From enormous diamond mines worth billions, to journeying to the center of the Earth, here are 10 of the deepest holes ever!! Subscribe For New Videos!
10. The Door To Hell
Sometimes it's an accident that can cause a hole to be born into the world, and that's exactly what happened in Turkmenistan in 1971. And what 'happened' was the creation of 98-foot deep hole that is still a huge problem in the region today for various reasons. At the time, the nation was under Soviet rule, as such, the land was scanned for resources. Turns out, there was a pocket of methane gas within a certain area.
9. Kimberley Diamond Mine
In Africa, diamonds are a very valuable natural resource for the continent, bringing in billions of dollars. They are found in several countries, but one of the most interesting places where diamonds were found was without a doubt the Kimberley Diamond Mine in South Africa.
What this piece of land might not convey at first glance was that it was once a hill. It really was. At one time, it was a hilly area, and then 50,000 workers came in with their pickaxes and started to dig, and they went deeper and deeper until the mine looked as many get to see it now.
8. Devil's Sinkhole
Sinkholes are a natural phenomenon that are very dangerous, but they can also create some pretty wondrous stuff. The Devil's Sinkhole in Edwards County, Texas for example is one such place. This massive sinkhole that's a fully formed hole is 50 feet wide, and what's more, it's 350 feet deep. That's still not the most amazing part though. Once you get all the way down? You'll find yourself in a cave. One that's populated by Mexican Free-Tailed Bats, tons of them in fact.
7. German Superdeep Hole
Boreholes are holes in the Earth that were made by the hands and machine of man, and one of them is called the German Superdeep Hole, and it was a project that ended drilling in 1994. The intent was to dig as deep as possible into the Earth to find out what it was like down there both rock wise and heat wise. Yet, one person had a different idea for the whole.
6. Dean's Blue Hole
The area around the Bahamas, in regards to the water, is full of many natural events, including sinkholes. One of these sinkholes actually filled with water to an incredible extent, and thus formed "Dean's Blue Hole". It's called this not just because of who found it, but also, because the color of the water-filled sinkhole actually gives the "hole" a different color of blue compared to the area around it.
5. Mirny Mine
Mirny Mine or Mir Mine is a diamond mine so large, it is rumoured to suck down helicopters!! It is one of the largest excavations in history. In regards to the width of the mine, it's about 3900 feet wide, and for the depth, it's 1700 feet deep. That's huge for a diamond mine or for any hole in the Earth! The mine itself was started by the leader of the Soviet Union, Joseph Stalin, 1955, and to this day, the mine is off-limits to bystanders.
4. Diavik Diamond Mine
The Diavik Diamond Mine can be found in Canada. What might surprise you though is that despite its now apparent value, it was a mine that was started relatively recently. Work began on this mine in 2003, and it's still in use, so it hasn't reached its full potential yet. However, it's still got plenty to talk about. Location wise, you can find the mine on East Island in Lac de Gras northeast of Yellowknife. Here's the catch though, you can't drive there, or take a train or boat.
3. Bingham County Mine
Miners are known for making holes in the Earth, but the Bingham County Mine definitely takes the cake as it were as one of the biggest around. This copper mine has been in use for over a century, and it's still open to this day. Plus, to this day, it's the biggest copper mine in the world. The mine itself is 2.5 miles wide, and about three quarters of a mile deep at last count, and it's likely much bigger than that.
2. IceCube Neutrino Observatory
There are many different kinds of holes in the Earth as you know. But for the University of Wisconsin, they wanted to do a study of the Earth from a different perspective. They decided to go to Antarctica and drill a massive hole into the very ice caps of the Earth to see what's down there. Thus, the IceCube Neutrino Observatory was made.
1. Kola Superdeep Borehole
Have you ever wondered what's at the center of the Earth? Jules Verne asked the same question, and his book was a hit! Could you dig a hole all the way to China? Of course, the fact is, no one really knows what's at the center of the Earth, which is why the Kola Superdeep Borehole is so important to both that discussion, history, and science of what that answer is.
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Kola Superdeep Borehole, Andre Belozeroff,CC BY-SA 3.0
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