Images of the Past
The Golden Reward Mine - Blasting in the 1990s
Season 13 Episode 2 | 54sVideo has Closed Captions
How blasting was done at the Golden Reward gold mine near Lead, SD, in the 1990s
The Golden Reward gold mine south of Lead, South Dakota, was a productive heap leach mine during the 1980s and 90s. Video shows how explosives were used to loosen rock and ore.
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Images of the Past
The Golden Reward Mine - Blasting in the 1990s
Season 13 Episode 2 | 54sVideo has Closed Captions
The Golden Reward gold mine south of Lead, South Dakota, was a productive heap leach mine during the 1980s and 90s. Video shows how explosives were used to loosen rock and ore.
Problems playing video? | Closed Captioning Feedback
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Learn Moreabout PBS online sponsorship(soft piano music) - [Narrator] When exploration drilling has determined an area that has ore reserves, final drilling takes place.
The drilled holes are filled with bulk explosives.
The blasts are organized so that there is a minimum of movement in the rock.
If movement is not minimized, the ore becomes mixed with the waste and valuable or can be lost.
(explosives explode)
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