MegaStructures
Season 2 Episode 6 - Las Vegas
Located near Johannesburg, South Africa, the Tau Tona is a gold mine. The Tau Tona is the main economic life blood of Johannesburg, supplying half the world’s gold needs. It is the deepest and largest working mine in the world. Its main shaft is 3.6 km deep and consists of 800 km of tunneling. This episode gives viewers a tour of the dynamic systems involved in maintaining a working environment deep in the earth. It also provides a glimpse of what life as a mine worker is like in Tau Tona. Risking heat exhaustion, and with 10 earthquakes a day, the miners work through narrow tunnels to extract gold from a 25 cm thick gold vein.
Episodes in Season 2
Golden Gate Bridge
60 min
Alcatraz
60 min
Inside The Pentagon
60 min
World's Busiest Port
60 min
Tau Tona - City Of Gold
60 min
Las Vegas
60 min
Black Gold (Oil Mine)
60 min
Ekati Diamond Mine (Diamond Diggers)
60 min
Sea Launch
60 min
North Sea Wall
60 min
The World's Most Extreme Island (Impossible Islands)
60 min
Indy Motor Speedway
60 min
Port of Rotterdam (Super Port)
60 min
Mega Plane (Air Force Transport)
60 min
Inside Grand Central
60 min
World's Biggest Airliner (Airbus A380)
60 min
USS Virginia
60 min
Ultimate Casino
60 min
Ultimate Roller Coaster
60 min
Norad (Spy Fortress)
60 min
Berlin's Grand Central (Berlin Train Terminal)
60 min
Boston's Big Dig
60 min
Ultimate Oil Rigs
60 min
Baikonur Cosmodrome
60 min
North Branch Correctional Institution
60 min
World's Tallest Bridge (Millau Bridge)
60 min
Mega Ship
60 min
Deep Sea Drillers
60 min
