Awesome pictures... The one think I noticed is that one is the mine the drive to on Ice Road Truckers... They never showed the mine on TV, but it's impressive! I know at least Bubba will know what I'm talking about!
Diavik Diamond Mine, Canada
This incredible mine can be found 300km Northeast of Yellowknife in Canada. The mine is so huge and the area so remote that it even has its own airport with a runway large enough to accomodate a Boeing 737. it also looks equally as cool when the surrounding water is frozen.
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that diamond mine is crazy looking in the winter pic the reservoir drain is pretty sweet, and i wouldnt want to be anywhere nearthe bottom of that dam if the waters high enough to go into it
what is the drian in germany, it looks like it served a purpose at one point, but not in 50 years or so
Nope, the biggest hole we could make would just be about 18" across, granted it could a good 3-400 feet deep. They would use a machine like ours to go looking for it. Then they would bring in really big stuff to excavate the dirt for processing.
Something like this is use to haul out the material.
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the reservoir drain is pretty sweet, and i wouldnt want to be anywhere nearthe bottom of that dam if the waters high enough to go into it 
