Why People Risk Their Lives Dangerously Mining Sand for a Living

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  • @NA-rh7iy
    @NA-rh7iy ปีที่แล้ว +32

    Simple, generous, happy, hard worker and very creative. Respect to Indonesian people.

  • @srb20012001
    @srb20012001 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    Actually, the sand referred to in this video is volcanic pumice. It is used to make cement, which is a major export from Java to surrounding Indonesian and Southeast Asian markets.
    I spent some time there in 2019 before the pandemic.
    Note that the Indonesian government prohibits large scale mineral mining with earth moving shovels and equipment in order to preserve the manual labor the local population depends on for subsistence. This is also true for volcanic sulfur extraction.

  • @annaolivarez2578
    @annaolivarez2578 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I’m sitting here in my comfy home, shaking my head at watching this hardworking man climb that hill wearing sandals!! These are some hardworking People! May God bless their daily work to make a living for themselves and their families. Incredible.

    • @richardchristy5408
      @richardchristy5408 ปีที่แล้ว

      Yea, and only earning $3 for the day! Shit.

    • @MyFriendlyPup
      @MyFriendlyPup ปีที่แล้ว

      0:45 the man starts his day praying with a demon.

    • @TurdJesus
      @TurdJesus ปีที่แล้ว

      @@MyFriendlyPuplmao what? You believe in that bullshit? 😂

  • @madog1
    @madog1 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    Looks like some hard working people. Could you imagine what they could do with a backhoe?

    • @archstanton_live
      @archstanton_live ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Or a little dynamite. Large capital investment is not justified for the relatively low regional value of the sand. Capitalism both facilitates and limits our rate of destruction of the environment.

    • @dpeter6396
      @dpeter6396 ปีที่แล้ว +9

      A backhoe? It would put a dozen folks out of work! Not a good way to go.

    • @madog1
      @madog1 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @DPeter oh, I never thought of it that way, good point.
      However, they could produce 100 times as much sand, that would require more workers, making them all more money. 🤔

    • @madog1
      @madog1 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @archstanton live yeah, it would require a lot of capital investment up front they may not have access to. It was just an observation.

    • @maryjane_loves_spider-man
      @maryjane_loves_spider-man ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Seems like they put in a full days work.

  • @jaycweingardt11
    @jaycweingardt11 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    This Man is living the dream, he has everything, fulfilling work, dedicated Wife, kids going to school, nice house and land, sheep.
    This family is richer than most American families.

    • @titahsemar
      @titahsemar ปีที่แล้ว

      just throw any random plant seeds, on any random land in here, in Indonesia.
      especially in Java, Bali, Lombok.
      just wait for a week, your seeds will alive.

  • @andrewj3177
    @andrewj3177 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    The village looks so peaceful. And the landscape is breathtaking. Nice

  • @bobstud3754
    @bobstud3754 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Would someone please get these guys a backhoe and a conveyor belt with grading screens on the discharge chute.

  • @drockjr
    @drockjr ปีที่แล้ว +16

    "I hate sand. It gets everwhere"

  • @indrazanioloofficial
    @indrazanioloofficial ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Wowwww it's my country Indonesia.. Thankyou so much Fluctus channel❤

  • @crocodilemasala7956
    @crocodilemasala7956 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Great job done by these men, for one truck to become full is no joke.

  • @son-of-a-gun
    @son-of-a-gun ปีที่แล้ว +7

    They mine volcanic sand because it is rich of minerals like fosfate etc. It is used as a natural fertiliser.

  • @MikeBaxterABC
    @MikeBaxterABC ปีที่แล้ว +6

    It s pretty cool job actually .. I worked up the cash equivalent to Canada for a minimum age job and his lunch that's like $7 for lunch here ,, considering the fresh ingredient vendors would use there .. that's a GOOD healthy lunch! .. he's got a super bike! .. mom doesn't have to work outside the house ,, a healthy son! .. a nice home! .. doing well brother!! .. doing well!!

  • @donbrashsux
    @donbrashsux ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Very hard working people
    and Just get on with it ..amazing

  • @debmunsell1720
    @debmunsell1720 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Seeing them do what they do I can see things that they already use that could be improved. For one attach the line to a tree or spike driven into the ground, have a waist harness to have 2hands free when using pike on the hillside.

  • @georgegonzalez2476
    @georgegonzalez2476 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    All that exercise probably keeps them in shape. But I can’t help thinking how much easier it would be with the smallest of backhoes.

  • @michaelandrew4812
    @michaelandrew4812 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Wonderful video such hardworking people who have a simple life but they look happy and have their family and home

  • @juriadiketua282
    @juriadiketua282 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Tak ada pilihan lain, namun hal itu tetap yg terbaik utk saat ini.

  • @yeeturmcbeetur8197
    @yeeturmcbeetur8197 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    He wakes up at 4:25am
    He just like me fr 😭
    I feel for him.

  • @somethingsomething404
    @somethingsomething404 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    9:01 smart to use the gloves to eat instead of trying to clean hands for lunch, shame about the plastic waste but a working man has to eat!

    • @somethingsomething404
      @somethingsomething404 ปีที่แล้ว

      Ismaji seemed self conscious looking at the camera during that part, do not worry brother there is no judgement here. Americans do much worse with their food trust me hahaha

  • @gphillimo
    @gphillimo ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What is this sand used for?

    • @djrx2
      @djrx2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Roads, glass making, etc

  • @PacoOtis
    @PacoOtis ปีที่แล้ว +11

    We Westerners are so pitifully uninformed as to what the rest of the world must do to survive! Thanks for sharing!

    • @redzzon
      @redzzon ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Are you aware what is the hospital cost to straighten a broken arm in America or welcome a new baby?

    • @illbeyourmonster5752
      @illbeyourmonster5752 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      We did our best to try and drag the rest of the world kicking and screaming up to our level, but finally came to see it was an impossible goal.

    • @illbeyourmonster5752
      @illbeyourmonster5752 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@redzzon If you have a functional education in a field that has an actual societal value that matters the odds are you are working for a decent reputable company that has good health coverage and either of those events is a trivial cost to yourself in the end.

    • @Ian-mj4pt
      @Ian-mj4pt ปีที่แล้ว

      Maybe you but I've been around and seen the depths some have to go to just to eat or have a roof over their heads . But you right most in the west don't know or care

  • @EvilSoul000
    @EvilSoul000 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    The last picture of a hill home "Step Rice Hill" quite pretty... And look like the air are fresh too...
    Yeah I know it has it downside too...

  • @BedeMeredith
    @BedeMeredith ปีที่แล้ว +2

    im perplexed, a little bit of change in setup and they could fill 4 trucks a day in half the time, and spend more time at home.

  • @sadiyuksel3301
    @sadiyuksel3301 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Because they are not only sand but high mineral soil, they are mined in agriculture to achieve high yields.

  • @justadbeer
    @justadbeer ปีที่แล้ว +3

    If someone moved in there with a even a mini excavator, it would put an entire town out of work!

  • @Vigyan_ka_prakash
    @Vigyan_ka_prakash ปีที่แล้ว +6

    He has pretty good house for a sand miner

  • @bradleyboniface5775
    @bradleyboniface5775 ปีที่แล้ว

    Semoga penduduk kalian semakin maju dan mudah rezeki

  • @cjthompson1521
    @cjthompson1521 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi, thank you so much for sharing your life with me, it is beautiful, awesome and amazing.
    LOTS OF LOVE AND BEST WISHES TO AND YOUR BEAUTIFUL FAMILY.
    FROM CAROL IN QUEENSLAND AUSTRALIA.

  • @stick9758
    @stick9758 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    How do these people NOT come up with a better system?? 3 minutes in and I can tell them how to double their sand with what they already have!

    • @johndowe7003
      @johndowe7003 ปีที่แล้ว

      Buying a backhoe would put the whole village out of a job lol

  • @bigredinfinity3126
    @bigredinfinity3126 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    7:00 that is not iron

  • @tawilsquiton9440
    @tawilsquiton9440 ปีที่แล้ว

    ,,My favorite channel here...Fluctus

  • @zulivanivan8908
    @zulivanivan8908 9 หลายเดือนก่อน

    Great video...🎉

  • @MinhNguyen-nl1gm
    @MinhNguyen-nl1gm ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Cũng vì đồng tiền mà bất chấp mạng sống. Tù tội cũng vì đồng tiền. Huynh đệ tương tàn cũng vì đồng tiền 🤗👍.

  • @RobCarloProductions
    @RobCarloProductions ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Basic Answer, is they dont have much of a choice.

  • @Sl20
    @Sl20 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    1:37 two things shows that he is rich to have a wife that serve a cup of tea and to have 1:37 a son so respectful!!!🔴🤫🫢

  • @ckmoore101
    @ckmoore101 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Love the sandals when working around falling rocks......
    very perplexing. And no, it isnt a matter of availability. Its a matter of culture. They choose it. And dont talk about they "cant afford it'. They are available.

    • @igorzagorsky37
      @igorzagorsky37 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s also the insane heat and other conditions they work in. Also what kind of shoes would you think they need? And how long would the shoes last? Replacing flip-flops every month or so-cheap. Replacing “proper shoes” every month or so-unaffordable for them!

  • @rynnziolkowski4642
    @rynnziolkowski4642 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Please allow me to save everyone 13 minutes the answer is money

  • @zackvoss7868
    @zackvoss7868 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Odd but guess it's ther way of hug grabbing hand n puttin it to face neat.

  • @hhyy3173
    @hhyy3173 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow what a perspective. Thank you.

  • @mtkoslowski
    @mtkoslowski ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Riding a motorcycle wearing flip flops is just not a good idea. I really do admire this man’s work ethic and commitment to his family.

    • @beanzburriton4263
      @beanzburriton4263 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      he's been doing it for 20 years so why dont you send him a letter telkling him its a bad idea

    • @mtkoslowski
      @mtkoslowski ปีที่แล้ว

      @@beanzburriton4263
      You’re a plum.

    • @esco51030
      @esco51030 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Maybe your concerns should be directed towards the barefoot mining practices instead?

    • @archstanton_live
      @archstanton_live ปีที่แล้ว

      intact feet are of less value to a harsh capitalist entity than they are to folks that own them

    • @TheInvoice123
      @TheInvoice123 ปีที่แล้ว

      Look Mum, no helmet

  • @michaeldose2041
    @michaeldose2041 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    As a bonus they keep the cigarette companies happy.

  • @genedunlap8384
    @genedunlap8384 ปีที่แล้ว

    Did he drink his tea out a sippy cup lol hell yah

  • @FeldwebelWolfenstool
    @FeldwebelWolfenstool ปีที่แล้ว

    10:00 ...with the unlimited supply of aggregate available, you'd think they'd fix up their haul road to make it faster to travel on, and easier on the trucks' running gear...

  • @misryluvsco8169
    @misryluvsco8169 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I feel like I want to cry seeing how hard these people work.

    • @TheExplosiveGuy
      @TheExplosiveGuy ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Don't cry for them. They probably live more fulfilling lives than the majority of us who view this video...

    • @g.r.2985
      @g.r.2985 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Don't cry because you feel guilty. Just appreciate what you DO have and realize that we are all connected, somehow, but that we all do have our own struggles.

    • @nickmaclachlan5178
      @nickmaclachlan5178 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Their choice, they could work smarter, but either choose not to or don't posses the intelligence to.

    • @mikemc4549
      @mikemc4549 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Looks like children playing to me .

    • @jpcaretta8847
      @jpcaretta8847 ปีที่แล้ว

      What is sad ate people like you who dont work much and get more than what they deserve.

  • @tylerwestover234
    @tylerwestover234 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hard honorable work used to build things and be outside with friends.

  • @jay23cr
    @jay23cr ปีที่แล้ว

    Forget about the sand! THE CHAIN SMOKING IS THE MOST STRIKING!

  • @benbaggen2375
    @benbaggen2375 ปีที่แล้ว

    Why is he holding a machete when hes with his famley at the end of the day, even the mom stopped the baby from going to him 😂

  • @watchguy7986
    @watchguy7986 ปีที่แล้ว

    What do they use the sand for? How much do they get paid ?

  • @부촌
    @부촌 ปีที่แล้ว

    아직 발전이 덜 된 나라의 모습 입니다. 대형 장비를 사용 하는게 아니라 순수 원시인처럼 손으로 직접 모든 일을 진행하네요. 경사진 곳이 위험하고 안전에 관심을 가져야 합니다. 그렇지만 그들이 오랫동안 살아가는 모습을 그대로 유지 하면서 자연과 가족들과 더불어 행복한 삶을 살고 있네요.

  • @ElKudesnitsa
    @ElKudesnitsa ปีที่แล้ว

    How this way of mining may be any profitable against industrial mining with excavators?

  • @northernmetalworker
    @northernmetalworker ปีที่แล้ว

    Francis ngannou grew up working as a child laborer in a sand mine in Cameroon.

  • @edparagonpc
    @edparagonpc ปีที่แล้ว

    That has gotta be the most inefficient mining operation I have ever seen.

  • @LingkupMerapi
    @LingkupMerapi ปีที่แล้ว

    Video yang keren

  • @Stan_in_Shelton_WA
    @Stan_in_Shelton_WA ปีที่แล้ว

    Did you see the massive boulder in the wheelbarrow at 4:55?

    • @jessejaymes8684
      @jessejaymes8684 ปีที่แล้ว

      It’s actually behind the wheelbarrow. The camera angle gives the illusion it’s in the wb.

  • @donchonealyotheoneal5456
    @donchonealyotheoneal5456 ปีที่แล้ว

    Has no one taught them A Better Way even with the tools that they have if they only cut off the top and let it slide down they could just take the tailings of that and not have to worry about s*** falling on them all the time that crazy it's sand and rock just knock it down before you start harvesting it

  • @denjhill
    @denjhill ปีที่แล้ว

    Medieval living in the 21st century, but they appear to be happy and contented.

  • @Youraverage_uselesstotallytank
    @Youraverage_uselesstotallytank ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Im actually malaysian but i like talking english more

  • @robertDK3
    @robertDK3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    money? its money right? im pretty sure the answer is money.

  • @jasonwood6570
    @jasonwood6570 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Those " long iron poles" you speak of are bamboo sticks

    • @burleman
      @burleman ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I’m glad I’m not the only one who noticed that. I saw that and was like, really?

  • @buyerofsorts
    @buyerofsorts ปีที่แล้ว

    Not for nothing but shows like this really show how even the poorest people in the world are able to become obese now.

  • @RaynerMandi
    @RaynerMandi ปีที่แล้ว

    You can get sand in the river.. not in the mountain.. and much more simple to get

  • @nigel900
    @nigel900 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    And there are legions who whine and complain about having to work at Taco Bell or McDonalds…

  • @Yutani_Crayven
    @Yutani_Crayven ปีที่แล้ว

    This wastes an unnecessary amount of these workers' time by being inefficient, due to not using any heavy machinery at all. A single excavator could fill dozens of trucks in a day instead of just two, and only needs one operator. Automation frees up so much time that can be better spent doing other things. This hurts to see.

  • @ruxrox
    @ruxrox ปีที่แล้ว

    Why doesn't beach sand work?

  • @arnljotseem8794
    @arnljotseem8794 ปีที่แล้ว

    I wonder if they have their own independent operation, or if they for for a company or corporation

  • @dbcooper7326
    @dbcooper7326 ปีที่แล้ว

    What work an excavator could do in an hour

  • @AvanaVana
    @AvanaVana ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Destroying some lovely unsorted block and ash flow/basal avalanche deposits (medium grade to outer bend facies) in the Kali Putih/Sat valley from the July 1998 Merapi eruption!
    Kidding of course, but from a geology point of view I couldn’t help but notice.

    • @sirave6017
      @sirave6017 ปีที่แล้ว

      I would agree with you...this is the cost of industry and massive populations...we as humans are using up our resources at a rate that cannot naturally be replenished.

  • @Timpon_Dorz
    @Timpon_Dorz ปีที่แล้ว

    At least he has a nice house.

  • @bimmersandars9221
    @bimmersandars9221 ปีที่แล้ว

    I feel like crap knowing these guys work harder in one week than most Americans will in their entire life and then that guy's got to go home and sleep on a mat. And for $100 on average a month that's crazy.

  • @BigBrotherWebb
    @BigBrotherWebb ปีที่แล้ว

    that volcano looks so ominous

  • @dadangkkurniawan8442
    @dadangkkurniawan8442 ปีที่แล้ว

    I think,his name is Deni,not denai.
    Iam sorry,iam just confused listening to her keep saying Deny like denying something 😅

  • @Bmg009
    @Bmg009 ปีที่แล้ว

    Face down, Ass up, that’s the way we like to pray..

  • @nunyabeeswax9463
    @nunyabeeswax9463 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We're they praying towards Mecca or Petra?

  • @jimthomas1989
    @jimthomas1989 ปีที่แล้ว

    It's 1850 America in color and speaking a foreign language,
    And production is the same

  • @Iz0pen
    @Iz0pen ปีที่แล้ว

    Still not as bad as the lithium mines that keep the electric cars running

  • @JimNichols
    @JimNichols ปีที่แล้ว

    I can't imagine risking my life undangerously......

  • @Sabrisams
    @Sabrisams ปีที่แล้ว

    Indon tak sebut melombong, tapi mereka sebut menambang.

  • @chriswilkinson2548
    @chriswilkinson2548 ปีที่แล้ว

    $100 a month. x 6 workers is a payment on a small excavator. Slave labor is what is Called

  • @kosmik1
    @kosmik1 ปีที่แล้ว

    One of these days somebody is going to lose their . . . Flip flop.

  • @kennethspencer8604
    @kennethspencer8604 ปีที่แล้ว

    WOW !!!!! They need machines.

  • @titahsemar
    @titahsemar ปีที่แล้ว

    for narrator :
    let me correct your pronouncing for the name of : DENY.
    in Indonesia, Deny or Deni, pronounced like you say : DANNY
    in English.
    ✊🏼🇮🇩
    and Merapi isn't one of the most active volcanoes in Indonesia.
    it's the most active volcano in the world.
    it's alive everyday.
    but only when it's get "cough",
    that's the real problem.
    but it's okay.
    when you stay in Yogyakarta city, you'll gonna be safe.
    just only feel little earthquake sometime.
    and because of we have 500 volcanoes, we have the most fertile soil in this world also. ✊🏼😁🇮🇩

  • @billou3307
    @billou3307 ปีที่แล้ว

    Même pas besoin de regarder. Si les gens risquent leur vie pour gagner un peu d'argent c'est parce que d'autres se gavent de milliards pendant que le peuple travaille dur et ne récolte qu'une infime partie des bénéfices. Pendant qu'un ouvrier gagne 250$ par mois, les actionnaires qui ne font rien gagnent 250 millions... pas besoin de faire des études. Comment des gens peuvent-ils être millionnaires et milliardaires alors que les ouvriers qui font le travail sont pauvres ?

  • @thelivingunivers4534
    @thelivingunivers4534 ปีที่แล้ว

    dosent look like long ion pol but rather bambou

  • @jerryjungle5717
    @jerryjungle5717 ปีที่แล้ว

    Question, why do people risk their lives ?
    Answer, money.

  • @joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536
    @joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    To make money and buy food.

  • @sid2112
    @sid2112 ปีที่แล้ว

    Imagine if the tax collectors weren't corrupt and they had the infrastructure they've probably paid for many times over.

  • @andrewQueDeLlee
    @andrewQueDeLlee ปีที่แล้ว

    Plenty gold are......

  • @johnb7286
    @johnb7286 ปีที่แล้ว

    Prayer never works for me.

  • @jpcaretta8847
    @jpcaretta8847 ปีที่แล้ว

    You work smart or you work hard !

  • @debmunsell1720
    @debmunsell1720 ปีที่แล้ว

    But they've been doing for decades, I'm sure that must have tried other rhings.

  • @yasmineumi3266
    @yasmineumi3266 ปีที่แล้ว

    Majapahit,,,,

  • @StephenSockett
    @StephenSockett ปีที่แล้ว

    My girlfriend makes me lunch.

  • @tuexrosez1014
    @tuexrosez1014 ปีที่แล้ว

    DENI = THE NE (sound)

  • @DOCB-op1qc
    @DOCB-op1qc ปีที่แล้ว

    pfff, construction workers leave sand behind & i use it as cat litter for free lolo rofl

  • @405bikelifeallin5
    @405bikelifeallin5 ปีที่แล้ว

    Just saying bro gets to ride a motorcycle everyday. Jealous

  • @kippywylie
    @kippywylie ปีที่แล้ว

    Seems odd that they can afford cigarettes in almost every task, but wear flip flops instead of safer shoes?

    • @BedeMeredith
      @BedeMeredith ปีที่แล้ว

      little to no tax on smokes there, remember when it was 1-$2 a pack, thats what it is there now.

    • @ats-3693
      @ats-3693 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      They don't wear sandals because they can't afford shoes or boots they just prefer sandals, and cigarettes are ridiculously cheap in Indonesia.

    • @Derek_Garnham
      @Derek_Garnham ปีที่แล้ว

      @@BedeMeredith yup, even that seems expensive if you remember that it's just leaves and paper.

  • @wiwingmargahayu6831
    @wiwingmargahayu6831 ปีที่แล้ว

    iron sand

  • @steveshoemaker6347
    @steveshoemaker6347 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    🇺🇸

  • @VgggfgDmitr-jc1zd
    @VgggfgDmitr-jc1zd ปีที่แล้ว

    Pink snake 22

  • @scottyelder8351
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    Magnificent people some of our finest kin God bless them all with mercy and peace health and happiness Amen 🙏🏻