Big Freakin Holes

[Teufelhunden]

Kimberley Big Hole - South Africa

It's apparently the largest ever hand-dug excavation in the world, this 1097 meter deep mine yielded over 3 tons of diamonds before being closed in 1914.

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The amount of earth removed by workers is estimated to total 22.5 million tons.

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Glory Hole - Monticello Dam

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A glory hole is used when a dam is at full capacity and water needs to be drained from the reservoir.

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This is the glory hole belonging to monticello dam in California and it is the largest in the world, its size enabling it to consume 14400 cubic feet of water every second.

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The hole can be seen at the left of the photo above (near the road). If you were to jump in for some reason your slightly damp body would shoot out near the bottom of the dam (see below).

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Bingham Canyon Mine, Utah

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This is supposedly the largest man-made (not hand dug) excavation on earth. Extraction began in 1863 and still continues today, the pit increasing in size constantly. In its current state the hole is 3/4 mile deep and 2.5 miles wide.

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Great Blue Hole, Belize

Situated 60 miles off the mainland of Belize is this incredible geographical phenomenon known as a blue hole. There are numerous blue holes around the
world but none as stunning as this one.

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At surface level the near perfectly circular hole is 1/4 mile wide, the depth in the middle reaching 145 meters. Obviously the hole is a huge hit with divers.

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Mirny Diamond Mine, Serbia

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This holds the title of largest open diamond mine in the world. At 525 meters deep with a top diameter of 1200 meters.

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The red arrow in the photo above is pointing to a huge haul truck.

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Diavik Mine, Canada

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This incredible mine can be found 300 km. northeast of Yellowknife in Canada.

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The mine is so huge and the area so remote that it even has its own airport with a runway large enough to accommodate a Boeing 737.


Sinkhole, Guatemala

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A sinkhole is caused when water (usually rainwater or sewage) is soaked up by the earth on a large scale, resulting in the ground collapsing.

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These photos are of a sinkhole which occurred in Guatemala. The hole swallowed a dozen homes and killed at least 3 people. Officials blamed the monster of a hole on a ruptured sewage pipe.

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[Prince Valiant]

what's mined at Diavik?

You wanna see a big hole though? Let me introduce you to my ex....

[Breecher_7]

Really cool....

[lit666]

awesome pictures. thx

[Windsors 03 Cobra]

Yes awesome pictures !

[Car Guy]

Never thought the earth had so many holes, very interesting.....

The mine in Canada looks like the one from the TV show Ice Road Truckers.....






:3gears: :3gears: :3gears:

[Teufelhunden]

The mine in Canada looks like the one from the TV show Ice Road Truckers. That's the one.

[HY35F2T]

ha glory hole.

[Nick]

I am going to Goatse all of these pics later when I get home.

[slickwilly]

Wow, very cool. Good post.

On the dark side of the Mirny mine, is that snow and ice? :o I wonder what it's like descending into that mine and saying goodbye to the sun.

[Yooformula]

how does a sink hole that big come from a sewer pipe? that thing is sooo frikkin deep, where was this sewer pipe and how damm big was it? there isnt even debris in the hole that can be seen.

[awsomeears]

Searching for Larges Holes hey ? hahah

But seriously thats some cool ass facts.

[Teufelhunden]

Searching for Larges Holes hey ? hahahI'm in the mining business...I work for a rock crusher manufacture. We get emails like this post all the time.

[jbiscuit]

Diavik is a crazy place. I worked with a guy that used to work at Diavik Mine years ago as a Caterpillar technician to fix broken wheel loaders. It gets SO cold up there he said they just let the machines run nonstop during the winter. The ice is a real problem for nearly everything up there too. It builds up on everything and its a daily routine to chip it off doors, tires, buildings etc.

[Voodoo Chick]

I think I've seen some potholes around here that are at least the size of some of those...........

[wikked]

I am going to Goatse all of these pics later when I get home.

:rolf
That's a lot of stretchin.

[GHOSST]

This thread was just asking for jokes...