The Gigantic Goldmine 14,000 Feet In The Air | Super Structures | Spark

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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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    • Keren..

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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.

    @asikbanget5041@asikbanget5041 Жыл бұрын
  • Who needs a television. So many thousands of quality documentaries on you tube.

    @220274mark@220274mark3 жыл бұрын
    • Yes but then you still need a television to watch KZhead 😂

      @hittrewweuy7595@hittrewweuy75953 жыл бұрын
    • 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@khiljinagor89763 жыл бұрын
    • @@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.

      @makusmati@makusmati3 жыл бұрын
    • 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.

      @wenderis@wenderis3 жыл бұрын
    • @@khiljinagor8976 I'm worried about that too.

      @yearginclarke@yearginclarke3 жыл бұрын
  • I'm a jewelry artist and this documentary appears on my watch list. This was a real treat to watch.

    @shaunhall6834@shaunhall68342 жыл бұрын
  • 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.

    @chemgamer1419@chemgamer14192 жыл бұрын
    • 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!!!

      @markpaul8178@markpaul81782 жыл бұрын
    • can we chat about that mine I would like to look at working there ?

      @Neilster99@Neilster992 жыл бұрын
    • Where you from? Why'd you leave?

      @justinlecroy3579@justinlecroy35792 жыл бұрын
    • Sounds like a cool story. You're braver than I am.

      @justinlecroy3579@justinlecroy35792 жыл бұрын
    • @@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'

      @benkennedy6734@benkennedy67342 жыл бұрын
  • 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 ........

    @jameskim8480@jameskim84802 жыл бұрын
    • condolences for your loss.

      @orlandogardner5288@orlandogardner52882 жыл бұрын
    • 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.

      @napitupulupagarparulian4082@napitupulupagarparulian40822 жыл бұрын
    • @@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....

      @jameskim62@jameskim622 жыл бұрын
    • Sorry for your loss

      @terryl858@terryl858 Жыл бұрын
    • @@terryl858 Thank u very much. He had VERY FULL LIFE for 83years....~~~~~

      @jameskim62@jameskim62 Жыл бұрын
  • 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

    @laius6047@laius60473 жыл бұрын
    • yeah, and the water was wetter and the grass was greener

      @HungrysitesRu@HungrysitesRu2 жыл бұрын
    • @@HungrysitesRu shu'up.

      @sebione3576@sebione35762 жыл бұрын
    • Agreed 👍🏼

      @SuperRigGuy@SuperRigGuy2 жыл бұрын
    • Yep.

      @MartinJG100@MartinJG1002 жыл бұрын
    • True 8)

      @tracykooken2606@tracykooken26062 жыл бұрын
  • This documentary had me glued to my seat. The human drive is very inspiring. Superb!!!!

    @yellowquantum4240@yellowquantum42402 жыл бұрын
    • yes!

      @dd-ow6pe@dd-ow6pe Жыл бұрын
    • Human Drive is just About the Money, Maybe think About How its Destroyed this Country

      @craigfiler3779@craigfiler3779 Жыл бұрын
  • 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.

    @dirktyler3643@dirktyler3643 Жыл бұрын
    • There is quite a good bit of videos about both of these mines, and the geologists that found it

      @Jlinwoodjackson@Jlinwoodjackson Жыл бұрын
  • I have seen and lived through a lot in my seventy years, I even did some mining, but this documentary is something else. Hats off to these people.

    @1RedDwarf@1RedDwarf2 жыл бұрын
    • I love you so much, I hope you live a healthy and happy rest of your life because you deserve❤️❤️❤️

      @titmend9897@titmend98972 жыл бұрын
    • @@titmend9897 Thank you friend, all the best to you.

      @1RedDwarf@1RedDwarf2 жыл бұрын
    • 6

      @stevenworden887@stevenworden8872 жыл бұрын
    • @@steveandjenny149 Just for money? Try to live without it. What an idiotic statement.

      @1RedDwarf@1RedDwarf2 жыл бұрын
    • @@steveandjenny149 funny seeing as you use and benifit from it. so stfu

      @xelthiavice4276@xelthiavice42762 жыл бұрын
  • 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!!

    @grantsimsdds@grantsimsdds3 жыл бұрын
    • You sir are correct and have a sharp and accurate line of thought.

      @chefgiovanni@chefgiovanni3 жыл бұрын
    • @@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@oughtssought11982 жыл бұрын
    • @@oughtssought1198 The mindset of a military man, maybe?

      @robertthomas4234@robertthomas42342 жыл бұрын
    • @@robertthomas4234 a definite maybe, while also noting that Omniscient Observers breed religiously in more families than just the military embezzlement complex

      @oughtssought1198@oughtssought11982 жыл бұрын
    • 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.

      @SharonMessage@SharonMessage2 жыл бұрын
  • Magnificent!!!! The logistical support needed for operations such as this is mind bending.

    @bpd231martinko9@bpd231martinko95 ай бұрын
  • The pit is done. Now the underground mine beneath is nearly ready to go. It's an engineering marvel as well.

    @oldhardrock2542@oldhardrock25422 жыл бұрын
  • 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.

    @rorywquin@rorywquin4 жыл бұрын
    • How do you get a job there

      @michaelbryant9957@michaelbryant99574 жыл бұрын
    • @@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

      @rorywquin@rorywquin4 жыл бұрын
    • What does it look like day? Would think the whole island is below sea level now

      @johncuervo3019@johncuervo30194 жыл бұрын
    • @@johncuervo3019 The mountains are over 4000m so I'm pretty sure it is still above the sea.

      @rorywquin@rorywquin4 жыл бұрын
    • @@cattnipp he could be thinking the underground operation. 😆 🤣

      @kordapyo612@kordapyo612 Жыл бұрын
  • 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.

    @jahbay@jahbay2 жыл бұрын
    • Yes I’ve worked in the woods and built road but nothing like this I would have loved to be there working

      @TheBmco99@TheBmco992 жыл бұрын
    • 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.

      @emanuelmifsud6754@emanuelmifsud6754 Жыл бұрын
    • 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@jahbay Жыл бұрын
    • @@jahbay I would certainly agree with you he was an amazing road builder, who took risks, and knew his equipment and its limitations.

      @emanuelmifsud6754@emanuelmifsud6754 Жыл бұрын
    • @@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.

      @lyq232@lyq232 Жыл бұрын
  • I just watched this documentary again and as impressed as I was the first time! So brilliant, what men achieve daily!

    @rowlandadelagun-manwomanmy892@rowlandadelagun-manwomanmy892 Жыл бұрын
    • Me too!

      @vissitorsteve@vissitorsteve Жыл бұрын
    • 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@jadezee6316 Жыл бұрын
    • @@jadezee6316 We are taking different perspectives, on the matter.

      @rowlandadelagun-manwomanmy892@rowlandadelagun-manwomanmy892 Жыл бұрын
    • And one woman 😆

      @jgedutis@jgedutis Жыл бұрын
    • So brilliant... got into pristine ancient wilderness and destroy it

      @lucyloose2841@lucyloose2841 Жыл бұрын
  • One of the most memorable documentaries I've watched in recent years. Thanks for uploading

    @JeandrePetzer@JeandrePetzer Жыл бұрын
  • 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!

    @herlysarmiento9863@herlysarmiento98632 жыл бұрын
    • What,he who has the most money and power gets to rape the land and profit more?

      @imaginewhirledpeas6696@imaginewhirledpeas66962 жыл бұрын
    • @@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@leeroy42062 жыл бұрын
    • @@leeroy4206 Personal gains, made possible by tax payer dollars...The story never changes.

      @albertawheat6832@albertawheat6832 Жыл бұрын
  • Back when the Learning Channel used to have quality programming.

    @paulbriggs3072@paulbriggs30722 жыл бұрын
    • It's less expensive to make reality bull crap tv then documentaries

      @TheGeraford13@TheGeraford132 жыл бұрын
    • @@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@MrBilld752 жыл бұрын
    • @@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@Mavendow2 жыл бұрын
    • @@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.

      @MrBilld75@MrBilld752 жыл бұрын
    • 🤣

      @brianlaroche8856@brianlaroche88562 жыл бұрын
  • My dad worked here for 17 years, I was born and raised in Tembagapura. I miss this place, truly is a wonder.

    @oeialexander@oeialexander Жыл бұрын
    • 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!! .

      @roderick2105@roderick21059 ай бұрын
  • 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.

    @ssjwes@ssjwes Жыл бұрын
    • 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.

      @philcollins4520@philcollins4520 Жыл бұрын
  • 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..

    @bt8406@bt84062 жыл бұрын
    • *documentaries

      @stfuplsok@stfuplsok2 жыл бұрын
    • 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@edwardtapia89542 жыл бұрын
    • @@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

      @MaddJakd@MaddJakd Жыл бұрын
    • WTF?

      @hellbentmel@hellbentmel Жыл бұрын
    • @@stfuplsok How do you get 146 subs with zero videos ?

      @albertawheat6832@albertawheat6832 Жыл бұрын
  • 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.

    @myriahjasmine1341@myriahjasmine13412 жыл бұрын
    • There is parts missing this is edited

      @brianlaroche8856@brianlaroche88562 жыл бұрын
    • DO YOU THINK IT WAS GOOD FOR THE LOCALS?D OYUO LIKE GOLD?

      @Tew730@Tew7302 жыл бұрын
    • There is gold in Alaska

      @chrisyoung6588@chrisyoung65882 жыл бұрын
    • Let's go get it

      @chrisyoung6588@chrisyoung65882 жыл бұрын
    • @@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.

      @Chris_at_Home@Chris_at_Home2 жыл бұрын
  • Incredible most of this was done in 5 years! I’ve seen 20 mile flat road projects here in the States take that long 😂

    @michaelmaas5544@michaelmaas5544 Жыл бұрын
    • Gold will always speed things up.

      @williamekasala2861@williamekasala2861 Жыл бұрын
    • No environmental impact studies and no one living near the mining areas helps.

      @phiksit@phiksit Жыл бұрын
  • Truly a spectacular documentary! An amazing discovery.

    @leticiachiok8057@leticiachiok80572 жыл бұрын
  • 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.

    @jefffung8679@jefffung86793 жыл бұрын
    • same as olimpic dam in south australia

      @bobtwartz8751@bobtwartz87512 жыл бұрын
    • 400'000 people have been murdered to maintain this US thievery. Free West Papua.

      @proinseasokiellig4388@proinseasokiellig43882 жыл бұрын
    • 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.

      @alibarron7558@alibarron75582 жыл бұрын
    • Did you suffer amnesia, change your name and forget you posted this same exact thing two months prior, "Jeff"?

      @BixbyConsequence@BixbyConsequence2 жыл бұрын
  • Never drove a car: Drive this 300 ton hauler over there and get loaded, watch the cliffs, here's the keys.

    @t.r.4496@t.r.44963 жыл бұрын
    • A single truck weighs in at 200 tons! All made by Japanese Company.

      @garyflatt4729@garyflatt47293 жыл бұрын
    • Shat my pants? Who wears pants? Not a tribal custom.

      @bunzeebear2973@bunzeebear29732 жыл бұрын
    • 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.

      @randystone4903@randystone49032 жыл бұрын
    • In NV one can get a CDL without a DL.

      @jed-henrywitkowski6470@jed-henrywitkowski64702 жыл бұрын
    • @@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.

      @jed-henrywitkowski6470@jed-henrywitkowski64702 жыл бұрын
  • A video on the high lines would be awesome as well.

    @raydowdy6914@raydowdy6914 Жыл бұрын
  • 21:42 - What a marvelous analogy (the violin)... Excellent documentary...

    @RAZR_Channel@RAZR_Channel Жыл бұрын
  • 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

    @lornemiddleton3212@lornemiddleton32122 жыл бұрын
    • Who is owner? I hope it belongs to the Country???

      @denisebilby4947@denisebilby49472 жыл бұрын
    • @@denisebilby4947 😆 how naive...

      @galapagoensis@galapagoensis2 жыл бұрын
    • @@galapagoensis normal people LOL

      @Q_QQ_Q@Q_QQ_Q2 жыл бұрын
    • @@denisebilby4947 im the owner ! U wanna gold chain 😜😜😜😜🔥🔥🔥

      @jedidiahviz3019@jedidiahviz30192 жыл бұрын
    • 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.

      @blingbling574@blingbling5742 жыл бұрын
  • Early 2000’s discovery channel.. I miss this.

    @gmeister03@gmeister034 жыл бұрын
    • What? You don't wanna see a show about bigfoot every week? Lol

      @moose2577@moose25773 жыл бұрын
    • @@moose2577 right?!

      @gmeister03@gmeister033 жыл бұрын
    • I can say the same about the history channel.

      @freakdavis3241@freakdavis32412 жыл бұрын
    • @@freakdavis3241 me too

      @gmeister03@gmeister032 жыл бұрын
    • yeh

      @NorthernGate777@NorthernGate7772 жыл бұрын
  • How great it would be to be an engineer to create the process to mine this deposit!! Too good!!

    @bryanduchane2371@bryanduchane23712 жыл бұрын
    • 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

      @nateb-runs5053@nateb-runs5053 Жыл бұрын
  • 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!

    @j.muckafignotti4226@j.muckafignotti4226 Жыл бұрын
  • Brilliant documentary. I live in Australia, and knew there were big mines in this region, but didn't realize they were so high.

    @helicart@helicart2 жыл бұрын
    • 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……….

      @SamMonkulas@SamMonkulas2 жыл бұрын
    • I met many Aussies at this mine.Many worked for Bechtel doing engineering for mine expansion and there were miners working underground.

      @Chris_at_Home@Chris_at_Home2 жыл бұрын
    • 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@stucclikechucc2 жыл бұрын
    • @@stucclikechucc Sounds like Baja1000 or Dakar.

      @sethporterfield6981@sethporterfield69812 жыл бұрын
    • @@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

      @stucclikechucc@stucclikechucc2 жыл бұрын
  • 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.

    @user-uo4qg6lp7x@user-uo4qg6lp7xАй бұрын
  • 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.

    @davden965@davden9652 жыл бұрын
    • 400'000 people have been murdered to maintain this US thievery. Free West Papua.

      @proinseasokiellig4388@proinseasokiellig43882 жыл бұрын
    • @@proinseasokiellig4388 And other countries have murdered their own citizens for money and power, don’t even try and pretend your country is innocent.

      @davden965@davden9652 жыл бұрын
    • That awe sure is inspiring!

      @robertthomas4234@robertthomas42342 жыл бұрын
    • @@proinseasokiellig4388 and you shared fake data

      @jagodiving@jagodiving Жыл бұрын
  • 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.

    @raugasai9135@raugasai91352 жыл бұрын
    • Yes, better than any movie seen in the last months😏😏

      @hermanngoring397@hermanngoring3972 жыл бұрын
    • @@hermanngoring397 Ditch the name, herr Göring. There are other platforms for your xxx-xxxx motherxxxxxxx.

      @robertthomas4234@robertthomas42342 жыл бұрын
    • @@robertthomas4234 : is there a little stick up your a** Robert??

      @henryc1000@henryc10002 жыл бұрын
    • @@henryc1000 What? You think Gusman jumped?

      @robertthomas4234@robertthomas42342 жыл бұрын
  • The best documentary ever. I couldn't stop watching once I started.

    @ClintsHobbiesDIY@ClintsHobbiesDIY2 жыл бұрын
  • 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

    @yobel_i@yobel_i7 ай бұрын
  • 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

    @echofoxtrot2.051@echofoxtrot2.0512 жыл бұрын
    • 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.

      @philcollins4520@philcollins4520 Жыл бұрын
  • They should digitize these documentaries in UHD. Someone back in 1999 must have the masters

    @ag2011_X@ag2011_X3 жыл бұрын
    • Probably recorded on tape instead of film so it would not be feasible to make it better quality

      @gatewaysolo104@gatewaysolo1043 жыл бұрын
    • @John Duggan 🤣

      @giannidcenzo@giannidcenzo2 жыл бұрын
    • In the year 2000!!!

      @InuranusBrokoff@InuranusBrokoff2 жыл бұрын
    • There's is a good doco on film making I'm sure

      @nooffence7670@nooffence76702 жыл бұрын
    • @@gatewaysolo104 v

      @loringnilsson9974@loringnilsson99742 жыл бұрын
  • This was a fabulous documentary. Thank you for uploading it.

    @PharaohDeathMask@PharaohDeathMask Жыл бұрын
  • I’ve probably watched this over a half dozen times and enjoy it every time.

    @JS-oy6nn@JS-oy6nn Жыл бұрын
  • 4:40 He just has to be a villain from a movie.

    @hemogoblin2435@hemogoblin24354 жыл бұрын
    • Yes omg yes

      @bunnyvic7804@bunnyvic78043 жыл бұрын
  • I watch this most nights and fall asleep to it. Best documentary ever and to think this was all accomplished back in the 70's. Big respect to those who worked and fell trying to pursue the very things we need in 2021

    @tobyclarke3233@tobyclarke32332 жыл бұрын
    • Fall asleep to this 🖕🏽😂dork

      @auraglasswerks4900@auraglasswerks49002 жыл бұрын
    • Some tards of humanity will never understand. They are intimidated by intelligence. They should really be left in the dust

      @NwoDispatcher@NwoDispatcher2 жыл бұрын
    • Only Greed needs it..it's despicable

      @mariemonk104@mariemonk1042 жыл бұрын
    • It's so fascinating it bores you to sleep💃🏿

      @robertthomas4234@robertthomas42342 жыл бұрын
    • @@mariemonk104 Greed and your phone, computer, car, electricity, wedding band, spectacle frames...😙 ( no metals, no tech)

      @robertthomas4234@robertthomas42342 жыл бұрын
  • The narrators voice kept me hooked to watch this fully

    @Akki-bhau@Akki-bhau10 ай бұрын
  • Yes, it is an astonishing place. I had a chance to visit back in 2014

    @jaceklaszkiewicz203@jaceklaszkiewicz2032 жыл бұрын
  • 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

    @williambuck5617@williambuck56174 жыл бұрын
    • 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@morgueaunne65524 жыл бұрын
    • @@morgueaunne6552 funny

      @williambuck5617@williambuck56174 жыл бұрын
    • @@morgueaunne6552 - He also got a used rebuilt Javanese Tuk Tuk with 90K miles on it and a new paint job.

      @Sovereign_Citizen_LEO@Sovereign_Citizen_LEO4 жыл бұрын
    • Morgue Aunne Rolex’s aren’t that expensive

      @mrs.chandler9384@mrs.chandler93844 жыл бұрын
    • @@dn6092 must be nice to be so high and mighty all well buying and using the product they produce

      @williambuck5617@williambuck56173 жыл бұрын
  • 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."

    @preteristlab-endtimes5683@preteristlab-endtimes56832 жыл бұрын
    • It is so nice to be white. White is Beautiful,and always will be.

      @jaddy540@jaddy5402 жыл бұрын
  • Excellent documentary. Loved it. Thank you.

    @eddy8828@eddy88282 жыл бұрын
  • I’ve heard about this mine. It makes the Kalgoorlie super pit seem small. Great video !!!

    @australiantruckspotting8883@australiantruckspotting8883 Жыл бұрын
    • 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.

      @philcollins4520@philcollins4520 Жыл бұрын
  • Well documented and narrated. Informative and a delight to watch.

    @B1TKZH47@B1TKZH472 жыл бұрын
  • Respect to my fellow Dozer operators 🙌🏻

    @martiniv8924@martiniv89242 жыл бұрын
  • 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.

    @Afrodizyak47@Afrodizyak477 ай бұрын
  • 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.

    @alexandervanwyk7669@alexandervanwyk76692 жыл бұрын
  • Great historical documentary! Should be compulsory viewing for all exploration geologists.

    @fletcherbourke1517@fletcherbourke15174 жыл бұрын
    • Is it your real pic?

      @afrodita7704@afrodita77043 жыл бұрын
    • @Akilah-Ayden chill out, they were the ones who found the ore. It is their right to control it.

      @kalan2674@kalan26743 жыл бұрын
    • @Akilah-Ayden Russia is a parasite, too! Kills its own in tenths of millions and kills others!!

      @ldkbudda4176@ldkbudda41763 жыл бұрын
    • USA SUCH A WORST COUNTRY, THIS IS MUST BE CALLED COLONIALISM!

      @radddtrop7205@radddtrop72052 жыл бұрын
    • 400'000 people have been murdered to maintain this US thievery. Free West Papua.

      @proinseasokiellig4388@proinseasokiellig43882 жыл бұрын
  • Great to see you back. Love the videos and education you share

    @lukeh1132@lukeh11322 ай бұрын
  • @19:30 That's a hell of a serious statement about the dozers. Damn.

    @jeffreycollins7297@jeffreycollins72974 жыл бұрын
    • Who knows where they ended up?😬

      @coastalorphan@coastalorphan4 жыл бұрын
  • A fantastic presentation! Extremely clear and informative.

    @rowlandadelagun-manwomanmy892@rowlandadelagun-manwomanmy8923 жыл бұрын
    • 400'000 people have been murdered to maintain this US thievery. Free West Papua.

      @proinseasokiellig4388@proinseasokiellig43882 жыл бұрын
    • @@proinseasokiellig4388 I’ll hAve whatever you’re smoking.

      @L3GENDZLuLKeK@L3GENDZLuLKeK2 жыл бұрын
    • The charm of the old documentaries. Made by professionals, to convey what the pros have done. Now, such awesomeness is more buried.

      @MaddJakd@MaddJakd Жыл бұрын
  • 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...

    @kuunib7325@kuunib7325 Жыл бұрын
    • well, so you admit you are the one to blaim?

      @bittasweetsymphony726@bittasweetsymphony726 Жыл бұрын
    • @@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.

      @a-a-ron4679@a-a-ron4679 Жыл бұрын
    • @@bittasweetsymphony726 Everyone using technology is to blame. Including yourself.

      @m_6866@m_6866 Жыл бұрын
    • You like mountain? Surprisingly it located near the one of 7 summits in this world. Wanna guess it?

      @pustakarileks7404@pustakarileks740410 ай бұрын
  • Excellent! I'm Indonesian glad to see our local friend Ilyas Hamid was respected as part of this incredible documentary.

    @ariefross9956@ariefross99562 жыл бұрын
    • I wish they would have given the locals some of the wealth, in some sort of way. Massive mines produce massive amounts of pollution and waste also :( Beautiful place.

      @worldserpent731@worldserpent731 Жыл бұрын
  • The open-cast mine is a lot bigger now, then a lot more underground as well.

    @flyinkiwi01@flyinkiwi013 жыл бұрын
    • So impressive!

      @deborahweise7864@deborahweise78643 жыл бұрын
    • 400'000 people have been murdered to maintain this US thievery. Free West Papua.

      @proinseasokiellig4388@proinseasokiellig43882 жыл бұрын
  • JimBob was a good friend, and we miss him.

    @VideoNOLA@VideoNOLA2 жыл бұрын
    • When I saw "James Robert" I said, "you mean Jim Bob?"

      @AliensAnonymous@AliensAnonymous2 жыл бұрын
  • This looks straight out of a movie setting in space.

    @domq1543@domq1543 Жыл бұрын
  • Excellent!! I love docs like this. Wish it hadn't ended. But, all good things...

    @spideywhiplash@spideywhiplash3 жыл бұрын
  • This is so amazing. I work underground in a gold mine in Fiji Islands.

    @shushilchand8266@shushilchand82663 жыл бұрын
    • Do you want to talk about selling me some gold?

      @carljones9933@carljones99333 жыл бұрын
    • @@carljones9933 I got gold ore not purified and I got pyrite. Want some.

      @shushilchand8266@shushilchand82663 жыл бұрын
    • @@shushilchand8266 yes of course,, how should we go about this?

      @carljones9933@carljones99333 жыл бұрын
    • I'll give you my email address.

      @shushilchand8266@shushilchand82663 жыл бұрын
    • Can I buy some gold thanks

      @kevincunningham5108@kevincunningham51083 жыл бұрын
  • What an amazing documentary, I am Australian & have heard many stories of the copper & gold mines in the PNG mountains, some of the relies have even worked at some of them, but I had no idea of the Irian Jaya, also called West Papua, mines. There have been a lot of political problems in the region to do with independence from Indonesia, but they were not even hinted on in this doco, I guess a story for another time, very well made watch.

    @bjw4859@bjw48592 жыл бұрын
    • No so much about independence as much as about this wealth. Teroraizing people of the land is a way of big corporations to get it all for free.

      @margaretaticarat7871@margaretaticarat7871 Жыл бұрын
    • they never will independent. they even cant handle that. and beforethat israel have to give palestinians their land back. did you see palestine? if you compare papua with palestine than palestine is a KZ and papua a normal country

      @fefeffefe4771@fefeffefe4771 Жыл бұрын
    • Pretty obvious why the indo govt weren't willing to allow West Papuan independence.

      @NPC-fl3gq@NPC-fl3gq Жыл бұрын
    • ​@@NPC-fl3gqwell.. before asking that, let's give Australia back to the Aborigines. The rest of the inhabitants there are either criminals threw out of the UK or new comers who do not even realize that they helping the robber taking over the land from the owner. The western left so many bloody criminal acts wherever they go. What an achievement.

      @kuga7423@kuga74233 ай бұрын
  • This documentary is gold.

    @panemetcircenses510@panemetcircenses5102 жыл бұрын
  • Great documentary 👍 amazing what can be accomplished when we set aside the concept of "impossible"...

    @davidhenningson4782@davidhenningson47823 жыл бұрын
    • 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.

      @nilesbutler8638@nilesbutler86382 жыл бұрын
    • The high prices have made everything possible.

      @vincentyeo88@vincentyeo882 жыл бұрын
  • this is very good one... more gold more gold.. GREED IS GOOD.. NEED MORE GOLD

    @robertkertoikromo8643@robertkertoikromo86434 жыл бұрын
    • What about copper?...We use that right?...What about silver? those two metals are a billion times more important than gold...Gold is just a cherry on the top...

      @godbluffvdgg@godbluffvdgg4 жыл бұрын
    • Glad you came here to post on your all organic electronic device. YOU FUCKING MORONIC HYPOCRITE.

      @RealityGutPunch@RealityGutPunch4 жыл бұрын
    • @@RealityGutPunch The moron cannot see the self loathing in his own indoctrination before projecting it upon others. Your argument is of no consequence and simply has a straw man hanging next to the accuser. What does the digital device have to do with equitable consideration for causality destruction and human life? You sir have been brain washed with an indoctrinated rinse. Further more striking out in hatred only serves to paste an extremely insignificant IQ, and an overwhelming self hatred upon yourself. Please consider that equitable consideration has not been the norm for the massive amount of labor. More over that statements like "The American Dream" it must be because, you have to be sleeping to believe it, has cost 7.2 billion lives between 1870-1979, do the math it is now 2019, not to mention the systemically violent society that is killing itself by a holocaust every 2 years with the same enraged foolishness you are placing that will no doubt take time from the precioous,and short, miracle all life is.

      @thegeneralstrike6747@thegeneralstrike67474 жыл бұрын
    • @@thegeneralstrike6747 I hope they can soon invent a cure for terminal stupidity like yours. That you are clearly intoxicated by the vapidity of your own verbosity is a clear indicator that you are not well and bereft of the ability to formulate your thoughts with any degree of coherence. You have my sympathy.

      @nomdaploom@nomdaploom4 жыл бұрын
  • This voice brings me such a childhood warmth. I miss this stuff.

    @BabyCrota@BabyCrota Жыл бұрын
  • Wonderful documentary, I had never heard of the area before and I do not feel stupid because of it.

    @elvenkind6072@elvenkind60722 жыл бұрын
    • All of that part of the world is beautiful to me and the people are wonderful

      @michaelsteal9128@michaelsteal9128 Жыл бұрын
  • Rockefeller that must have been an expensive dinner.

    @josephbragg5020@josephbragg50203 жыл бұрын
    • 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@larrymbouche2 жыл бұрын
    • @@larrymbouche, Tom Hanks is the spitting image of Michael Rockefeller.

      @dalepatterson1748@dalepatterson17482 жыл бұрын
    • 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

      @civhonbmm3@civhonbmm32 жыл бұрын
    • @@larrymbouche sucked in

      @nasigoreng553@nasigoreng5532 жыл бұрын
  • Now this is why I love KZhead!!! Fantastic amazing show👍💪🔥

    @gmotionedc5412@gmotionedc54122 жыл бұрын
    • This is a 20 year old Discovery channel documentary. This "spark" channel replays stuff without giving credit.

      @heathcliff8624@heathcliff86242 жыл бұрын
    • @@alvinaliathos6137 The original with Carl Sagan I watched when it came out.

      @heathcliff8624@heathcliff86242 жыл бұрын
    • @M D wow why so angry?

      @gmotionedc5412@gmotionedc54122 жыл бұрын
  • 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.

    @outwest100az@outwest100az Жыл бұрын
    • I like your viewpoint, full of facts....

      @mpendakiswahili3053@mpendakiswahili3053 Жыл бұрын
  • What an incredibly fascinating video and subject. Bravo. Well done. You have a new fan and subscriber here.

    @keithdeal209@keithdeal209 Жыл бұрын
  • During the Suharto era, Indonesian students were told it's copper only. Thus, there's a city called Tembagapura (copper city)

    @lassaeo@lassaeo2 жыл бұрын
  • this narrator is legendary

    @antr7493@antr74934 жыл бұрын
    • No!

      @steeniversen2590@steeniversen25903 жыл бұрын
    • Godly

      @Cisco661Barber@Cisco661Barber3 жыл бұрын
  • Salute to the great workers and miners.

    @whitenyy5670@whitenyy56702 жыл бұрын
  • 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.

    @peaceknight5485@peaceknight54852 жыл бұрын
    • 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.

      @philcollins4520@philcollins4520 Жыл бұрын
  • 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.

    @zenamerica@zenamerica2 жыл бұрын
  • *Man falls down cliff and gets speared through the heart* Shouldn’t have replaced me after 30 minutes

    @616CC@616CC4 жыл бұрын
    • Bet he got his parts when he needed them after that, man seems like a dozer god.

      @Chris-sf7ug@Chris-sf7ug3 жыл бұрын
    • @@Chris-sf7ug no gods this is crimes to humanity

      @scrapwomblecreatives6944@scrapwomblecreatives69443 жыл бұрын
    • hard work pays

      @alinurmohamudhajji2768@alinurmohamudhajji27682 жыл бұрын
    • @@alinurmohamudhajji2768 50 yrs in the work world, in 3 diff professions, taught me there's a helluva lot more folk make a habit of saying "hard work pays" who hardly work than there are who work hard. generally the folk who work hardest hardly get paid. I see in many comments re: the bulldozer driver who made this mine accessible that a lot of folk who wrote those comments learned the same lesson in their careers

      @oughtssought1198@oughtssought11982 жыл бұрын
  • Funny, this just queued up in my KZhead 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.

    @seoulriding9523@seoulriding9523 Жыл бұрын
  • I grew up in PNG, theres copper tailings everyyyyyywhere its really sad. They recently found gold under the sea too

    @scottbrown8934@scottbrown8934 Жыл бұрын
    • But the wealth never gets back to the people

      @fucjape2@fucjape2 Жыл бұрын
    • Correct bro and never will. That country should be ashamed at their greedy leaders.

      @scottbrown8934@scottbrown8934 Жыл бұрын
    • @@scottbrown8934 Bouganville still shut down?

      @fucjape2@fucjape2 Жыл бұрын
    • @@fucjape2 the wealth was already lost when the mines were built. The sad thing about us is that we only think of wealth as dollars or ipads. The wealth is really just nature and living with nature. It doesn't matter if you only live 40 years.. those are 40 good years vs. 60 years working for some faceless corp, chasing after brands, and then being shipped off into some nursing home and dying with tubes coming out of every orifice.

      @kuriousarts@kuriousarts Жыл бұрын
  • 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!

    @northatlantic2723@northatlantic27233 жыл бұрын
    • 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 ✊

      @brandonb3279@brandonb32793 жыл бұрын
    • 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.

      @ltesla7139@ltesla71393 жыл бұрын
    • 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.

      @steventrostle1825@steventrostle18253 жыл бұрын
    • 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@davidhenningson47823 жыл бұрын
    • @@davidhenningson4782 lucky he wasn't someone's dinner

      @Moose803@Moose8033 жыл бұрын
  • Great engineering, would have been useful to include some explanations about how this project was of benefit to the local people who could not drive an earthmover?

    @boggieman6746@boggieman67463 жыл бұрын
    • I had a native working with me in. Network install and turn up. He was great in doing wiring and punching down Krone blocks. He also learned a lot of English. He was smarter than the Indonesians.

      @Chris_at_Home@Chris_at_Home3 жыл бұрын
    • @@Chris_at_Home Heh - I worked for awhile there and observed the same thing! Even smarter than the Indonesian engineers in many cases.

      @philduoos2961@philduoos29612 жыл бұрын
    • @@Chris_at_Home native papuan is Indonesian too

      @sekar9901@sekar99012 жыл бұрын
    • @@sekar9901 Yes, Iran Jaya is a province of Indonesia, but the Indonesians including the government treat the native people there poorly including killing them. Indonesia is very secretive on this and journalist aren’t allowed in certain areas. When they do allow them they are usually escorted so the natives can’t tell the stories about their treatment.

      @Chris_at_Home@Chris_at_Home2 жыл бұрын
    • @@Chris_at_Home indonesia gov killed the separatist. The papuan separatists burned shops, house, school, killed civilians including native papuan. Even native papua seek protection to indonesian police and army.

      @sekar9901@sekar99012 жыл бұрын
  • I love Indonesia and it’s people, we were in the island of Sulawesi, a different mine, but just as amazing. I hope all these companies once the mines are finished they do a proper cleanup so nature can recover. Great documentary.

    @tyaarmstrong2751@tyaarmstrong2751 Жыл бұрын
    • Cleanup will never ever happen

      @BuddhatheBlackDog@BuddhatheBlackDog Жыл бұрын
    • clean what!!LAMO!! there only concern is the metal they give 2 fucks about anything else sis

      @Sovran369@Sovran369 Жыл бұрын
    • I'm sure glad the people of Indonesia directly benefit from the mine profits...

      @allegramisereri9462@allegramisereri9462 Жыл бұрын
    • Oh yes, believe! You believe in Santa too?

      @michaelfischer5800@michaelfischer5800 Жыл бұрын
    • There's a big conspiracy which is not just a theory that made this huge mine happen, which involved political coup, and mass murder of certain political followers in Indonesia.

      @yonath94k@yonath94k Жыл бұрын
  • So glad I found this documentary!!!!!

    @bryanduchane2371@bryanduchane23712 жыл бұрын
  • Incredible achievement and incredible deposit.

    @peredavi@peredavi2 жыл бұрын
  • 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?

    @gavreynolds2689@gavreynolds26892 жыл бұрын
    • 400'000 people have been murdered to maintain this US thievery. Free West Papua.

      @proinseasokiellig4388@proinseasokiellig43882 жыл бұрын
    • @@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

      @imaginewhirledpeas6696@imaginewhirledpeas66962 жыл бұрын
    • @@proinseasokiellig4388 As an American who is unaware of what you’re referring to, please elaborate?

      @chucksolutions4579@chucksolutions45792 жыл бұрын
    • @@proinseasokiellig4388 So you are asserting more than one third of the total population of West Irian was murdered because of this Freeport project?

      @somaday2595@somaday25952 жыл бұрын
    • @@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.

      @NPC-fl3gq@NPC-fl3gq Жыл бұрын
  • 9:33 The Dutch Man just gave the map? Thank you Very much.

    @curlyrooster118@curlyrooster1182 ай бұрын
  • Wow that really was an amazing achievement to gain access 👏,never heard of this untill now,how fascinating,great doc,thx.

    @tomthompson2309@tomthompson2309 Жыл бұрын
  • 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.

    @doclewis8927@doclewis89274 жыл бұрын
    • @Jon Bjornssen Not nearly as scared as the TNI who had to protect the mine property.

      @travellingsoldier5018@travellingsoldier50183 жыл бұрын
    • I doubt anyone lived anywhere near there

      @taylorgall9516@taylorgall95163 жыл бұрын
    • Bet they wished they had killed every one of them.

      @coolhandlippo1356@coolhandlippo13562 жыл бұрын
    • 1.8 million dead west papuans, no mention. MERDEKA PAPUA

      @atomictraveller@atomictraveller2 жыл бұрын
    • 400'000 people have been murdered to maintain this US thievery. Free West Papua.

      @proinseasokiellig4388@proinseasokiellig43882 жыл бұрын
  • I bet Todd Hoffman couldn’t find any gold in that mountain

    @hittrewweuy7595@hittrewweuy75953 жыл бұрын
    • Best comment I’ve seen!😂

      @evanturner8291@evanturner82913 жыл бұрын
    • so damn accurate hahahaaha

      @gijsheeremans9732@gijsheeremans97323 жыл бұрын
    • 😂😂😂😂

      @axelandersen543@axelandersen5433 жыл бұрын
    • 😂

      @gtfc2322@gtfc23223 жыл бұрын
    • lmao!!! Come on man.

      @fungidungie@fungidungie3 жыл бұрын
  • Amazing and awesome documentary. Perhaps only Antarctica can challenge this place in hardship - I don't know.

    @theheck5176@theheck51762 жыл бұрын
  • 22:02 Guy is noticing the camera filming him, so he nearly walks into the door. Hilarious!

    @2bit661@2bit661 Жыл бұрын
  • Thank you for sharing what is the best doco ever on mining ...loved it so much .. God Bless you all

    @richardmorgan3093@richardmorgan30934 жыл бұрын
  • 37:30 This is going to cost tens of millions of dollars. Ilyas- 2 things: Get me a bulldozer... and hold my beer.

    @reedr1659@reedr16592 жыл бұрын
  • Great story!!! This is something you don't see many more times in your life again!!!

    @bryanduchane2371@bryanduchane23712 жыл бұрын
  • Man the style of video is old but still so cool and relevant

    @jjtheronza@jjtheronza3 ай бұрын
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