U.S. Miners Cut the Surface of the Mountain in Utah and What They Found May Change the World Forever

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  • @louisstanwu
    @louisstanwu 13 днів тому +13

    Good news for the US, thanks.

    • @Wizardkelly404
      @Wizardkelly404 13 днів тому +2

      Means nothing if we don’t know how to use our resources correctly.

  • @kimberlygause
    @kimberlygause 10 днів тому +4

    I found a chunk of rock that Looked just like this and I asked my Dad who was a hobby geologist what it was and he said it was nothing without even really looking at it, and 2 throw it away. I knew intuitively it was rare. This was in the Hills of Moorpark in Ventura County in the 80s.......

  • @stevopusser9093
    @stevopusser9093 11 днів тому +5

    They've always known tellurium was a minor constituent of the massive low-grade porphyry ore deposit there. It just wasn't worth enough to separate it from the silver, gold, lead, molybdenum, platinum and palladium also found in the concentrate, so it was discarded in the final refining steps.
    Interesting fact: tellurium is one of few elements that will combine with gold to form an ore mineral such as calverite (AuTe2), which looks very much like worthless fool's gold (iron pyrite). Calverite is damn rare, so miners in Western Australia, where it did make up a major % of the gold deposits, failed to recognize it as such, and it was used to fill potholes in roads...until it was identified and a mad scramble to recover the discarded gold mineral ensued.

    • @snail847
      @snail847 11 днів тому +1

      The "waste" from the Kennecott copper mine( Bingham) in Utah appears to me to be piled anywhere they can find to put it, especially along an area south of a main highway that runs east and west from SLC to Grantsville.

  • @BlankSpace-by3nd
    @BlankSpace-by3nd 11 днів тому +1

    Amazing! Nice find utah👍🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸

  • @LorisSawmill
    @LorisSawmill 13 днів тому +37

    It's not "tell-er-ree-um", It's pronounced "teh·LOO·ree·uhm" Learn how to pronounce the metals in the Periodic Table. And it's NOT a "mineral", it's an "Element".

    • @lauinalauina5490
      @lauinalauina5490 13 днів тому +3

      Create your own channel and then you spell and pronounce the way you know it's a correct way 😂😂😂😂😂😂

    • @caboose6465
      @caboose6465 12 днів тому +2

      I bet you are a joy to be around 😂

    • @davidatwater4718
      @davidatwater4718 11 днів тому +2

      Bingo...thank you

    • @susanpayne6107
      @susanpayne6107 11 днів тому

      😂 Does it matter if you speak with an accent? If you are from Texas or the South and you may hear it differently 😂

    • @ElizabethLueders
      @ElizabethLueders 11 днів тому

      U go person ❤😂🎉😮😊

  • @RickFidelisReed
    @RickFidelisReed 13 днів тому +9

    My ears tell me this is the Voice of WATOP.

    • @aaronpaolilli8578
      @aaronpaolilli8578 13 днів тому

      Yes. It is that FBI Agent that is terrified to reveal his identity.

    • @ArtaxerxesPavonis
      @ArtaxerxesPavonis 13 днів тому +2

      Sounds exactly like him. hmmmmm...
      yeah, I just reported this channel.

    • @fvrrljr
      @fvrrljr 12 днів тому +1

      @@ArtaxerxesPavonis

    • @fvrrljr
      @fvrrljr 12 днів тому +1

      👍

  • @henrycarlson7514
    @henrycarlson7514 13 днів тому +6

    Interesting , Thank you. I hope that every thing can work , scale and be recycled SAFELY and Efficiently. Remember we the U.S. Are projected to need 2X as much electric power with in 10? years

    • @mrbaab5932
      @mrbaab5932 13 днів тому

      Funny how most of the Blue states except California have very little solar power.

  • @MultiCconway
    @MultiCconway 13 днів тому +17

    "Tell-Ur'-Rium" . . . say it quickly!

  • @aprilk4850
    @aprilk4850 10 днів тому +1

    It cool to watch them in the mine they have a lookout spot I know some friends who work at kennecott it’s self and a long time ago my uncle worked with wheeler machinery they would fix the equipment not sure if they still do I live 10-15 minutes from the mine and every 3-4 years Rio tinto shuts down for maintenance and cleaning of the plant every part of it for about a week or more

  • @rebeccajohnson5649
    @rebeccajohnson5649 10 днів тому

    Thanks for your information

  • @stevopusser9093
    @stevopusser9093 13 днів тому +67

    I wince every time tellurium is mispronounced by this announcer, which is about every five seconds.

  • @marimary-bs7xt
    @marimary-bs7xt 13 днів тому +6

    I hope those miners are well protected i.e. suits and all this stuff otherwise better don't touch this metal

  • @davem3048
    @davem3048 12 днів тому +2

    So what has been done with all the waste sludge from the Bingham mine since 1906?

  • @hiddentruth1982
    @hiddentruth1982 13 днів тому +14

    problem with solar panels is they aren't very efficient to begin with. The best panels for residence is 20% efficient. Not to mention about the time they finally pay for their self they burn out.

    • @tomp8871
      @tomp8871 13 днів тому +4

      I read an article it is the Govt. that regulates them to 20% max. An engineer states they can hit 80% with out harm, maybe we should do something about that, as in take these cuffs off.

    • @janettomlin950
      @janettomlin950 13 днів тому

      @@tomp8871thank you both 😊 yes I completely agree the gov. Needs to stop! !!! So much is available to us and yet , we only have access to so little information 😮😮😮. You have to dig to find anything out.

    • @girlatendofrwjishot
      @girlatendofrwjishot 12 днів тому +1

      Y'all are wild. No it's not because of the government. Yes current solar panels are about 20-30% efficient although I'm not sure why you think the efficiency matters instead of the total cost per kWh at the plug in your home. Also who told you that they burn up by the time they pay off?? On average solar reduces your monthly expenses within 1-3 years, then you have savings which grow every year (grid gets more expensive) until the solar panels are paid off, and then you get a few decades of huge savings. Solar panels still produce 60-80% power after 40-60 years.

    • @hiddentruth1982
      @hiddentruth1982 12 днів тому

      @@girlatendofrwjishot First. solar panels only last 25-30 years not 40 to 60 years. Second they become less effective over time. So only starting with 20% isn't very good. It takes 7 to 10 years for a solar panel to pay for it's self. While that is down from a couple years ago it is not very good since you have to pay for them up front. There is also a lot of cost involved that isn't mentioned like upkeep and getting rid of them when they burn out. Solar panels lose 0.5% efficiency a year. So yes while it matters whet you get at the plug you are getting less each year. That's why the 20% matters.

    • @tomp8871
      @tomp8871 12 днів тому

      @ Yeah, don't forget the cost of getting rid of hazardous waste when they are capoot, and where do they go?

  • @vancegilmore245
    @vancegilmore245 13 днів тому +11

    I wonder where the miners have dumped all the waste material they've removed over the years.

    • @yedidyah-jedshlomoh1533
      @yedidyah-jedshlomoh1533 13 днів тому +4

      in your back yard.

    • @matthaertel6079
      @matthaertel6079 12 днів тому +1

      They burned the sludge in an intensely hot furnace at Bingham-kennecott copper mine referenced in this video. It is now called Rio Tinto.

    • @carolynntranmer9187
      @carolynntranmer9187 11 днів тому

      Isn’t Rio Tinto a China company?

    • @raevarian9967
      @raevarian9967 10 днів тому

      ​@carolynntranmer9187 their headquarters are in London, but idk if that means they aren't Chinese ha. They own mines all over the world. My husband has worked at the mine in the vid for about 7 years. I've literally never heard it called Bingham canyon or whatever he said. It's always been kennecott copper mine or just rio tinto in recent years.

    • @Whateverintheworld
      @Whateverintheworld 10 днів тому

      @@raevarian9967My dad was born in Bingham Canyon. The small towns of Bingham Canyon are thin air now. Because as the mine expanded it consumed all the small communities and now they’re gone. Copperton still exists at the mouth of Bingham Canyon. Bingham Canyon is the mine, Kennecott. It seems mostly “old timers” use the name Bingham Canyon. This is how Bingham High School got its name. It was originally in Copperton and then moved to South Jordan. The original high school became Copperton Middle School and now that has been torn down.

  • @frankferrarese6027
    @frankferrarese6027 13 днів тому +22

    How much pollution are we adding for this GREEN PUSH ????

    • @Whiffinger1
      @Whiffinger1 13 днів тому +3

      Google HOW LONG WILL FOSSIL FUELS LAST?
      About 30-40 years, we have two options (a) renewable energy, or (b) collapse of the global and all national economies and the end of human civilization.
      Which is better? Why?

    • @JeepNut-rq5fb
      @JeepNut-rq5fb 13 днів тому +3

      @@Whiffinger1 lol oh yes Lord Google. lol

    • @alanakafang6143
      @alanakafang6143 12 днів тому +3

      @@Whiffinger1 WRONG

    • @Whiffinger1
      @Whiffinger1 12 днів тому

      @@alanakafang6143 You people are so amazingly ignorant and so proud of your ignorance. If you think the supplies of oil and gas in the ground are infinite and will last forever you need a much better psychiatrist, try going to college and taking a few classes in any science. America has a deadly pandemic of scientific ignorance.

    • @christurnblom4825
      @christurnblom4825 12 днів тому +1

      @@Whiffinger1 Working in the pipeline industry for some years & having friends who still do it, I can tell you that this number gets corrected every time a major geological survey comes out on a major petroleum deposit. Last time I checked, the U.S. can supply itself for 100 years or more. & Canada is relatively unexplored.
      I tend to agree that it's not unlimited & that we need to keep pushing for cleaner stuff. The problem is, we keep finding more oil. I also agree that it will eventually cause major structural problems in the crust under our feet if we just keep drilling & fracturing as if nothing will ever go wrong.
      Flammable water supply... anyone? lol
      Better that we just keep working towards making it obsolete than the futile attempt to limit it's use by force. Too many greedy people involved & they have the money to buy the right to use force. That's just the reality of the situation. Hopefully we'll be a little less greedy as a species in 1000 years or so.
      & don't even get me started on the clean technologies we already have and are far better than solar, wind etc, that are being suppressed. I could list half a dozen documented examples off the top of my head but I'm just here to argue & bother people.
      ...but fighting for disclosure/the release of patents on those is another way to make oil more obsolete (as long as you don't get suicided in the process). The people who own the vast majority of energy industry have no incentive to make energy any cheaper over-all for the masses. So they won't until it benefits them in some way.
      It may ultimately come down to using force but I hope we can avoid that.
      People just suck, don't we...

  • @ColinMuffs-uu1qu
    @ColinMuffs-uu1qu 13 днів тому +7

    Not fun fact: this thing is kinda toxic and may be extremely dangerous while inhaling

  • @mjaros46
    @mjaros46 12 днів тому +2

    I wonder and never get answer to a simple question: what will happen to billions of solar panels in 20 years? The only research I know says that only 17% (mostly Al) is recyclable; the rest, mostly toxic materials are not. Green energy? There is new, better technology based on crystals reacting to light, not only sun rays, more flexible, but...some people have to make money.

  • @aaronpaolilli8578
    @aaronpaolilli8578 13 днів тому +1

    Although Tellurium is common in Outerspace, the cost to go there, mine it, and bring it back to Earth significantly outweigh its current value. I'm just guessing here, but I think it would have to exceed $100,000 per an oz to become profitable by recovering it from space. That said. it may not be a bad idea to stack a couple pounds of it.

    • @enfelice
      @enfelice 11 днів тому

      Lot more common in the ocean. A British National Oceanographic expedition discovered an underwater rare earth deposit in the Atlantic, 500km from the Canary Islands, which is “astonishingly rich” in the substance called Tellurium. The BBC reports that the underwater tellurium deposit is found in concentrations 50,000 times higher than in deposits on land. The metal is used for the construction of wind turbines, solar panels, and electronic appliances.

  • @kenneyhigley4424
    @kenneyhigley4424 9 днів тому

    I heard it wasn't cost effective to produce in Utah so after spending who knows how much building the plant they shortly scrapped after it was built.

  • @acm01864
    @acm01864 13 днів тому +2

    I wince at the talk of rare when we have perfect replication technology!🕵️

  • @christurnblom4825
    @christurnblom4825 12 днів тому +1

    If Rio Tinto isn't already addressing it, I really think they should get onto the thorium molten-salt nuclear reactor bandwagon.
    China & India are currently leading the way in this field even though the U.S. figured it out in the 60's.
    Yes, we have the technology to make far safer nuclear reactors than the current ones and keep up with our demand for cheep, clean power.
    Even better still, the increased need for thorium for those reactors will offset the high cost of refining other precious minerals & rare earths which could free the U.S. from our dependency on China, the Congo & Chile for most of our lithium, neodymium, coltan, cobalt & many other things used in semiconductors & other high-tech industries.
    I hope our incoming president is aware of this. Last time he was in charge he seemed very much like he won't play silly political games like making sure every state produces part of the space shuttle to keep the shuttle program going & other glad-handing BS our politicians have been doing for decades.

  • @jws1948ja
    @jws1948ja 13 днів тому +4

    Nickel is poisonous and is similar to lead.

  • @janettomlin950
    @janettomlin950 13 днів тому +4

    Why are solar panels regulated ???? 😮😮

    • @sarahkragness7138
      @sarahkragness7138 13 днів тому +1

      So that people who buy them can be confident that they are buying a good product. Otherwise, there would be crap copies out there sold for the same as the good, professionally-produced panels.
      That's why business regulation was invented by Hammurabi at the same time he came up with laws for his cities in the middle east. People don't like being cheated. GOT THAT?

  • @janettomlin950
    @janettomlin950 13 днів тому +4

    Are they going to leave behind another eco. Catastrophic mess ???

  • @traviceb
    @traviceb 13 днів тому +5

    every basement should have battery banks

    • @someguy782
      @someguy782 12 днів тому

      h

    • @chrisbraswell8864
      @chrisbraswell8864 12 днів тому

      We don't have basements in south Ga and Fla. Good way to hit water-digging any hole.

  • @pyeody9070
    @pyeody9070 13 днів тому +1

    It’s chowdah say it right! “Chowdeer”

  • @shucksful
    @shucksful 13 днів тому +2

    You might like my new series that’s related to this.

  • @davidg.johnson7208
    @davidg.johnson7208 10 днів тому

    The rock ends in "ium" like uranium.
    Does this rock have radioactive properties in it?

  • @GetERekted
    @GetERekted 12 днів тому +1

    You keep saying mineral but init an element?

  • @karacichy2202
    @karacichy2202 11 днів тому

    Interesting...anywhere near the skin walker ranch?!

    • @leiatyndall8648
      @leiatyndall8648 11 днів тому

      No. Kennicott/Rio Tinto is in Salt Lake County. Skinwalker is abt 3 hrs' drive away, 150+ mi.

  • @davecebuliak2040
    @davecebuliak2040 13 днів тому +5

    All these videos also keep repeating phrases over and over again just to make it longer. I lose interest and move on

  • @bryanjensen300
    @bryanjensen300 9 днів тому

    Before they created a pit they removed a mountain.

  • @Youralwayswhining4367
    @Youralwayswhining4367 13 днів тому

    The difference is quality

  • @louissablon4849
    @louissablon4849 11 днів тому

    Unleash the cold fusion already!

  • @nowaynotthatway3487
    @nowaynotthatway3487 12 днів тому +2

    Me too.

  • @joshuamanevitz1530
    @joshuamanevitz1530 13 днів тому +1

    GGX Gold has a property with Tellurium and it's on sale now about a penny per share a true penny stock I own some shares .

  • @smokenjoe4022
    @smokenjoe4022 13 днів тому

    Until the next big discovery comes along!😃

  • @lyndasmith593
    @lyndasmith593 12 днів тому +1

    Great video..thx

  • @cowfrank
    @cowfrank 13 днів тому +3

    You have too many ads

  • @YelsewNesnej
    @YelsewNesnej 11 днів тому

    Omg they found another mineral to abuse power. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

  • @chief270202
    @chief270202 12 днів тому

    Do you really believe it all flew off the planet? The things people believe is incredible

  • @jb5music
    @jb5music 13 днів тому +1

    Probably a big lie so they can...
    Strip mine for coal.

    • @LeeIsrael-i6c
      @LeeIsrael-i6c 12 днів тому

      Yes Coal would be much better for the environment and the people.

    • @michaeledwards2251
      @michaeledwards2251 7 днів тому

      I thought the current method of coal mining was mountain top removal which wrecks all the local water supplies, either destroys/poisons or both.

  • @SunnyRain0614
    @SunnyRain0614 11 днів тому

    I guess they are board of removing the earths joint fluid I guess they need to focus on the best metal out there.

  • @PaulLLOYD-kh7qw
    @PaulLLOYD-kh7qw 10 днів тому

    You can see this mine from space

  • @Kekker1944
    @Kekker1944 9 днів тому +1

    Absolute rubbish, nothing even remotely like this happening in My State of Utah 🖕😠

    • @kathealey
      @kathealey 8 днів тому

      From Deseret News....Utah's Kennecott copper mine produces one of Earth's rarest metals - tellurium. Vital to low-carbon technologies, this mining project can help us reduce our carbon emissions. For more than a decade, the U.S. economy has been moving from high-carbon fuels to low- and zero-carbon fuels at an impressive rate.

  • @jasonjordan8999
    @jasonjordan8999 9 днів тому

    Amen it's Tull - uh - ree - um lmao

  • @davidphelps7479
    @davidphelps7479 13 днів тому +4

    When you can't deal with a video just because a word is used consistently and mispronounced by stressing the incorrect syllable. Ree ree reeeeeee. teh LOO ree uhm-not-teh loo REE uhm

  • @davidfaulkner7456
    @davidfaulkner7456 6 днів тому

    Bad naritve 😮

  • @bobmnz6914
    @bobmnz6914 13 днів тому +1

    While the gigawatt count is great, it is meaningless without the current total world needed gigawatt hours the planet uses. Which I'm pickin will make the total supplied by solar rather pitiful.
    That the Aussy costs going from $20 to $40 per gigawatt hours low draw to peak draw. up to $200 a gigawatt hour. By the time the connecting wires and the storage systems are build. And after all of that. It won't be consistent. Or rather it will be consistently off, for long periods of time. Because the cost of storage to cover the longest windless or cloudy days. Is astronomically huge. We cannot afford it. If we are lucky, we get a weeks storage. But I doubt that will happen. No manufacturer can afford to many week outages.
    And the new system will be the death of manufacturing in all countries that take this road. Making them subjects of the countries that are not taking this debilitating suicidal road. Start practicing your mandarin not the yellow fruit, the spoken word.

  • @duanenavarre7234
    @duanenavarre7234 13 днів тому

    better to switch to solar thermal, no rare metals needed.
    PV panels eventually 100% burn out, solar thermal would be forever
    made from metals that do not rust.

  • @SherriHackney
    @SherriHackney 10 днів тому

    ...a BIG pet peeve of mine,too------mis- pronouncing words,esp. in articles which reveal the discovery of minerals( for example) in someplace new. tell-UR-ium repeat:

  • @cameddy4081
    @cameddy4081 13 днів тому +1

    The clumsiness of speaking the English language obfuscates any importance or significance of the elemental units , completely makes me distrust all of it - remember : good clean water will get you through times of no money much better than a mountain of money will get you through times of no water …..interesting only because it seems the shouter ( speaker ) actually believes in the truth of science …….. however the comment “ needs everything nature can give “ doesn’t take into account our dependence on “nature “ and complete ecosystems, unpolluted. Rio Tinto had a real disaster in Brazil . Nature is not a medium ( to serve us ) - it is an extra large .

  • @bertbirge3617
    @bertbirge3617 13 днів тому +3

    Way overtalked

  • @ChadEppig-i8d
    @ChadEppig-i8d 12 днів тому

    NOW WE KNOW WHY BILL GATES MOVED TO UTAH

  • @porschaswain643
    @porschaswain643 11 днів тому

    Hate to break it to you but China owns most of our mines in Utah

  • @taunbeddes7055
    @taunbeddes7055 12 днів тому

    One of the worst scripture videos I've seen. Could have been done in a few minutes. Besides mispronouncing the engagement.

  • @traviceb
    @traviceb 13 днів тому +2

    every home and roof top should have solar !! this was deff save the planet a bit

  • @DickWadd-p8k
    @DickWadd-p8k 13 днів тому +3

    Who owns the mine? Probabaly China.

    • @tone7247
      @tone7247 12 днів тому +1

      I know the gold they find goes to England.

    • @raevarian9967
      @raevarian9967 10 днів тому +1

      It's a British /Australian owned company.

    • @lindaolsen3566
      @lindaolsen3566 4 дні тому +1

      Queen Elizabeth did own Rio Tinto.

  • @miner79r
    @miner79r 12 днів тому

    In my opinion...
    Every time tellurium is mispronounced by this announcer, which is about every five seconds, I took a drink. This was written the next day when I sobered up...

  • @GlennD108
    @GlennD108 10 днів тому

    so miss leading... -_-😠

  • @naturelover-rw6tu
    @naturelover-rw6tu 13 днів тому +3

    where are the comments? alright I'll be first

  • @daveditchdigger2111
    @daveditchdigger2111 13 днів тому +2

    Can't stand this voice.

  • @RasTafari-e8d
    @RasTafari-e8d 8 днів тому

    Cap

  • @KatyLiedToMe
    @KatyLiedToMe 11 днів тому +1

    Lol Rio Tinto is owned by a Chinese CompANY

    • @jimmy6tall
      @jimmy6tall 10 днів тому +1

      No it's a British Company

  • @x13xmonkey
    @x13xmonkey 13 днів тому

    ZOO TOP

  • @montypalmer4556
    @montypalmer4556 12 днів тому

    REALLY BAD pronunciation!!!!!!!!!!

  • @illegetimatepresidentbeiji5586
    @illegetimatepresidentbeiji5586 13 днів тому

    IT"S ABOUT TIME WE STATTED USING OUR OWN SHYTE GODDAMNIT

    • @mrbaab5932
      @mrbaab5932 13 днів тому

      Too bad we can't afford our hire labor rates.

    • @illegetimatepresidentbeiji5586
      @illegetimatepresidentbeiji5586 13 днів тому

      @mrbaab5932 it's a niche thing to go after and yeah people are here for the gimme's and the rest think we should have raised the minimum wage and that is why BEIJING BUNKER BIDEN RUINED THE EXO O.Y TO TRY AND GET IR RAISE TO THE 15$$$$$ AN HOUR

  • @curvebuster
    @curvebuster 12 днів тому

    Zzzzzzzz

  • @brianlouishaddock4551
    @brianlouishaddock4551 11 днів тому

    Can they be recycled cadmium is a toxic material

  • @robertcthomson
    @robertcthomson 5 днів тому

    Very misleading title.
    So much research and details but they left out that mine was opened by Kennecott in 1903. Everyone in the area knows the mine as Kennecott. They also opened the first copper mine in Alaska in 1901. The town and a glacier are named Kennecott after the mine. Rio Tinto is just a company who purchased many mines around the world. The mine is still operated under the Kennecott name. Is the purpose to mislead everyone with a “New Discovery”? Enyone who has driven by the mine would have recognized it in the video.
    This is not a “New Discovery”. This element has been known since the 1700’s and was known to exist in this mine from the start. The cost to separate this element was greater than the demand so why would they spend money to extract and store an element that isn’t wanted?
    How about “New use for an element that has been waist for 100 years” as the title?

  • @clairpahlavi
    @clairpahlavi 12 днів тому +1

    Who produces this mispronounced subject?

  • @hoperp1951
    @hoperp1951 6 днів тому

    LOL you really need to pronounce the name correctly, pronounce as... tɛˈljʊərɪəm

  • @xeeded
    @xeeded 13 днів тому

    Have definitely heard of təˈlo͝orēəm. Not sure wtf you're talking about ... perhaps it's related to aluminium.