I wont be complaining about my working conditions for a while.
Well done lads

This footage is absolutely outstanding! Thank you very much.
It brings back sweet memories. In 1992 I came to the Schuylkill area (from Germany) to visit and document the anthracite mines. There were still dozens of active ones. It was just amazing to see the tiny family run operations. One of the miners even invited me to an underground tour. The pit was very similar to the one shown in this video. Wonderful!

Incredible to see the draglines working 😍 ⛏️👊🏼

The drag lines in the vid were called slusher buckets in Yorkshire coal mines, we used them to put packs on from ripping dirt on longwall faces in early 70s

I'm a former cornish tin miner in the early 1970s we used to drive the Clayton trams, and the Eimco air shovels could be found at every development  drive end. My job was to lay the track at these ends as they moved forward every 2 to 3 days or maintain the existing track system over two different levels at 2000 ft below ground.  Just 18 at the time, money then was very good with  a bonus system and the 5 years of career set me up for the rest of my life.  Enjoyed those days and a comaradery second to none other than the services, your life depended on your workmates and visa versa.   Extremely physically demanding  work but never did anyone any harm, conditions were harsh in poor torch light, high humidity and poor air quality, but earnings way above any other manual trade  and many  technical trades that I later in life went on to do.  At almost 70 now  I look back on my varied 4 different careers and wouldn't change any of it.

Dad put 30yr underground here in eastern Ky. Uncles shop worked on cuttin machines,drills,scoops and had a a battery service in one section. All that’s left us…I miss pictures fallin off the walls from blastin back here in the 80s

family run, the back bone of the country

That was awesome! I asked him years ago for him to start a YouTube channel with no response. Really cool to see inside

fascinating video. you never get to see it done like this anymore. glad someone got to document it.

Loved it!! Something so fascinating about underground  mining!!

I was a miner in my youth, but mostly lead, zinc, copper, gold and silver. But I worked for a short time in a coal mine. The film is amazingly good, I worked with the same machines as you. I actually miss the hard but inspired life.

That's "special coal"!
Excellent informative video!  That operation seems like a great deal of hard work in very confined spaces!!

I know where this is. I got lost riding and stumbled across it.  Turned around and went right away.

From a former bituminous miner in southwest PA, my hard hat goes off to you anthracite boys. Everything about your job is miserable. Only part of my job was.

I worked for over 20 yrs in an iron ore mine. That was no picnic but I doubt I could last long on this job. These  guy are real tough customers. Stay safe.

Much respect to these hard working men, Coal mining is fascinating to me, and boggles my mind how hard these people work.

Special lil slice of hell right there!

Loved this, no bs, just straight up this is the process start to finish. Much respect to you guys, keep safe and God bless

This is probably where my smokeless rice coal comes from

This was neat. Thanks for sharing. I grew up in coal valley Illinois. It was a mining town from 1856-1940.. I snuck into an old mine that opened up as a kid, there were still cars and tracks in there in the 90’s