I live in Sudbury, I love vids like this. Hard to believe all those mines are still producing and still thousands of people are working in the mining industry in the area. My father worked in the mines and he died early from the years he worked in them. No one was really happy when INCO was sold. Things are different now, but many things are still the same. In the mid-70s, INCO workers went on strike, the company refused to budge and many families lost their homes fighting for benefits. Vale owns it now and they too tried the same old tactics. New miners are taught early to save their money because they know they too at any contract period they too can be forced to go on strike for a long time and lose their homes. They have used all kinds of dirty tactics over the years, union busting, false accusations, getting workers to go against fellow workers, scabs, you name it. I like to say the community has always supported the workers and the company, but that isn't always the case either. Sudbury use to be very supportive of unions, and workers, but things have changed over the years. Sad really, because it has always been the workers who built the city, provided income to other businesses, and helped the community. INCO and Vale just make profits and not a cent of royalties is paid to the city because of the Mining Act. The billions they make leaves the community. It is long past due that some of the money the mining industry in Sudbury gets be returned to the city.
Whenever I see a film like this, I am impressed not only with the work being performed, but also with the work it must have taken to build and install the massive equipment used.
I totally agree. The infrastructure and specific machinery developed in order to create a smooth, safe(r), and profitable operation is an example of North American ingenuity and North American efforts. Canadian efforts. Canadian men on the front line of what is obviously a difficult and dangerous job. I salute those men. Without them, where would we be? And don't forget, we have them in our bloodlines and legacy. 👍
100%, it’s so impressive to see how, when historians talk about the industrial revolution in North America, just how enormous and awe inspiring the machines these men used on a daily basis, often around the clock to fabricate all of the materials that we take for granted. ‘Standing on the Shoulders of Giants’ is a phrase that comes to mind and really encompasses the scale of what our country’s accomplished in a blitz of industrial growth. Big respect for those people.
I worked in a steel factory in the late 90s. I was the lucky one dumping carbon in the vat then taking samples and temperatures. I lasted like 6 weeks before I couldn’t take it anymore. I was too young and soft to handle it. Hard, dangerous, dark, loud and non forgiving job…not to mention at times just plain scary. I mean, unless you’ve stood in front of an arc furnace, it’s hard to describe the violence and power. I salute and respect the men and women who can handle that type of work bringing clean safe metal to the economy.
My father was employed at Stobie mine. He worked mostly underground in the most treacherous conditions. He appreciated the goodness and help he received from the Mine Mill union. God bless these heroes.
Most treacherous conditions..!!! How many years of men being injured by treacherous conditions and chemicals and toxic fumes, to gain better conditions? How many tons of toxic chemicals spread to the clean water and air. The toxic air that travels all the way to Europe creating acid rain to destroy the Black Forest. And even worse is the incessant background music in the video. This video goes back to the era when the cameras had to be cranked by hand.
@@larrymbouche Yes, horrible propaganda- glorifying the genocide of the Earth and murdering thousands of unsuspecting workers and surrounding residents- all for corporate greed. GQ Public are so dumbed down- they don't realize- like a "no smoking section" on an airplane, you're in a big tube. The Earth is the same- pollution travels and lands. Shit from the U.S. hits Europe, Asia's toxicity hits California.
@@HUBBABUBBADOOPYDOOPWeeping over "mother earth" and corporate greed while sitting in a warm house surrounded by copper, aluminum, stainless steel, precious and rare earth metals. Easy.
@@guesswho6038 I cover myself in honey, roll on the leaves for clothing. I live in a cave. I eat roots and bugs. I sneak into the village library at night to use the Internet.
I just had to comment about the musical scores these movies have! There’s nothing like it! It goes from victorious uppity to ominous and almost scary sounding stuff. You can hear everything from Harps and stringed instruments to Brass and Woodwinds! They put a lot into the music for these movies. Gotta love it!
The music was great and not too loud either especially with the dialog going. Hate the music on the videos done today. Trash! Love these educational videos that show the foundation of an industry and country . Thank you.
When you consider that the "talkies" only were developed 25 years or so before this movie was produced, it's no surprise that the music was given so much thought.
Just off the beach of Saipan is a knocked-out M4 Sherman tank. It's encrusted in sea life, but the welds are still as shiny and fresh as the day they were done way back in WWII, because the welding rods had a high Nickel content.
I can only say, “Bless INCO”! As a student, I worked summers in Creighton Mine as an electricians helper; in the Coniston smelter “punching tuyers” and breaking ore on a grizzly and in the Copper Cliff sintering plant. This allowed me to attend and graduate from Ryerson.😊
Creighton is now a major player in the field of particle physics. Deep below the ground in Creighton Mine is now the home of SNO Labs. The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. Been down there once. Pretty cool stuff.
@CANADIAN UKRANIAN I was born in Creighton Mine on March 4, 1936! We moved to a farm near Chelmsford when I was 2 yrs old. My dad transferred to work with INCO at their Levack mine. My dad took me to see the house where I was born in when I was around 10 yrs old. It was a two bedroom before
Great film!!! It shows how much work , engineering, metallurgical know-how goes into the mining and production of stainless steel, inconel, monel and other nickel based alloy products... When people wonder why things made of nickel based alloys cost so much, show them this film.
I work for Vale the company that bought INCO in Sudbury, Canada . Im 57 years old and work at the Copper Cliff Nickle Refinery for 26 years as a Heavy Equipment Mechanic and also a steward for USW Local 6500. A lot has changed since Vale took over and brought the Brazilian way of management . They put us on strike for 1 year in an attempt at union busting , personal law suits, fired a few members , brought in black leg labour , hired a company that specializes in union busting and scab labour in an attempt to provoke pickets into doing something wrong and get fired. We used to call the company Mother INCO. Now it’s just shit and there’s people like me just gonna put in my 4 years and collect my pension, and health care when I retire . That’s if we even have a pension in 4 years ! At this time ( July 2021 ). we’re out on strike again . Money has nothing to do with it. They’re trying to strip our health care after retirement not only for us . We’re striking for people who have not yet hired on with Vale. Think about that for a minute. I do like this video tho. I’m reminded why we had over 21 thousand men working for INCO. All manual labour in atrocious working conditions that would halt production by today’s standards . As I said before, a lot has changed . Cheers ! Update. Friday feb 18/22. Here in Sudbury, doctors have told me I have stage 4 esophagus cancer , and has spread to my liver rendering it next to useless and 3 to 6 months left. Last year you’ll remember Isaid that we were on strike because they ( vale) wanted to end our after-retirement healthcare insurance. Here I am one of those people who will need post- retirement health care. Writing this from my hospital bed , along with the stage 4 cancer I have double pneumonia . I’m trying to stay positive. Gathered family to say I love you one last time. Friends and family pulled back. Ya inco/ vale is a pretty good deal in Sudbury but , look at what they make you give.
Wow that is so sad that the Co. will spend thousands of dollars to brake the union, over just working with them to promote the best product and safe environment. they want it to be china! slave laborers and big profits for the management. and screw everyone else. I have 29 years in where I work and things keep going downhill for the individuals who do all the creation of the products they make all the profits with. breen is a slicer and dicer destroyers of companies here in the states. we are a part of the USW ALSO.
@@kevinmorley6300 I am just shocked that they would waste that much money in order to destroy the unions. I think in the states there are laws preventing that type of illegal behavior. plus someone should inform the shareholders of the blantent waste of share holders funds. they would be more profits for more dividend to go to the shareholders if they were not attacking the workers spending all those funds over working together… next they will bring in illegals and pay them nothing. So sad it has come to this in our countries. good luck and be safe out there, keep me posted on the progress.
@@artillerest43rdva7 There are laws but enforcement by the NLRB is sketchy and especially with foreign companies. In the last few decades in eastern Iowa we have seen French and asian companies walk all over U.S. laws with little push-back from the feds. Oh, and not to be outdone a few American companies have done some shabby things to their employees that are legal but that kill morale and drive away quality new-hires.
God bless all who have commented for all that has been done to build the backbone of life. A sturdy spine for sure. I wish there were more workers with such guts today.🙏
As a kid watched the Superstack being built, and the cyclone/tornado. Worked & lived in Toronto it was Inco, came back to live in Sudbury,it was now Vale. I'm typing this at the Library on Lasalle blvd . Aug 12 22.
I was born in Sudbury, lived for 3 or 4 years in Copper Cliff before moving to High Falls, then went to live in Copper Cliff for a year to attend kindergarten because there wasn't one any closer at the time; I remember watching the slag being poured, very impressive to a young kid.
There’s a lot of pinch points in this equipment lol. Hard to believe there wouldn’t be daily mutilations. Times changed a lot - I’ve been underground at all these mines except for frood. Stobie is flooded now, I was one of the last ppl underground there. Pretty cool video!
Matte is a term used in the field of pyrometallurgy given to the molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals.
Thanks, I spent some time as an electrician in a steel mill and couldn't remember ever hearing that term. There are also an amazing number of steps involved in getting a finished product with these metals. We did steel scrap reduction and in only 2 hours we went from scrap in a train car to continuously casting 5x5 billets 20 or so feet long, ready for the rolling mill!
The Sudbury basin formed as a result of an impact into the Nuna supercontinent from a bolide approximately 10-15 km (6.2-9.3 mi) in diameter that occurred 1.849 billion years ago. The large impact crater filled with magma containing nickel, copper, palladium, gold, the platinum group and other metals. This was only really determined in the 1970's,
This is the comment I was hoping to see. I believe scientists in this field are correct from some cool documentaries I've watched about massive impact events. I'm just a layman that's fascinated by earth science, but as a Canadian this is particularly interesting and noteworthy!
I grew up in Sudbury. So did my wife. Nickel was discovered in the late 1800s when the national railway was being built. The Sudbury operation is huge. Now it is owned by VALE of 🇧🇷 Brazil.
I worked as a utilities operator in the Copper Cliff Nickel Refinery, built in the 70s. In my section of the plant, we produced high pressure steam using boilers to provide the catalytic heat source for a carbonyl nickel refining process, some pretty high tech stuff. It's really wild watching this old footage, because the modern ways they extract ore underground at vale is almost completely unmanned aside from heavy equipment operators and explosives packers. My father and his father both worked for Inco, so I guess you could say it runs in the family
My husband worked for INCO as a miner from 1965 to 1998. He worked in Levack and in Creighton mines. It was hard work, especially on bonus, but he made a good living there. It was a good company to work for in those days.
Whenever I see a film like this it hurts my heart knowing that American politicians and corporations have given all this machinery, technology and no how to a third world country all in the name of profit and is what made America the greatest country on the planet and just gave it away like nothing
My grandfather (mother's side) worked in the Creighton mine and I grew up very near it. The Creighton townsite was totally stripped before I was born, but you could still ride your bike around the old streets and see the driveways leading to nothing, the odd set of concrete stairs that nobody bothered to remove and maybe a car part or two.
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I have driven by the Huntington operation many times over the years, never knew what was going on there. Exotic metal production I was always told by my dad. I believe it has been called Special Metals in later years, not sure of the name now. It is still in operation in Huntington.
I worked in heavy industry for 40 years and could not help but laugh at the messages on the presses that said "Be Careful" "Don't" "Get" "Hurt". Be careful is right.
I lived in the INCO village of High Falls. In the freaking bush! My Father was promised an office job in Copper Cliff for years: thank heavens we got out of there in 1972. Anyone remember Den Lou public school, the 2 room schoolhouse? I went there. Hated most every day I lived there; my Father was the Superintendent of power plants, so I guess we weren't popular. I got bullied unmercifully by the yahoos from Nairn Centre and surrounding area. Thank God Barber Turbine dangled a job in front of my Father and we escaped. I went back before the homes were moved and got to stay in my childhood home; I suddenly saw the beauty all around me that I couldn't see as a child as I was practically fighting for my sanity daily thanks to all the bullies. Now I'd give anything to live on the land there in a tiny house. I'll never forget the people who didn't show me an ounce of kindness, and I'll never forget one particular family in High Falls and who were such a lovely family; they were originally from Wales, and so very kind.
Fascinating! My great-grandfather was a timberman in the Frood mine from 1937-1939, when he feel in a stope and crushed his chest on a battery pack.. Different times they were..
I don't live too far from the Huntington WV plant. It is still in operation under the name Special Metals. I was taken on a tour of the plant in 1992 on a high school field trip. I watched some of the metal being rolled in the the hot mill. I was also in their metallurgical lab. They have an in house manufactured chemical that is used to test the alloys. We were told it would dissolve stainless steel. They call it Green Death. We were made to stand as far from it as we could as they dissembled their overnight experiment.
At least 50 jobs featured in this movie that I'm glad I didn't end up doing. The guys guiding the red/white hot wires being formed top the chart, imagine doing this 8 or ten hours every day
Hats off to ya 2LeftThumbs, back then we made something and contributed to a gross national product income. Now everyone's scrambling for the Nickle they outsourced, to create the smile and wave deficit. :)
I grew up probably less than a mile from the Huntington WV plant. Interesting to see a little more detail of what goes on. Even if it is an old video. I'm sure a lot has changed since then.
I lived in Frood Village as a boy. Our house was a few hundred yards east of the headframe. My father was the Master Mechanic of the Frood-Stobie mine in the sixties and early seventies.
Back when labor was hard work and working conditions were bad and dangerous.These men paid the way for better working conditions, pay and rights for future workers.Thats why I always respect the old timer or as they say "FOG" lol
I was about to make a snarky comment about how "high tension" meant physical line tension, but decided to do some googling first to check if I was correct - I wasn't, and I've learned a new historical and etymological bit of trivia!
@@joebledsoe257 To measure electric power, two quantities are required for resistive circuits. (think heating elements). One is the Voltage, sometimes called tension, the other is Amperage, or current. The power, in Watts, is the product Voltage x Amperage = Watts. Divide Watts by 746, and you have the horse power.
My dad worked in the smelter inConiston and in Copper Cliff for 38 years .his respiratory system was compromised till the day he died at age 77.INCO killed him
Both my grandfathers worked here, as well as my parents briefly. I noticed there was no superstack in the beginning footage, I believe it wasn't built until the 60s, during the great Sudbury Tornado. Lots of history up there.
Cocaine and morphine was available without a prescription at the pharmacy. Tobacco smoke was prescribed against asthma. Might have something to do with it.
FYI. 7:57 to 8:07 is a Herreshoff multiple hearth furnace. They use them for waste incineration and drying fine, and powdery materials. I have worked on several.
As impressive as these manufacturing processes are, it's even more impressive that someone figured all of these steps out, from a hole in the ground to nickel and everything in between.
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@ 16:12 nice to know that the casting wheel is controlled by a trained operator..."the casting wheel is controlled by a gentleman who wandered in off the street this morning..." :)
A man from Indianapolis Chrysler fell into the molten cast iron crucible from a walkway I think. Dad and Mom lived next street from him. Can you imagine that....Unreal but happened,That poor Gentleman!.
@@neilpuckett359 We have it pretty easy these days....so far. I can’t even imagine growing up a hundred years ago. You had to be strong or die trying to live. 👍
I lived in copper cliff before the super stack was built. I remember days being outside wheezing for breath because of the sulpher hanging in the air... crazy crap!
If someone somehow trained an animal to work 8 to 10 hours in such conditions, the authorities would jail the responsible people. Yet these men often spent entire working lives in such jobs to feed their families. So much for generalized male entitlement. How about just a little empathy for these men, Our fathers, grandfathers and great grandfathers. And spare me your talk of their complicity in their oppression, ok?
Fantastic share, one this company enjoys as a team of two what near work we use nickel to nickel plate so we can appreciate this in our own small way , tuff work but well done we think. thank you for bringing this to us all. Lance & Patrick.
I live in Sudbury, I love vids like this. Hard to believe all those mines are still producing and still thousands of people are working in the mining industry in the area. My father worked in the mines and he died early from the years he worked in them. No one was really happy when INCO was sold. Things are different now, but many things are still the same. In the mid-70s, INCO workers went on strike, the company refused to budge and many families lost their homes fighting for benefits. Vale owns it now and they too tried the same old tactics. New miners are taught early to save their money because they know they too at any contract period they too can be forced to go on strike for a long time and lose their homes. They have used all kinds of dirty tactics over the years, union busting, false accusations, getting workers to go against fellow workers, scabs, you name it. I like to say the community has always supported the workers and the company, but that isn't always the case either. Sudbury use to be very supportive of unions, and workers, but things have changed over the years. Sad really, because it has always been the workers who built the city, provided income to other businesses, and helped the community. INCO and Vale just make profits and not a cent of royalties is paid to the city because of the Mining Act. The billions they make leaves the community. It is long past due that some of the money the mining industry in Sudbury gets be returned to the city.
Go Wolves!
I also live in Sudbury
@@logantwilley9954 same here, born and raised but went out west 26 years ago.
I have also been born and raised in Sudbury and am 26 years old lol
Yup, single industry town life can suck and when that single industry eventually dies as it must then the whole ball of wax goes down the drain.
Hi. I'm Troy McClure. You may remember me from such educational films as "Copper? I Hardly Know Her" and "How Bronze was my Penny"
LMFAO :-)
Spot on. "Without Zinc, there's no rotary mechanism for your telephone, Billy.... I don't want to live in a world without Zinc!"
Touché.... Phil Hartman ...you are missed ...!
Strangely futurama Comes to mind. And a certain captain in a short skirt and boots.
Come back nickel come back!
Whenever I see a film like this, I am impressed not only with the work being performed, but also with the work it must have taken to build and install the massive equipment used.
Exactly!
I totally agree. The infrastructure and specific machinery developed in order to create a smooth, safe(r), and profitable operation is an example of North American ingenuity and North American efforts. Canadian efforts. Canadian men on the front line of what is obviously a difficult and dangerous job. I salute those men. Without them, where would we be? And don't forget, we have them in our bloodlines and legacy. 👍
@Jeffrey Frank Yea, have been using instaflixxer for years myself :)
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100%, it’s so impressive to see how, when historians talk about the industrial revolution in North America, just how enormous and awe inspiring the machines these men used on a daily basis, often around the clock to fabricate all of the materials that we take for granted. ‘Standing on the Shoulders of Giants’ is a phrase that comes to mind and really encompasses the scale of what our country’s accomplished in a blitz of industrial growth. Big respect for those people.
I worked in a steel factory in the late 90s. I was the lucky one dumping carbon in the vat then taking samples and temperatures. I lasted like 6 weeks before I couldn’t take it anymore. I was too young and soft to handle it. Hard, dangerous, dark, loud and non forgiving job…not to mention at times just plain scary. I mean, unless you’ve stood in front of an arc furnace, it’s hard to describe the violence and power. I salute and respect the men and women who can handle that type of work bringing clean safe metal to the economy.
women don't work in the mine factories
Never saw a woman yet in these capacities.
Women can't handle it. No need to sugarcoat it
My father was employed at Stobie mine. He worked mostly underground in the most treacherous conditions. He appreciated the goodness and help he received from the Mine Mill union. God bless these heroes.
Most treacherous conditions..!!! How many years of men being injured by treacherous conditions and chemicals and toxic fumes, to gain better conditions? How many tons of toxic chemicals spread to the clean water and air. The toxic air that travels all the way to Europe creating acid rain to destroy the Black Forest. And even worse is the incessant background music in the video. This video goes back to the era when the cameras had to be cranked by hand.
@@larrymbouche Yes, horrible propaganda- glorifying the genocide
of the Earth and murdering thousands of unsuspecting workers
and surrounding residents- all for corporate greed.
GQ Public are so dumbed down- they don't realize- like a "no smoking section" on an airplane, you're in a big tube. The Earth is the same- pollution travels and lands. Shit from the U.S. hits Europe, Asia's
toxicity hits California.
@@HUBBABUBBADOOPYDOOPWeeping over "mother earth" and corporate greed while sitting in a warm house surrounded by copper, aluminum, stainless steel, precious and rare earth metals. Easy.
@@guesswho6038 I cover myself in honey, roll on the leaves
for clothing. I live in a cave. I eat roots and bugs. I sneak
into the village library at night to use the Internet.
@@HUBBABUBBADOOPYDOOP Yes indeed! You forgot your abacus, it's your on-line computer, right?
I just had to comment about the musical scores these movies have! There’s nothing like it! It goes from victorious uppity to ominous and almost scary sounding stuff. You can hear everything from Harps and stringed instruments to Brass and Woodwinds! They put a lot into the music for these movies. Gotta love it!
The music was great and not too loud either especially with the dialog going. Hate the music on the videos done today. Trash! Love these educational videos that show the foundation of an industry and country . Thank you.
Elgar would be my guess though the credits do not give credit to anyone involved in this flick
When you consider that the "talkies" only were developed 25 years or so before this movie was produced, it's no surprise that the music was given so much thought.
the manipulative music is obsurd.
The music sucks. Music has its place and its not here. Ya cant fix stupid.
The high quality and professionalism of these old films, especially the music, has long gone out of this world and is sadly missed
Just off the beach of Saipan is a knocked-out M4 Sherman tank. It's encrusted in sea life, but the welds are still as shiny and fresh as the day they were done way back in WWII, because the welding rods had a high Nickel content.
I can only say, “Bless INCO”! As a student, I worked summers in Creighton Mine as an electricians helper; in the Coniston smelter “punching tuyers” and breaking ore on a grizzly and in the Copper Cliff sintering plant. This allowed me to attend and graduate from Ryerson.😊
Creighton is now a major player in the field of particle physics. Deep below the ground in Creighton Mine is now the home of SNO Labs. The Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. Been down there once. Pretty cool stuff.
There is a Creighton Saskatchewan, Canada, beside a copper mine.
@CANADIAN UKRANIAN I was born in Creighton Mine on March 4, 1936! We moved to a farm near Chelmsford when I was 2 yrs old. My dad transferred to work with INCO at their Levack mine. My dad took me to see the house where I was born in when I was around 10 yrs old. It was a two bedroom before
Great film!!! It shows how much work , engineering, metallurgical know-how goes into the mining and production of stainless steel, inconel, monel and other nickel based alloy products... When people wonder why things made of nickel based alloys cost so much, show them this film.
I work for Vale the company that bought INCO in Sudbury, Canada . Im 57 years old and work at the Copper Cliff Nickle Refinery for 26 years as a Heavy Equipment Mechanic and also a steward for USW Local 6500. A lot has changed since Vale took over and brought the Brazilian way of management . They put us on strike for 1 year in an attempt at union busting , personal law suits, fired a few members , brought in black leg labour , hired a company that specializes in union busting and scab labour in an attempt to provoke pickets into doing something wrong and get fired. We used to call the company Mother INCO. Now it’s just shit and there’s people like me just gonna put in my 4 years and collect my pension, and health care when I retire . That’s if we even have a pension in 4 years ! At this time ( July 2021 ). we’re out on strike again . Money has nothing to do with it. They’re trying to strip our health care after retirement not only for us . We’re striking for people who have not yet hired on with Vale. Think about that for a minute.
I do like this video tho. I’m reminded why we had over 21 thousand men working for INCO. All manual labour in atrocious working conditions that would halt production by today’s standards . As I said before, a lot has changed . Cheers !
Update. Friday feb 18/22. Here in Sudbury, doctors have told me I have stage 4 esophagus cancer , and has spread to my liver rendering it next to useless and 3 to 6 months left. Last year you’ll remember Isaid that we were on strike because they ( vale) wanted to end our after-retirement healthcare insurance. Here I am one of those people who will need post- retirement health care. Writing this from my hospital bed , along with the stage 4 cancer I have double pneumonia . I’m trying to stay positive. Gathered family to say I love you one last time. Friends and family pulled back. Ya inco/ vale is a pretty good deal in Sudbury but , look at what they make you give.
Wow that is so sad that the Co. will spend thousands of dollars to brake the union,
over just working with them to promote the best product and safe environment.
they want it to be china! slave laborers and big profits for the management.
and screw everyone else. I have 29 years in where I work and things keep
going downhill for the individuals who do all the creation of the products
they make all the profits with. breen is a slicer and dicer destroyers of
companies here in the states. we are a part of the USW ALSO.
@@artillerest43rdva7 More like a million dollars $$
@@kevinmorley6300 I am just shocked that they would waste that much money
in order to destroy the unions. I think in the states there are laws preventing
that type of illegal behavior. plus someone should inform the shareholders
of the blantent waste of share holders funds. they would be more profits
for more dividend to go to the shareholders if they were not attacking the workers
spending all those funds over working together… next they will bring in illegals
and pay them nothing. So sad it has come to this in our countries. good luck
and be safe out there, keep me posted on the progress.
@@artillerest43rdva7 There are laws but enforcement by the NLRB is sketchy and especially with foreign companies. In the last few decades in eastern Iowa we have seen French and asian companies walk all over U.S. laws with little push-back from the feds. Oh, and not to be outdone a few American companies have done some shabby things to their employees that are legal but that kill morale and drive away quality new-hires.
I see an article where they were settling for $7 billion to Brazilian authorities a year ago! A real class act....
God bless all who have commented for all that has been done to build the backbone of life. A sturdy spine for sure. I wish there were more workers with such guts today.🙏
As a kid watched the Superstack being built, and the cyclone/tornado. Worked & lived in Toronto it was Inco, came back to live in Sudbury,it was now Vale.
I'm typing this at the Library on Lasalle blvd . Aug 12 22.
My father worked at Stobie Mine for 40 years underground. Many picket lines and strikes over the years.
God bless all these fine men. I'm sure most of them are not with us anymore but their legacy will live on.
I remember watching the slag pours at night when I was a kid. Sudbury holds a lot of old memories!
I wish we could still watch them. I would love to take my kids to see it.
Ya. Too bad some are bad memories
I was born in Sudbury, lived for 3 or 4 years in Copper Cliff before moving to High Falls, then went to live in Copper Cliff for a year to attend kindergarten because there wasn't one any closer at the time; I remember watching the slag being poured, very impressive to a young kid.
There’s a lot of pinch points in this equipment lol. Hard to believe there wouldn’t be daily mutilations. Times changed a lot - I’ve been underground at all these mines except for frood. Stobie is flooded now, I was one of the last ppl underground there. Pretty cool video!
Didn't you see the safety notices at 35:40? :'O
@@sammasson3116 Yes, that *"Be Careful"* sign was responsible for saving countless limbs and lives back in the day when workers were careless.
Ha, the # of day without injury sign was measured in fractions
This is what Mike Rowe meant when he said ' safety last ' .Meaning that safety was a developed instinct.
@@BrassLock it’s all in the font. the way it says “take me seriously”.
Matte is a term used in the field of pyrometallurgy given to the molten metal sulfide phases typically formed during smelting of copper, nickel, and other base metals.
Thanks, I spent some time as an electrician in a steel mill and couldn't remember ever hearing that term. There are also an amazing number of steps involved in getting a finished product with these metals. We did steel scrap reduction and in only 2 hours we went from scrap in a train car to continuously casting 5x5 billets 20 or so feet long, ready for the rolling mill!
The Sudbury basin formed as a result of an impact into the Nuna supercontinent from a bolide approximately 10-15 km (6.2-9.3 mi) in diameter that occurred 1.849 billion years ago. The large impact crater filled with magma containing nickel, copper, palladium, gold, the platinum group and other metals. This was only really determined in the 1970's,
Maybe maybe not, that’s one theory
1.849 billion years ago lol
This is the comment I was hoping to see. I believe scientists in this field are correct from some cool documentaries I've watched about massive impact events. I'm just a layman that's fascinated by earth science, but as a Canadian this is particularly interesting and noteworthy!
@@southoripper Sure thing, Abner Wigglestaff
it was 1.84898 billion years ago but whatever
I grew up in Sudbury. So did my wife. Nickel was discovered in the late 1800s when the national railway was being built. The Sudbury operation is huge. Now it is owned by VALE of 🇧🇷 Brazil.
Unfortunately.
@@markanthony3275 I was thinking the same thing. Also when they say “ we’ve been mining in Sudbury for over 100 years “
and Glencore
This shows how little safety was given these past workers. Plus i loved how the waste was glossed over. Nothing but a superfund clean-up site
I worked as a utilities operator in the Copper Cliff Nickel Refinery, built in the 70s. In my section of the plant, we produced high pressure steam using boilers to provide the catalytic heat source for a carbonyl nickel refining process, some pretty high tech stuff. It's really wild watching this old footage, because the modern ways they extract ore underground at vale is almost completely unmanned aside from heavy equipment operators and explosives packers. My father and his father both worked for Inco, so I guess you could say it runs in the family
My husband worked for INCO as a miner from 1965 to 1998. He worked in Levack and in Creighton mines. It was hard work, especially on bonus, but he made a good living there. It was a good company to work for in those days.
I absolutely love these old industrial films
There is a specific variety of glee reserved for when one discovers the inspiration for a gag used on The Simpsons. "Come back, Zinc! Come back..."
Whenever I see a film like this it hurts my heart knowing that American politicians and corporations have given all this machinery, technology and no how to a third world country all in the name of profit and is what made America the greatest country on the planet and just gave it away like nothing
My grandfather (mother's side) worked in the Creighton mine and I grew up very near it. The Creighton townsite was totally stripped before I was born, but you could still ride your bike around the old streets and see the driveways leading to nothing, the odd set of concrete stairs that nobody bothered to remove and maybe a car part or two.
Brilliant, I love these “old school” presentations. Very well done!
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I have driven by the Huntington operation many times over the years, never knew what was going on there. Exotic metal production I was always told by my dad. I believe it has been called Special Metals in later years, not sure of the name now. It is still in operation in Huntington.
I worked in heavy industry for 40 years and could not help but laugh at the messages on the presses that said "Be Careful" "Don't" "Get" "Hurt". Be careful is right.
I lived in the INCO village of High Falls. In the freaking bush! My Father was promised an office job in Copper Cliff for years: thank heavens we got out of there in 1972. Anyone remember Den Lou public school, the 2 room schoolhouse? I went there. Hated most every day I lived there; my Father was the Superintendent of power plants, so I guess we weren't popular. I got bullied unmercifully by the yahoos from Nairn Centre and surrounding area. Thank God Barber Turbine dangled a job in front of my Father and we escaped. I went back before the homes were moved and got to stay in my childhood home; I suddenly saw the beauty all around me that I couldn't see as a child as I was practically fighting for my sanity daily thanks to all the bullies. Now I'd give anything to live on the land there in a tiny house. I'll never forget the people who didn't show me an ounce of kindness, and I'll never forget one particular family in High Falls and who were such a lovely family; they were originally from Wales, and so very kind.
Fascinating! My great-grandfather was a timberman in the Frood mine from 1937-1939, when he feel in a stope and crushed his chest on a battery pack.. Different times they were..
This document is proofs that 90 years ago they also produced videos polluted by unnecessary musical soundtrack! Visionary producers!!!
I don't live too far from the Huntington WV plant. It is still in operation under the name Special Metals. I was taken on a tour of the plant in 1992 on a high school field trip. I watched some of the metal being rolled in the the hot mill. I was also in their metallurgical lab. They have an in house manufactured chemical that is used to test the alloys. We were told it would dissolve stainless steel. They call it Green Death. We were made to stand as far from it as we could as they dissembled their overnight experiment.
Wow. 🧪
This brought back great souvenirs of working at CHNO in Sudbury, early 70s.
At least 50 jobs featured in this movie that I'm glad I didn't end up doing. The guys guiding the red/white hot wires being formed top the chart, imagine doing this 8 or ten hours every day
Are you 110 years old
@@joachimsingh2929 not far off tbh, not sure why that's relevant though
@@2lefThumbs its relevant if you were there or not lol.
Hats off to ya 2LeftThumbs, back then we made something and contributed to a gross national product income. Now everyone's scrambling for the Nickle they outsourced, to create the smile and wave deficit. :)
And fewer safety standards if any back then.
For many these historic documentaries are educational, but for some they bring back memories of the past 😊
Thank you I visited in 1930 through this video, they were so advance in in technology, all the men in this are no more in this world.
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I grew up probably less than a mile from the Huntington WV plant. Interesting to see a little more detail of what goes on. Even if it is an old video. I'm sure a lot has changed since then.
I lived in Frood Village as a boy. Our house was a few hundred yards east of the headframe.
My father was the Master Mechanic of the Frood-Stobie mine in the sixties and early seventies.
Back when labor was hard work and working conditions were bad and dangerous.These men paid the way for better working conditions, pay and rights for future workers.Thats why I always respect the old timer or as they say "FOG" lol
I always like how these industrial films always show how,in this case one of the most dangerous jobs miner, as just a walk in the park
When men were actually men.
Made almost 100 years ago and somehow is more informative and less insulting than modern media and education...
What a great piece of industrial history.
I appreciate that he says 'tension' in stead of 'voltage'.
It’s still called that in certain discussions.
What ticks me off is when it is called “current”!
I was about to make a snarky comment about how "high tension" meant physical line tension, but decided to do some googling first to check if I was correct - I wasn't, and I've learned a new historical and etymological bit of trivia!
@@joebledsoe257 To measure electric power, two quantities are required for resistive circuits. (think heating elements). One is the Voltage, sometimes called tension, the other is Amperage, or current. The power, in Watts, is the product Voltage x Amperage = Watts. Divide Watts by 746, and you have the horse power.
my grandpa worked in the creighton mine. cool video to see!
I can only imagine what this would have looked like in color.
There is another very good documentary on Mining in Sudbury called "The Hole Story". It's a great watch as well.
Nobody was on their phones? On a serious note,many workers lives were cut short from these mines and mills. What a price to pay.
My dad worked in the smelter inConiston and in Copper Cliff for 38 years .his respiratory system was compromised till the day he died at age 77.INCO killed him
Look at all that Reardon metal! Dagny Taggart would be proud. Who is John Galt?
We are all John Galt.
Oddly I too thought of Reardon and Ayn Rand.
Both my grandfathers worked here, as well as my parents briefly. I noticed there was no superstack in the beginning footage, I believe it wasn't built until the 60s, during the great Sudbury Tornado. Lots of history up there.
I think rhe super stack went up in the early 70s.
As a kid growing up in the 60s,,,we could taste the sulfer in the air some days.
No breathing apparatus and all that metal dust must have cause problems in the future for the Miners.
Such happy music for The Story of Nickel.
Cocaine and morphine was available without a prescription at the pharmacy. Tobacco smoke was prescribed against asthma. Might have something to do with it.
@@joachimsingh2929
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@@joachimsingh2929
Don’t forget tinctures of cannabis. Those too.
The music is the pasts equivalent to today’s non copyrighted music. Could be used to make anything!
FYI. 7:57 to 8:07 is a Herreshoff multiple hearth furnace. They use them for waste incineration and drying fine, and powdery materials. I have worked on several.
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Watching this, I can't think of a single thing that could go wrong.
As impressive as these manufacturing processes are, it's even more impressive that someone figured all of these steps out, from a hole in the ground to nickel and everything in between.
Nostalgic old films. Good that they were preserved.
Great...glad you got to see it and appreciate it.
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Why did they have such good music this? I find that 40% of my enjoyment of these nowadays is just to hear the songs
@ 16:12 nice to know that the casting wheel is controlled by a trained operator..."the casting wheel is controlled by a gentleman who wandered in off the street this morning..." :)
LOL
Sudbury has a heroin problem, so...
Miners are our unsung heros.
"And as you can see, this hard-working young man picks the bone fragments and gore from the ore that, just that morning, was a chum of his..."
Nghe Phúc hát mà nước mắt rơi mãi ....quá nhiều cảm xúc ùa về, quá nhiều kỉ niệm. Cảm ơn Đức Phúc thật nhiều, giọng hát anh ấm tựa nắng mùa Thu vậy.
A man from Indianapolis Chrysler fell into the molten cast iron crucible from a walkway I think. Dad and Mom lived next street from him. Can you imagine that....Unreal but happened,That poor Gentleman!.
Should I be worried lol I'm from Sudbury and this just appeared out of nowhere on my recommended page.
Just a reminder that nickel is very toxic to mine due to arsenic. Unfortunately the miners shown most likely did not live long lives 😕
And I thought my job was dangerous.
Great video of very hard working people.
I hope they lived and enjoyed their lives.
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Oh my yes splatter from the fryer does hurt :)
@@neilpuckett359
We have it pretty easy these days....so far.
I can’t even imagine growing up a hundred years ago.
You had to be strong or die trying to live.
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Well, according to the lyrics for "Sudbury Saturday Night", they were enjoyin their lives enough to "not think of INCO" on Saturday nights ...
@@LinasVepstas
R.I.P. Stomping Tom
Seeing this I am happy how much safety rules have progressed since that time.. in the same time I realize all the hard work which was done.
Amazing that the hysterical celebrating music was necessary. But yet again an interesting industrial documental piece.
I lived in copper cliff before the super stack was built. I remember days being outside wheezing for breath because of the sulpher hanging in the air... crazy crap!
I've worked in the Huntington, WV plant. Formerly INCO but now Special Metals. The arc furnace / casting building stays about 130*F year round.
My hometown. My grandfather was killed working for Inco in 1941 in Copper Cliff.
Important material for weapon production.
Each factory employed several orchestras so that the most appropriate music could be played for the task at hand.
Fascinating. 👍👍
OMG, the very thought of machining MONEL in the 30's with nothing more than HSS to cut with. *shivers*
Hi I am a Brosseau, my Uncle Marc made a living there, now I live 1838 Boul Wallberg Dolbeau Mistassini G8L 1 H9 since 40 years, miss you 😂
If someone somehow trained an animal to work 8 to 10 hours in such conditions, the authorities would jail the responsible people. Yet these men often spent entire working lives in such jobs to feed their families. So much for generalized male entitlement.
How about just a little empathy for these men, Our fathers, grandfathers and great grandfathers. And spare me your talk of their complicity in their oppression, ok?
From a Canadian citizen 🇨🇦 .
I work at the Sudbury geology centre “dynamic earth” and I’m for sure going to use this info while working
what a massive complex!
That’s what she said!
Amazing NI and CU are found together...Nature made the original Cupronickel...
Wow!! Now that's what I call work and not a hard-hat or mask in sight above ground.
Fantastic video, thank you for uploading this (these)!
4:30 An underground miracle city!
How I'd love to live there!
Why does this sound like Max Fleischer's Superman might fly in at any moment?
Awesome video! Absolutely love these sorts of videos.
Love the music...overall a great production.
Thanks for the 5 cent tour
Noticed most of the guys in the video are slim... And the work looked very demanding
Thank you very much for the highly informative content.
I work at the Huntington plant and you’d be surprised how much hasn’t changed since this video 😂
Well, I guess I now know everything I need to begin building my very own nickel processing plant.
I'm just glad it's a "Rothacker Production".
Fantastic share, one this company enjoys as a team of two what near work we use nickel to nickel plate so we can appreciate this in our own small way , tuff work but well done we think. thank you for bringing this to us all. Lance & Patrick.
Can you imagine a world without nickel Jimmy?
Nickel! Come back nickel! Come back!
i dig Canadian 'ores too
Bobby Orr
Dick
INC, INC. (International Nickel Company, Inc)
INCO, Inc., actually.
@@davemojarra2666 Now Vale
@@chimster1234 👍
At one point during this film, the music had me expecting Porky Pig or Bugs Bunny to come out at some point and make some kind of goofy remark..