Wednesday, April 1, 2009
Cut hole diamond mine
1. Kimberley Big Hole - South Africa
This hole is the biggest man ever dug in the earth, the mine has a depth of 1097 meters and has more than 3 tons of diamonds before closing the year 1914. and The amount of land that is removed by mining is estimated around 22.5 million tons.
2. Glory Hole - Monticello Dam, California
This is the 'Glory Hole' at Monticello Dam, spillway and is the largest in the world, with this size is able to melimpaskan 14,400 cubic feet of water every second.
3. Bringham Canyon Mine, Utah
Hole is made for human resources. Dredging begins in the year 1863 and still continues to this day. At this time the size of the hole depth is 0.75 miles and 2.5 miles wide.
4. Mimmy Diamond Mine, Serbia
Many people have seen this one hole. They argued that the diamond mining is the act of the worst human ever in the world. At 525 meters depth and diameter on the 1200 meters, has even set restrictions fly zone above the hole for several helicopter had fallen into the hole.
5. Diavik Mine, Canada
Mine is very large and located in areas that have so far with the airport runway big enough to accommodate a Boeing 737. Very beautiful when seen from the top of the winter and in the surrounding desert is ice.
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