It's so soul crushing to see how often the hard working people who make all these industries possible get the least out of them. They risk the most for the smallest return..
@@1Slamalama1my nephew mines copper here in the US, does not own the mine, puts in long hours and just bought himself a new F250 thanks to overtime. Then there’s my wife’s Norwegian cousin who just retired from being a truck driver at age 55. His place is hytte (cabin) is in southern coast of Norway and he’s taken me fishing in Sweden for cod. It’s not just “simple economics” fella. It’s exploitation.
I think the dirty secret Americans don't like being faced with is that our way of life and standard of living is based on the exploitation of people and resources all over the world.
@@thelostone6981 Retirement age in Norway is 65 though, not sure if he retired extremely early. Truck drivers have a decent pay, but they can get a lot of extra pay. If they are doing long-hauls (international) they drive for days and they can't just leave their truck halfway to Germany and go back home, so then they might have to be away from their family for a week. They get more depending on what they transport. But unlike say Indonesia, they need a high-school education or long experience and follow a ton of regulations. So truck drivers that drive stuff into Norway, might get paid less than the Norwegian ones doing the same job, but guess what they probably have half the regulations and requirements. Every damn winter foreign trucks come in to Norway without winter tires (required by law), thinking they were gonna cheat system until they inevitably slip on ice. So if the IQ is that low to be a truck driver in foreign countries, I think it's good that they are paid well here and I don't see how that is exploitation. That is how it is supposed to be. However there is plenty of jobs even in Norway that pay exploitative wages like nurses, farmers and so on.
too many intermediaries, workers like those get fucked because they have no capital and can't organize, they can only sell at whatever price they are given to feed themselves, but make no mistake, their labour line the pockets of countless middlemen. I'm not saying these intermediaries add no value at all, but given the imbalance in information and negotiating power, they still get a massively unfair share of the wealth
Make no mistake... $480 dollar to Indonesian Rupiah is 7.7 million... And that's a lot for them... I'm not from Indo but the amount $480 is worth of at least 2 months of minimum wage of a worker... So yep, it can definitely feed his family for sure...
You need to count for "Mc Donald Index" or something similar. Everything in Indonesia is cheaper, but the income is also smaller. 200 US$ is enough for average life in Indonesia. Even many GPs often have around 400-500 a month. Of course, the story changes when we need imported goods, like cars or phones. But 200 is enough to survive on local commodities.
Mining amber here in Poland is done with a really high pressure water stream, pieces of petrified wood often comes along with it. It's depressing too see such poor working conditions. My heart goes to everyone there.
too many intermediaries, workers like those get fucked because they have no capital and can't organize, they can only sell at whatever price they are given to feed themselves, but make no mistake, their labour line the pockets of countless middlemen. I'm not saying these intermediaries add no value at all, but given the imbalance in information and negotiating power, they still get a massively unfair share of the wealth
They dont exactly do the shipping either. And as he said, its not as if they add no value, but in what place is it fair that the person risking his life gets $20 but the person selling the table gets $20,000@@khangto7886
It's valuable because fossils are rare and difficult to obtain, not because it was a drop in the bucket of a container ship. The most labor intensive aspects of any given enterprise are typically deflated in cost by those that control an industry. It's like an upside down pyramid. It's done to prop up consumerism in service economies as a mechanism of social control. A person can see that everywhere if they bother to look.
Hi there, Brian I live in India and we find this wood in tons in coal mines. My grandfather used to drive coal trailers to carry them to factories for processing. He used to say that it was a huge loss to the coal corporations. Petrified wood consists mostly of wood converted to quartz which doesn't burn at all and is thrown away or often workers take good specimens home for use . Once he told us that a huge petrified tree( probably was Himalayan cedar as identified from the fossilized leaves) was found . It was to be thrown away. But grandpa brought that huge stump and got a table built from it and a couple chairs. Nowadays, it is illegally shipped to the international market, and excavation of this stuff is banned.....
@@YokoFuongAnh I wish they did but I don't think they do. i remember a piece about a middle eastern potter a while back who was going out of business because of poor local business demand, and the video had tons of people wanting their wares and clamoring to buy them internationally because of the BI video, but someone commented back after a while that the place went out of business shortly after the documentary was filmed. if BI was paying these people even a fraction of what american/european interviewees get paid then I doubt the business would have shut down.
There was once a group of people who went to Indonesia in search of a certain wood to make high-quality violins, but when they got there, they cried because the wood was burned for cooking. Handmade crafts are very cheap here, as few people want them. That's why making furniture is the best option.
@@itoxotaxatix compared to where i live for a $3800 i can get a simple hardwood table set with some carving on it.. which feels liek a scam. but i guess its where the buyer/seller are doing business at that makes the price of it
@@iraqi00channel00 even just a solid quality maple or oak or something is like 5k depending on who made it and how well its furnished. 3800 for some 200m year old rock? what?
It’s heartbreaking I’m majoring business management at university. I hope after graduating, i could do the business that help people and make the world becomes a better place
Always been that way. Its what countries like Russia and China use to make countries dislike the global order and it works because its a fair criticism
will be sold for more than what they sold it for is a huuuuge understatement , they buy that piece for 450$ and sell the whole thing for like 150-200k or cut it up and sell it for even more, thats an astronomical mark up
Indonesian moss agate is my fav gemstone and it is the most beautiful scenic agate to me. These people work hard mining this stuff and don't get near the credit they should.
I met a guy on Facebook I buy moss agate from who is in Indonesia. The ones I pick out look sort of like a split section of a forest. Kind of like an ant farm.
"$60 half minimum wage in Indonesia" . Nah the minimum wages is $308. It's crazy to know that people that live on same island as me work really hard and with very high risk.
Australian coal mines in the Bowen & Stuart Basins all full of the stuff. As well as petrified leaves imprinted in the fault lines of rock, like a perfect black and white 'stamp' of various leaves, ferns etc. Entire petrified trees are routinely seen in the rock (strata) above the coal seams. (overburden) But sadly it is all simply destroyed by the large earthmoving equipment and loaded into trucks and sent to the tip face to be dumped, buried and forgotten as though it is no different to the other rock covering the coal seams. Extraordinary sight seeing the material falling away from a dig face and seeing the branches of a tree, made from rock, slowly emerge and hamg in the air, before being destroyed as the bucket of the loading unit grabs another scoop from that area. Stuff is surprisingly heavy too. Attempts to put pieces aside for retrieving later by light vehicle are usually fruitless as the pieces put aside are usually discovered to be far to heavy to lift by hand. Such a shameful waste
I used to work for cb2 , and we sell these type of petrified wood and its often made in in Indonesia. Now seeing where it actually comes from and hows its made . They odten sold for 80 - 100 ish dollars Glad i never brought it .
All support to this man and others like him everywhere. What's saddening is always witnessing individuals striving and toiling, only for others to reap the greater benefits.
Mad respect for the miner and wood worker. They provide their family a decent life with their diligence. Like this video explain, casualty on this mining operation is exist but a rare case.
Elly appears to be relatively happy, despite his work and living conditions. If not happy, then, at least good natured. I think someone that can afford those high end pieces, could probably afford to go directly to the miners to shop for what they want. This would allow the miners to see a bigger piece of the profits to upgrade their working conditions. I'm guessing even after arranging for shipping and finished production the buyer would save money. A vacation written off their taxes as a business expense. A travel agency could book specific buying tours to wherever and whatever their wealthy clients are interested in.
I thought the same, then remembered my brother had to help me out of a tunnel we dug as kids. It was about a metre deep and two metres long. Nearly flaked out down there. We found all sorts of sand layers
This is why I always stay away from any luxurious stuffs. Most of the time, the core ingredients of those things are acquired in such a dangerous way and the workers get almost nothing compare to the end market valuation. It just doesn't make sense to me.
I find small pieces in the creeks and such. Never would have guessed people search for it and dig it up for a living. Crazy af, I put that shit in my flowerbeds
It's indonesia. Ppl often talk about amazon rainforest. But they forgot that indonesia is like second or third mosr biodiverse region on earth. So many trees. So many fossilized organism of course. And coal.
“Dug these mines himself…..with the help of his coworkers.” Let’s hear that in a different scenario. I drove myself to work. With help from the bus driver
200 Million dollars of petrified wood in arizona is actually nothing in the scale of the world of commodities, i know must of us won't ever see even a million dollars or close but its cause monopolies exist and people who have the power to change the world don't to better us as a whole. My 95 year old nana says it "you can't take money with you so why not benefit those around you" and if we all thought like this the world would be different place
_"you can't take money with you so why not benefit those around you"_ Tell your nana that the government already takes around 40% of my money (income/property/sales tax) and literally gives it away to people that do nothing for themselves.
Dude was hiding the pain behind his laughter you could see it on his face at the end when he was saying the wood he mines everyday is too expensive for him to have in his home.
Worked in the Willamette Valley in Oregon. near the river.. tons of petrified wood there. Though those pieces were smaller and ranged to only 30-40 millions years old. I have a bunch of pieces in my office. Very cool
Unfortunately doesn't work like that. My parents do online retail, it's very difficult to just set up a listing and make profit. Plus it requires experience and knowledge of the market. Supply lines span continents. Without capital and knowledge you can't do it.
Nothings stopping anyone from taking a vacation there and buying directly from them. The reason its 10 times more expensive here is because the demand is low and shipping prices are high.
This dude is a beast, no real shoes at any moment that could collapse on him. Worked with a Hispanic dude who picked cases in the freezer with no gloves, he wore freezer gear with regular shoes on so he could move faster. Pulled 2000 cases a night on a double jack
That's the dilemma. Just as BI explained the mining operation most likely illegal and the land they mined is leased by the owner combined with low paycheck they received, they couldnt afford proper mining gear let alone mineshaft reinforcement as the mine could be raided by authorities for illegal mining operation making them greatly at loss.
I live in India and we find this wood in tons in coal mines. My grandfather used to drive coal trailers to carry them to factories for processing. He used to say that it was a huge loss to the coal corporations. Petrified wood consists mostly of wood converted to quartz which doesn't burn at all and is thrown away or often workers take good specimens home for use . Once he told us that a huge petrified tree( probably was Himalayan cedar as identified from the fossilized leaves) was found . It was to be thrown away. But grandpa brought that huge stump and got a table built from it and a couple chairs. Nowadays, it is illegally shipped to the international market, and excavation of this stuff is banned.....
Business Insider, if you make these people aware of how much their products should be worth and make an effort to start helping them get a connection with a direct seller, you'll make a big difference instead of just featuring them in your videos.
12:43 A very fascinating sight. A tree that had lived millions of years ago and then toppled. But it "still lives", in petrified form, through the earth's long history since then and reaching into our time. And it will still be around long after all of us are gone.
Hope there was a way to buy petrified wood directly from them if possible, these fossils are incredibly beautiful and tells the story of mother nature they should be paid worth its risks.
imo, one of the reason is Indonesia still doesn't know how to treat their natural resource by using technology. so they use their human resources to get the natural resource. this kind of job actually just not in Indonesia, i heard that so many people risks their life to get natural resource on Africa. okay, we can stop this kind of job but after this, where will they search their job? with 'limited human resource' in this digital era, it's hard for them to adapt. this is dilema. i just hope that they will get better soon :(
a cool channel idea would be to buy these types of items in shops, then trace it back to who ACTUALLY made it and pay them properly for what they did. Like some Mr. Beast style stuff
Shouldn't these rare tree fossils be donated to scientists and museums to be, you know, STUDIED instead of being turned into MORE USELESS FURNITURE FOR THE ULTRA RICH? And as an addition why AREN'T SCIENTISTS reaching out to this guy to study the wood?
In the heart of Indonesia's ancient land, Where time's embrace holds fossils in hand, Lies a treasure sought by those bold and brave, But danger lurks in the depths of its cave. Petrified wood, a relic of old, Millions of years, its tale untold. A prized possession, both rare and grand, But the price of its pursuit, hard to understand. For miners descend into earth's deep womb, Where darkness reigns, and shadows loom. Risking their lives for a meager wage, Their toil and hardship, a somber stage. Beneath the surface, where dangers reside, They dig and they delve, with hope as their guide. But landslides and collapses, a constant fear, As they hunt for treasures, so precious and dear. Yet despite the peril, they press on each day, For the promise of profit, a meager pay. Their lives on the line, for fossils of old, Their stories untold, their hardships untold. So let us remember, as we admire the wood, The sacrifice made, for the greater good. For petrified treasures, both ancient and rare, Come with a price, a burden to bear.
What he says and what the subtitle says is different. What he actually said was: "Saya juga kurang tahu itu, kurang tahu. Kurang paham itu lah" which roughly translates as "I don't really know. I don't even understand it"
Sorry but you cant complain about wood getting in your eyes when cutting when you just sold a table for $3,800 and dont buy at least some safety glasses for a few $ or some woodcutting chaps... come on now
USA with its resources: you can rest assured our petrified wood is safe, mining is prohibited USA with the resources of others: OOO, DO YOU HAVE PETRIFIED WOOD TO SELL THERE?
Thats why there needs to be fair trade policies in place. Its just really hard to set them up in developing countries like Indonesian which is sadly where they are needed most. Its not surprising they get so little. Even in super touristy areas in Indonesia, like Bali, local people get bugger all... Its sad.
Honestly its fair to pay the owner of the land a cut of what you dig up, but can we talk about how they get paid 480$ for FOUR TONS of wood that is sold for WAY more? Thats the part I dont get.
For those who are wandering, 60 dollars in indonesia equals to around 900k rupiah (indonesian currency), even though yes its still below minimum wage of worker, you can at least rent a small house and had a normal meals for single person or small family, i think...
It's so soul crushing to see how often the hard working people who make all these industries possible get the least out of them. They risk the most for the smallest return..
It's simple economics fella
@@1Slamalama1my nephew mines copper here in the US, does not own the mine, puts in long hours and just bought himself a new F250 thanks to overtime. Then there’s my wife’s Norwegian cousin who just retired from being a truck driver at age 55. His place is hytte (cabin) is in southern coast of Norway and he’s taken me fishing in Sweden for cod.
It’s not just “simple economics” fella. It’s exploitation.
I agree with you. Unfortunatelly.
I think the dirty secret Americans don't like being faced with is that our way of life and standard of living is based on the exploitation of people and resources all over the world.
@@thelostone6981 Retirement age in Norway is 65 though, not sure if he retired extremely early. Truck drivers have a decent pay, but they can get a lot of extra pay. If they are doing long-hauls (international) they drive for days and they can't just leave their truck halfway to Germany and go back home, so then they might have to be away from their family for a week. They get more depending on what they transport. But unlike say Indonesia, they need a high-school education or long experience and follow a ton of regulations. So truck drivers that drive stuff into Norway, might get paid less than the Norwegian ones doing the same job, but guess what they probably have half the regulations and requirements. Every damn winter foreign trucks come in to Norway without winter tires (required by law), thinking they were gonna cheat system until they inevitably slip on ice. So if the IQ is that low to be a truck driver in foreign countries, I think it's good that they are paid well here and I don't see how that is exploitation. That is how it is supposed to be. However there is plenty of jobs even in Norway that pay exploitative wages like nurses, farmers and so on.
The mining process is ludicrously dangerous. A 4 ton piece of this is $480?? crazy cheap for the effort.
too many intermediaries, workers like those get fucked because they have no capital and can't organize, they can only sell at whatever price they are given to feed themselves, but make no mistake, their labour line the pockets of countless middlemen.
I'm not saying these intermediaries add no value at all, but given the imbalance in information and negotiating power, they still get a massively unfair share of the wealth
Just like anything that comes from third world it’s modern day imperialism.
$480 is quite big money in the area, but ofc it might not be worth the effort for some ppl
Make no mistake... $480 dollar to Indonesian Rupiah is 7.7 million... And that's a lot for them... I'm not from Indo but the amount $480 is worth of at least 2 months of minimum wage of a worker... So yep, it can definitely feed his family for sure...
You need to count for "Mc Donald Index" or something similar. Everything in Indonesia is cheaper, but the income is also smaller. 200 US$ is enough for average life in Indonesia. Even many GPs often have around 400-500 a month. Of course, the story changes when we need imported goods, like cars or phones. But 200 is enough to survive on local commodities.
Mining amber here in Poland is done with a really high pressure water stream, pieces of petrified wood often comes along with it. It's depressing too see such poor working conditions. My heart goes to everyone there.
Wet mining is horrible for the environment. Better to do it the traditional way.
Same thing in Alaska
😢
He said the product that he finds is too good for his house and then he laughs. It is a sad cruel world
Sad
cry a river. there are people who have no food, this guy doesnt have petrified wood furniture? OH MY GOD HE SO POOR AWW POOR GUY
@chrisvibz4753 how can people really be happy without 50k furniture made from tree rocks?
@@chrisvibz4753isn't the guy in this video poor?
Isn't this comment sad that the stuff that HE gets out from the ground, HIMSELF can't afford it?
@@chrisvibz4753Hey maybe take time off the internet and spend sometime on reading and English comprehension.
too many intermediaries, workers like those get fucked because they have no capital and can't organize, they can only sell at whatever price they are given to feed themselves, but make no mistake, their labour line the pockets of countless middlemen.
I'm not saying these intermediaries add no value at all, but given the imbalance in information and negotiating power, they still get a massively unfair share of the wealth
make more $$ by adding more value.
Happens to farmers too
What makes you think shipping a 4-ton halfway across the world, turning them into furniture, and convincing people to buy them add no value?
They dont exactly do the shipping either. And as he said, its not as if they add no value, but in what place is it fair that the person risking his life gets $20 but the person selling the table gets $20,000@@khangto7886
It's valuable because fossils are rare and difficult to obtain, not because it was a drop in the bucket of a container ship. The most labor intensive aspects of any given enterprise are typically deflated in cost by those that control an industry. It's like an upside down pyramid. It's done to prop up consumerism in service economies as a mechanism of social control. A person can see that everywhere if they bother to look.
A 45kg petrified fully furnished cost around 25kusd. I Just googled it. They found a 4ton and they got paid for 480usd?
It's cruel how this world works.. every process it goes through will mark up the price..
Hi there, Brian
I live in India and we find this wood in tons in coal mines. My grandfather used to drive coal trailers to carry them to factories for processing. He used to say that it was a huge loss to the coal corporations.
Petrified wood consists mostly of wood converted to quartz which doesn't burn at all and is thrown away or often workers take good specimens home for use .
Once he told us that a huge petrified tree( probably was Himalayan cedar as identified from the fossilized leaves) was found . It was to be thrown away. But grandpa brought that huge stump and got a table built from it and a couple chairs.
Nowadays, it is illegally shipped to the international market, and excavation of this stuff is banned.....
Dealers mark up
@@soumiksaha48thdimension Illegal HOW exactly when its processed and sold in India also?
its depressing.
Just imagine if Business Insider paid these guys standard performance rates for the video. They could probably retire on that amount of money.
I wonder if Business insider pays people who they make documentaries about at all. They definitely should!
@@YokoFuongAnh I wish they did but I don't think they do. i remember a piece about a middle eastern potter a while back who was going out of business because of poor local business demand, and the video had tons of people wanting their wares and clamoring to buy them internationally because of the BI video, but someone commented back after a while that the place went out of business shortly after the documentary was filmed. if BI was paying these people even a fraction of what american/european interviewees get paid then I doubt the business would have shut down.
I wonder how much it would be for a performer in this single video with that standard rate?
Exposing how bad the poor are at business , Business insider CEO”thats business baby!” :puffs cigar’
I doubt they paying these guys alot for these documentary
There was once a group of people who went to Indonesia in search of a certain wood to make high-quality violins, but when they got there, they cried because the wood was burned for cooking.
Handmade crafts are very cheap here, as few people want them.
That's why making furniture is the best option.
that table for 3800$ is crazy cheap, if it were at a retail furniture store it would be well over 20k$
That's expensive where we live😌
@@itoxotaxatix compared to where i live for a $3800 i can get a simple hardwood table set with some carving on it.. which feels liek a scam. but i guess its where the buyer/seller are doing business at that makes the price of it
Indonesia is a 3rd world country
@@iraqi00channel00scam? Supply and demand. $20,000 to my ex-brother in law is like $100 to me 🤷🏼♂️
@@iraqi00channel00 even just a solid quality maple or oak or something is like 5k depending on who made it and how well its furnished. 3800 for some 200m year old rock? what?
It’s heartbreaking
I’m majoring business management at university. I hope after graduating, i could do the business that help people and make the world becomes a better place
The people who do the most labor get the least
Always been that way. Its what countries like Russia and China use to make countries dislike the global order and it works because its a fair criticism
agree
Exactly and its not fair 😔
well thats with all work
No way! Really
will be sold for more than what they sold it for is a huuuuge understatement , they buy that piece for 450$ and sell the whole thing for like 150-200k or cut it up and sell it for even more, thats an astronomical mark up
Even before this video, I wasn't interested in petrified wood. Now I want petrified wood even less than before.
A better idea is to buy from certified suppliers or directly from the artists
I have some petrified wood for you!
@thomaswright1657More pizza delivery drivers die than cops
Wanting it more will make the price rise
Speak for yourself. I've spent countless nights....
Indonesian moss agate is my fav gemstone and it is the most beautiful scenic agate to me. These people work hard mining this stuff and don't get near the credit they should.
Yeah too many intermediate persons and the miners only get small amounts of money😢
Is this the one they mining?
@@Sayakesal // no, moss agate and petrified wood is different thing
You have one?
I met a guy on Facebook I buy moss agate from who is in Indonesia. The ones I pick out look sort of like a split section of a forest. Kind of like an ant farm.
I like the phrasing "no one can afford my living expenses" for no one's paying high enough wages.
Because they aren't employees. Eli is technically the business owner (grey area legally too). Business owners dont get a wage.
"$60 half minimum wage in Indonesia" .
Nah the minimum wages is $308.
It's crazy to know that people that live on same island as me work really hard and with very high risk.
Standar Jakarta lu bawa ke kampung, aneh
Business Insider is adding to the issue. They should pay these workers that they feature in these videos.
I agree 💯 percent
Australian coal mines in the Bowen & Stuart Basins all full of the stuff. As well as petrified leaves imprinted in the fault lines of rock, like a perfect black and white 'stamp' of various leaves, ferns etc.
Entire petrified trees are routinely seen in the rock (strata) above the coal seams. (overburden)
But sadly it is all simply destroyed by the large earthmoving equipment and loaded into trucks and sent to the tip face to be dumped, buried and forgotten as though it is no different to the other rock covering the coal seams.
Extraordinary sight seeing the material falling away from a dig face and seeing the branches of a tree, made from rock, slowly emerge and hamg in the air, before being destroyed as the bucket of the loading unit grabs another scoop from that area.
Stuff is surprisingly heavy too. Attempts to put pieces aside for retrieving later by light vehicle are usually fruitless as the pieces put aside are usually discovered to be far to heavy to lift by hand.
Such a shameful waste
Omg, that is so sad! Im in Townsville, id love to buy that stuff, priceless botanical information from millions of years ago....
I used to work for cb2 , and we sell these type of petrified wood and its often made in in Indonesia. Now seeing where it actually comes from and hows its made . They odten sold for 80 - 100 ish dollars Glad i never brought it .
480$?? That’s insane! I’d buy that all day long!
All support to this man and others like him everywhere. What's saddening is always witnessing individuals striving and toiling, only for others to reap the greater benefits.
Sounds like capitalism
Mad respect for the miner and wood worker.
They provide their family a decent life with their diligence.
Like this video explain, casualty on this mining operation is exist but a rare case.
At least the man looks happy, god blessed him!!
Elly appears to be relatively happy, despite his work and living conditions. If not happy, then, at least good natured.
I think someone that can afford those high end pieces, could probably afford to go directly to the miners to shop for what they want.
This would allow the miners to see a bigger piece of the profits to upgrade their working conditions.
I'm guessing even after arranging for shipping and finished production the buyer would save money.
A vacation written off their taxes as a business expense.
A travel agency could book specific buying tours to wherever and whatever their wealthy clients are interested in.
humanity is doomed while people have to live like this.
*Man digs for petrified rocks in the most unsafe method possible*
Business Insider: "Why is mining petrified wood so dangerous?"
And this 20mill y old 🤣🤣🤣🤣
🐂💩🐂💩🐂💩🐂💩
And BS
I never knew petrified woods are that valuable and beautiful.😮
Not much beautifull than you
These poor miners deserve more. All of us prefer branded products instead of buying from original producers or makers.
So why don't you fly to indonesia and buy directly instead of buying through amazon? Oh right, you don't want to spend extra $500 to fly there....
woods turned to almost stone, sooo those mountains....
no ventilation shafts for the 10' deep mine...
I thought the same, then remembered my brother had to help me out of a tunnel we dug as kids. It was about a metre deep and two metres long. Nearly flaked out down there. We found all sorts of sand layers
the man is risking his life, so is the cameraman
Doubt the cameraman visits mines that often.
I'm not even sure the cameraman didnt just give the camera to a local.
This is why I always stay away from any luxurious stuffs. Most of the time, the core ingredients of those things are acquired in such a dangerous way and the workers get almost nothing compare to the end market valuation. It just doesn't make sense to me.
Buy Virgin Valley Nevada opalized logs then try to afford labor in Biden land.
These people wouldnt be able to eat without selling these... you'd rather people just stop buying them?
@@VitaKetyes
Wood becomes rock with time. Now think about that.
I find small pieces in the creeks and such. Never would have guessed people search for it and dig it up for a living. Crazy af, I put that shit in my flowerbeds
It's indonesia. Ppl often talk about amazon rainforest. But they forgot that indonesia is like second or third mosr biodiverse region on earth.
So many trees. So many fossilized organism of course. And coal.
Taiwan is a country, not merely an Island. I don’t care if China takes issue with that
“Dug these mines himself…..with the help of his coworkers.”
Let’s hear that in a different scenario.
I drove myself to work. With help from the bus driver
😭
I am absolutely disgusted by how badly these people doing the mining are underpaid considering the value of the material they extract.
200 Million dollars of petrified wood in arizona is actually nothing in the scale of the world of commodities, i know must of us won't ever see even a million dollars or close but its cause monopolies exist and people who have the power to change the world don't to better us as a whole.
My 95 year old nana says it "you can't take money with you so why not benefit those around you" and if we all thought like this the world would be different place
Im taking this quote ❤
That quote is so beautiful omg🥹
_"you can't take money with you so why not benefit those around you"_
Tell your nana that the government already takes around 40% of my money (income/property/sales tax) and literally gives it away to people that do nothing for themselves.
Meanwhile we print some paper notes and buy from them
Dude was hiding the pain behind his laughter you could see it on his face at the end when he was saying the wood he mines everyday is too expensive for him to have in his home.
Which means he isn't getting paid too little.
Fascinating video, what an amazing businessman, miner, artist and craftsman. Never stop Indonesia
Worked in the Willamette Valley in Oregon. near the river.. tons of petrified wood there. Though those pieces were smaller and ranged to only 30-40 millions years old. I have a bunch of pieces in my office. Very cool
I'm in the valley, where are we finding Petrified Wood because I need some lol
I wonder what got the wood so petrified in the 1st place ?.. 🤔
You can do alot with scared wood, it's really Beautiful. 👍🏻😎
They should sell it online with no middle man and cash in for themselves!!!!!!!!
yeah some 60 yr old indonesian miner is gonna set up an online shopify store
Unfortunately doesn't work like that. My parents do online retail, it's very difficult to just set up a listing and make profit. Plus it requires experience and knowledge of the market. Supply lines span continents. Without capital and knowledge you can't do it.
@@haadiusman3524😂
many scammers around and they need money ASAP for their daily needs
As a TH-camr once said; “I don’t got online.”
Nothings stopping anyone from taking a vacation there and buying directly from them. The reason its 10 times more expensive here is because the demand is low and shipping prices are high.
The narrator tailing off each sentence with vocal fry is killing my soul.
Where the heck do people find problems with that now?
Her lisp ruins it for me too.
Great documentary….i love Indonesia……& love the people ❤
0:46 that was dangerous...
What?
Man when I see the petrified wood miner it makes me feel so lucky to be in America with a nice house and good job
If you ever complain about your commute to work, watch this video. It will quickly put your life into perspective.
This dude is a beast, no real shoes at any moment that could collapse on him. Worked with a Hispanic dude who picked cases in the freezer with no gloves, he wore freezer gear with regular shoes on so he could move faster. Pulled 2000 cases a night on a double jack
Why not just add some simple wood reinforcement?? With planks? How is this dude still alive?
That's the dilemma. Just as BI explained the mining operation most likely illegal and the land they mined is leased by the owner combined with low paycheck they received, they couldnt afford proper mining gear let alone mineshaft reinforcement as the mine could be raided by authorities for illegal mining operation making them greatly at loss.
I live in India and we find this wood in tons in coal mines. My grandfather used to drive coal trailers to carry them to factories for processing. He used to say that it was a huge loss to the coal corporations.
Petrified wood consists mostly of wood converted to quartz which doesn't burn at all and is thrown away or often workers take good specimens home for use .
Once he told us that a huge petrified tree( probably was Himalayan cedar as identified from the fossilized leaves) was found . It was to be thrown away. But grandpa brought that huge stump and got a table built from it and a couple chairs.
Nowadays, it is illegally shipped to the international market, and excavation of this stuff is banned.....
It is still found in huge amounts in Southern India and in the Raan of Kutch.
Apni kothay thaken ? Apnar dadu kon coal mine company te kaaj korten?
their language sounds very similar to visayan. and when he said "kamay ko", in tagalog it means "my hand".
Due their Austronesian root
a table would be so awesome made out of that stuff! what a awesome job
that park is kind of mesmerizing
Imagine the shroom trip in there, what those 20million year old trunks will tell you.
@@CruiseWavy1388 200 million.
Business Insider, if you make these people aware of how much their products should be worth and make an effort to start helping them get a connection with a direct seller, you'll make a big difference instead of just featuring them in your videos.
Like sawing off the branch you're sitting on
TH-cam suggestions, you’ve gone and done it again lad, cheers mate👊🏻
Makes no sense how the most hard workers don't get most of the profit
Because that's not how value is determined, effort isn't the only metric to measure value.
Wahai warga indo ada kan yang nonton ini video
12:43 A very fascinating sight. A tree that had lived millions of years ago and then toppled. But it "still lives", in petrified form, through the earth's long history since then and reaching into our time. And it will still be around long after all of us are gone.
Hope there was a way to buy petrified wood directly from them if possible, these fossils are incredibly beautiful and tells the story of mother nature they should be paid worth its risks.
Great video. Indeed it is soul-crushing.
Not really. This is their life.
3:25 the POV shot lmao bravo vince
``He never lost a friend, but he got injured before`` at least he has friends unlike many rich people.
The secret of the fossil record?
THE FLOOD OF NOAH
We live on top of a planet-sized graveyard.
68? My god. Amazing
More like depressing
You know, your toying with people's curiosity is masterful. I was toyed with, I felt attacked and it hurts
somewhere in Arizona US you can pay to dig on your own and on surface no need to go that deep or in tunels
not to mention petrify wood are are everywhere tbh
@@kenfern2259 true true
You can see the greedy rich. Paying Nothing these poor survivors ricking there life over these object. How silly.
Is it just me or Indonesia has the most risky job ever
imo, one of the reason is Indonesia still doesn't know how to treat their natural resource by using technology. so they use their human resources to get the natural resource. this kind of job actually just not in Indonesia, i heard that so many people risks their life to get natural resource on Africa. okay, we can stop this kind of job but after this, where will they search their job? with 'limited human resource' in this digital era, it's hard for them to adapt. this is dilema. i just hope that they will get better soon :(
@@rajwaa594 yeah respect for all the hard working people that risk there life just to be able to buy food for there family
I wish we could buy directly from them. It's terrible that the people that do the least work get the most money in the chain
a cool channel idea would be to buy these types of items in shops, then trace it back to who ACTUALLY made it and pay them properly for what they did. Like some Mr. Beast style stuff
Shouldn't these rare tree fossils be donated to scientists and museums to be, you know, STUDIED instead of being turned into MORE USELESS FURNITURE FOR THE ULTRA RICH?
And as an addition why AREN'T SCIENTISTS reaching out to this guy to study the wood?
“This man is risking his life”
Cameraman: “what, am I chopped liver to you?”
No, the camera is attached at workers. Take a good look.
Cameraman never dies, therefore doesn't risk anything.
Thanks for sharing.Wish the world were at piece and everyone get along live learn grow and stay peaceful.
Mang eli mantep masuk kesini 😂❤❤❤
kalo boleh tau lokasi tambang nya dimana ya pak?
I find a lot of petrified wood chunks along the Mississippi River. Interestingly most of it looks like driftwood that still washes ashore.
"I can't imagine what these trees would tell me if they were alive"
Probably something like, "please don't cut me, bro"
Wait, he's afraid of being raided. But this documentary has clearly exposed them 🤔
In australia they have alot of these !!! Try working with the mining sites 👌
In Vietnam I only sell them for an average price of 1,700usd/1 ton. Depending on the transparency, the price may increase a little.
Insanely dangerous....basically for nothing $ wise. Wow
welcome to capitalism
I am indo, here risking life is better than your stomatch is empty
the braces of the narrator pisses me off so damn much
I do furniture removal and I moved a couple who had two stumps of petrified wood. They feel like marble, heavy af
Cheap considering every piece is unique
I kind of want some petrified wood plates.
Maybe $500.
dude, $480 is NOT cheap here in Indonesia. That can feed his family for more than a month
Although yeah he probably deserves more
@@chootanf who said anything about locals my guy…
i couldn't imagine toiling away in a mine risking my life just to get less than what people selling furniture get
You would imagine that real quick when that is the only way you could feed yourself and your family now get back to work slaving for capitalism
He owns his own house. Something that most Americans making even twice the minimum wage can't afford.
In the heart of Indonesia's ancient land,
Where time's embrace holds fossils in hand,
Lies a treasure sought by those bold and brave,
But danger lurks in the depths of its cave.
Petrified wood, a relic of old,
Millions of years, its tale untold.
A prized possession, both rare and grand,
But the price of its pursuit, hard to understand.
For miners descend into earth's deep womb,
Where darkness reigns, and shadows loom.
Risking their lives for a meager wage,
Their toil and hardship, a somber stage.
Beneath the surface, where dangers reside,
They dig and they delve, with hope as their guide.
But landslides and collapses, a constant fear,
As they hunt for treasures, so precious and dear.
Yet despite the peril, they press on each day,
For the promise of profit, a meager pay.
Their lives on the line, for fossils of old,
Their stories untold, their hardships untold.
So let us remember, as we admire the wood,
The sacrifice made, for the greater good.
For petrified treasures, both ancient and rare,
Come with a price, a burden to bear.
I love how funny he thinks it is to wonder what the trees would say if they were alive today, feels like a producer asked him.
Humans at all level of sophistication have a sense of humor
Trees don't talk, so I doubt they'd have much to say.😂
What he says and what the subtitle says is different. What he actually said was:
"Saya juga kurang tahu itu, kurang tahu. Kurang paham itu lah"
which roughly translates as "I don't really know. I don't even understand it"
petrified wood is older in indonesia too, our world doesn't exist because someone create it, it is already here.
Sorry but you cant complain about wood getting in your eyes when cutting when you just sold a table for $3,800 and dont buy at least some safety glasses for a few $ or some woodcutting chaps... come on now
Cuz that 3k USD being divided among the miners and craftsman. Also just look at their home, they barely even living
USA with its resources: you can rest assured our petrified wood is safe, mining is prohibited
USA with the resources of others: OOO, DO YOU HAVE PETRIFIED WOOD TO SELL THERE?
damn you Harry Potter
I work in a coal mine, these things are every where lol. I didn't even know they were expensive. We have them in tonnes.
Why does this voice sound a bit like AI?
Thats why there needs to be fair trade policies in place. Its just really hard to set them up in developing countries like Indonesian which is sadly where they are needed most.
Its not surprising they get so little. Even in super touristy areas in Indonesia, like Bali, local people get bugger all... Its sad.
5:50 - Of course there's a leech of a landlord costing them a massive cut of their income...
They are on their land. They basically destroy the land. The landlord owns the land because he or she somehow got to own it. It's their property.
Honestly its fair to pay the owner of the land a cut of what you dig up, but can we talk about how they get paid 480$ for FOUR TONS of wood that is sold for WAY more?
Thats the part I dont get.
@@Gandeloft"he or she somehow got to own it" is doing a lot of lifting here
@@GandeloftIt’s ok if your parents were landlords, it’s a scummy practice full up slumlords who make money off of people while doing nothing.
@@andrewxzvxcud2 Your imagination is too wild. This is real life, not a movie villain.
For those who are wandering, 60 dollars in indonesia equals to around 900k rupiah (indonesian currency), even though yes its still below minimum wage of worker, you can at least rent a small house and had a normal meals for single person or small family, i think...