thanks!
@soberone6322
Жыл бұрын
Love your channel great sense of humor lol 🙂
@StirlingLighthouse
Жыл бұрын
Big badda boom! 💥 🧨 💥 Cool stuff Jason. Thanks 🙏
@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.
@MrItsthething
Жыл бұрын
Love your videos! I've been watching since you guys first started demonstrating the rock crushers. Keep up the good work!
@eeoo570
Жыл бұрын
Finding gold and making booms…looks like fun!
@jaratt85
Жыл бұрын
If I was doing that I'd have a wood stand with grooves in a crossboard or a piece of cardboard with slits in it that I could stuff each of those lines down into when rigging them. It'd keep them a lot neater and make it SO much easier to rig them without getting a huge tangle.
@watcherofwatchers
Ай бұрын
The tangle only bothers you, not the man doing it.
@nickvie71
Жыл бұрын
Hi Jason. That was a real blast :) Can't wait to see more of this.
@bobcansee
Жыл бұрын
Blasting is pretty cool. I never really knew how it was done. Thanks Jason for showing us how its done. Good luck man!
@michaelpass2176
Жыл бұрын
The new fuses that go boom!❤😂
@peterdhanes8771
Жыл бұрын
Thanks, I had a blast watching the video.
@mikewinings4120
Жыл бұрын
Love it Jason,can't wait to see you in the next series
@kylerayk
Жыл бұрын
Great video and explanation of the drilling and blasting process! Stay safe and keep the content flowing!
@Ed_in_Md
Жыл бұрын
That was awesome! I must have watched it twenty times!
@MegaSilverStacker
Жыл бұрын
That will be the most excitement I get to watch all weekend!!! 🍿🍿🍿Thank you Gaber🤗🤗👊
@bobbyhoward9672
Жыл бұрын
Been waiting for another one in this series
@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!"
@Sonex1542
Жыл бұрын
I just like watching things go BOOM!
@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.
@carlwest859
Жыл бұрын
> Can't wait to see the next shot. Years ago a licensed blasting crew was pulled over on an interstate in Tenn. Inspection of the pickup truck with two employees revealed blasting caps loose on the floor board. both were smoking, had a 12 pack on the seat between them, a few cases of explosives in rear with a gas can missing the filler cap, a rag stuffed into the filler cap of the fuel tank for the truck, and some other oddities not typical for their profession. Take care and hope the vein produces well.
@silaschipman7870
Жыл бұрын
Awesome video! Very informative and great execution!
@ericsteinman510
Жыл бұрын
Thanks! I love your working knowledge as well as your chemistry and geological understanding. It’s entertainment you learn something from.
@mbmmllc
Жыл бұрын
Awesome, thank you!
@chrisa1559
Жыл бұрын
Awesome Jason! I have been wanting someone to upload a video showing the drill/blasting process.. Like you read my mind!
@socksthc3095
Жыл бұрын
loved the vid i cant wait for more updated on this amazing mine!
@alexkaring
Жыл бұрын
Really appreciate you teaching us noobs about how to use the tools and the entire process.
@Scottaaa
Жыл бұрын
120lbs drill rig that's a hard day's work? Definitely enjoyed the nuts and bolts of it
@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
@twisttwister8254
Жыл бұрын
Nothing can stop gold fever...not even a mountain 🎉😮😊
@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 👍😀
@davidbeer
Жыл бұрын
Really enjoyed this Jason 🙂
@mindseyeproductions8798
Жыл бұрын
1:40 tools; I love them and this one is extraordinarily cool. 😎
@steveaumann6335
Жыл бұрын
Awesome video, I’ve always wondered how you guys start a mine shaft. Thanks for sharing 👍👍.
@tinamathews3379
Жыл бұрын
This is very interesting. I highly doubt that I will ever do any mining, at my age, but it's always good to learn I may well use this knowledge for a story, sometime.
@jorgev.a6125
Жыл бұрын
Thanks we like see your works like that
@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.
@JoshuaRosaaen
Жыл бұрын
That was awesome! It didnt seem that big but I cant wait to see what happens once you clean that up...please show a before and after if possible. Thank you as always for the adventure.
@donaldtayloe4406
Жыл бұрын
If you go too big you fracture the rock around it so it becomes unstable at the entrance probably not a big deal but you wanna use just enough to blow chunks off not break the wall basically because you gotta walk under those walls later
@CuriousEarthMan
Жыл бұрын
Great information/detailed explanations throughout! Much appreciated!
@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.
@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.
@seaofredkc
Жыл бұрын
That was cool!!!! "Big Bada Boom"- (Fifth Element Quote fits good for this one)
@CaptainDansWanderings
Жыл бұрын
I could watch this kind of footage all day long.
@robertgoss3626
Жыл бұрын
Can’t wait to see more of this project. That’s awesome. I love your videos. I’m learning a bunch
@seymourpro6097
Жыл бұрын
A properly stemmed hole uses less powder for more useful work, and usually the drilling makes the stemming. you need to use a wooden tamping rod (Broomstick?).
@MrD308
Жыл бұрын
What is stemming?
@markfudger5267
Жыл бұрын
@@MrD308 stemming is where you plug the holes with inert material after loading the explosives. Otherwise most of the explosive power just exits straight out of the hole wasting explosives (you need to contain the explosion for a short time to gain the best effect). If you're drilling downwards you can pack the hole with the waste from drilling the holes. Horizontal holes can be filled with clay plugs by filling a plastic pipe with clay, inserting it into the hole and pushing the clay out with a wooden rod down the center of the pipe. Plastic tubes of inert gel can be used instead (more expensive and you're spreading plastic waste everywhere).
@elyworsley3764
Жыл бұрын
That was awesome!!! What a great video brother!! I love blowing stuff up.
@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!
@kkahkes
Жыл бұрын
KABOOM that was RAD! I rewatched the blast like 7 times
@dennisshoemaker2789
Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing this with us. It was very interesting!
@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 .
@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.
@joshuajackson6442
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, that was beautiful!
@TyMoore95503
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Jason...that is pretty cool. I always wondered how miners did the delays. You explained it and demonstrated it very well. Even though the end boom was a little bigger, I can see how the charges are sequenced. Happy blasting!
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