Lead, think about this next time you shoot!

[deerstalkert]

video of the production of lead. I found it interesting. ymmv

 

[ADK Bigfoot]

Fascinating. thank you for sharing.

ADK Bigfoot

 

[deerstalkert]

those rooms and columns are wild!

 

[DuncNZ]

Wow , It is , or was . a much more complex business than I ever thought . I doubt if most or even any of the extraction methods shown would be permitted today . I know the cost of cleaning up these mine sights has cost billions of dollars and in some cases will continue to do so .

 

[Whitworth]

Great video, watched it a while back. No lead production in the USA anymore anywhere.

 

[mikeinpa]

Really interesting. Thanks for posting it.

mike

 

[No Deer]

I am glad they did that mining, but, NO WAY would I EVER go down in those holes in the ground. Could not pay me enough to do it. Same with coal mining.

 

[deerstalkert]

when i was a child my Father would take us to Virginia City Nv. and we would explore the old mines of 7 mile canyon. wide open and no signs even. the stamp mills still stood. we explored several drifts that opened into natural cavern's that were basically a huge geode. today the entire canyon is off limits.

 

[duca]

I just watched this this morning… very interesting

Anthony

 

[SDSmlf]

Great video, watched it a while back. No lead production in the USA anymore anywhere.

Where did you get this information, or did you just make it up? There are lead mines in Missouri, Idaho and Alaska, and unless things changed and I missed it, these States are still part of the USA.

Here is a list of the five largest lead mines in the USA located somewhere between anymore and anywhere.
https://www.mining-technology.com/marketdata/five-largest-lead-mines-the-us-2020/

 

[Jim K]

That’s interesting. I was in a battery place not long ago and the guy working in there told me Obama stopped all lead mining in the US. He said batteries now were using recycled lead and didn’t last as long. I guess he was wrong..

 

[deerstalkert]

https://www.forbes.com/sites/timwor...ter-in-the-us-closes-because-the-hippies-won/

 

[sheriff john]

Missouri's still got mucho lead - even in some areas on the surface - which can be found in creek beds along the Moreau River. Used to have a few of the small nodules I picked up 50 years ago frog hunting as a youngster. Never melted any down, but a friend did to make fishing weights. Just little blobs ever so often if you know what to look for.

 

[Semisane]

Man, I had no idea. Those guys put in a rough day of work. I wonder what the pay scale was like compared to various other occupations.

 

[Whitworth]

Where did you get this information, or did you just make it up? There are lead mines in Missouri, Idaho and Alaska, and unless things changed and I missed it, these States are still part of the USA.

Here is a list of the five largest lead mines in the USA located somewhere between anymore and anywhere.
https://www.mining-technology.com/marketdata/five-largest-lead-mines-the-us-2020/

I was aware of what was going on in the USA, guess you weren't. It was in the news as pointed out by deerstalkert.

 

[deerstalkert]

what i pointed out was that the last major smelter had closed.
there are still operating lead mines and many gold/silver mines produce lead as a secondary capture.
what they do with the mined lead i am not sure but would assume it goes to smaller smelters or is exported.

 

[Whitworth]

Now days US lead ore is exported and smelted, then refined lead imported back into the US. I guess all the scrap lead is sent out of country to be refined and imported back in.

 

[1971fx]

75 pound lead tile left over from construction of x-ray facility in a hospital

 

[SamTex1949]

here was an interesting graph on this link about lead mines in US
https://thediggings.com/commodities/lead/usa

and this fact :

5. Red Dog Mine

The Red Dog Mine is a surface mine situated in Alaska, United States. Owned by Teck Resources, the greenfield mine produced an estimated 97.5 thousand tonnes of lead in 2020. The mine is expected to operate until 2032.


and link to the Doe Run mine in MO
https://doerun.com/

 

[stikshooter]

when i was a child my Father would take us to Virginia City Nv. and we would explore the old mines of 7 mile canyon. wide open and no signs even. the stamp mills still stood. we explored several drifts that opened into natural cavern's that were basically a huge geode. today the entire canyon is off limits.

And when I was way younger I remember my tooth paste came in (LEAD) tubes , still here and still handling lead !/Ed