I did LW for 20 years, and in the last 8 years, a lot of young people came in and they don't wear respirators or airstreams because they think it's soo cool to come out of the mine with coal covered black faces. And shift supervisors give them praise for sucking coal dust. It's crazy, that shift supervisor is not going to help you with your oxygen bottle 20 years down the road. But the damage is done, the young guys don't listen to the older experienced miners.
I work for a company that builds new cutter heads for them and and a few others. Those cutter heads heavy as hell for their size but it’s cool to see how it looks when it’s running
All that coal just sitting there waiting to be harvested. I know there is a lot of controversy and debate about fossil fuels but what on Earth would take its place ? How could you walk away from such a resource ?
@@chechnya and yet every other resource requires the use of coal to make it. The usa has the cleanest coal producers in the world and your still bitchin
I’ve asked that very question of my greenie brother-in-law who incidentally still drives a car with a diesel engine and hasn’t gone fully off-grid at home. Still haven’t received an answer
A bit misleading in the info. Coal, in 2019, for Electric Generation is 20% Here is a link for proof. www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=39992 The part that bothers me with long wall mining, is the subsidence. When you rip out all those pillars, expect subsidence. Look at what happened along Rt 70, roadway dropped like 5 feet!
Meh… I’ve seen heavy subsidence, but at the end of the day, nature recovers… forget about coal fired power plants, thats just a catch phrase… if you want to imagine a world without coal, imagine a world without steel… because Coking coal is absolutely critical for steelmaking. So you can cry about coal fired power plants all you want, but you can even type that without coking coal…
Joy went out of business last year (2016)...they made mining machinery...end of coal mining is near. We have 90 trains a day on the Conrail/NF Southern tracks and its a rare sight indeed to see one loaded with coal. Mountain-top removal gets coal for 1/2 the cost of deep mining...that's why its done.
D Wetick still in business pal, Just owned by Komatsu now, we’re still building and rebuilding miners every day, plenty of work on the schedule... Joy never went out, just slowed down, it’s boomin right now
@@allan1048 I am not an expert, so disclaimer for that, but i would bet this may be in part due to having to "race to the bottom" (ie new markets in china/india/africa as they industrialize more, but may not have the standards of countries like the USA/EU) (australia is an odd "in-between" case on the issue)
I used to work at this mine they run 2 longwall miners and 2 continuous miners 3 shifts a day 24 hours a day they are the highest coal producers in the region I was on the Longwall Support crew and CM Support I really miss working in the mines
I used to work at this mine they run 2 longwall miners and 2 continuous miners 3 shifts a day 24 hours a day they are the highest coal producers in the region I was on the Longwall Support crew and CM Support I really miss working in the mines
@@ericlotze7724 yeah there is when people have zero idea what they are talking about and wanna spout off at the mouth. He acts like he has any clue about American mines. They're all slope and drift he says, not real mines he says. NOT INTERESTING he says. Bullshit. The Bailey Mine is a shaft mine. Guy has no clue what he's talking about and trying to sound all cool. Fuck that noise. I'll explain and be nice and understanding with anyone who actually doesn't know and wants to learn but not someone who acts like a know it all and tramples on the legacy of all the American miners who've died "not in real mines".
The video you just watched is what I did for 32 yrs for a living,that machine can definitely crank out a lot of coal.
Did you wear respirators to keep coal dust out of your lungs?
@@charlesstockford5913 the company had dust respirators and 3m battery powered Airsteam helmet
I did LW for 20 years, and in the last 8 years, a lot of young people came in and they don't wear respirators or airstreams because they think it's soo cool to come out of the mine with coal covered black faces. And shift supervisors give them praise for sucking coal dust. It's crazy, that shift supervisor is not going to help you with your oxygen bottle 20 years down the road. But the damage is done, the young guys don't listen to the older experienced miners.
Idiots
Fun fact that Shearer is now in Australia freshly delivered. Don't know where its going but it's taking up a lot of room we don't have haha.
I work for a company that builds new cutter heads for them and and a few others. Those cutter heads heavy as hell for their size but it’s cool to see how it looks when it’s running
I don't miss being a mine. But I miss the miners I worked with. Best brothers a guy could have
You must have worked in a better mine than the one I'm in lol
All that coal just sitting there waiting to be harvested. I know there is a lot of controversy and debate about fossil fuels but what on Earth would take its place ? How could you walk away from such a resource ?
It's a bad and outdated resource. Natural gas, solar, wind, geothermal, hydro, nuclear, thorium.. Literally anything is better
@@chechnya and yet every other resource requires the use of coal to make it. The usa has the cleanest coal producers in the world and your still bitchin
I’ve asked that very question of my greenie brother-in-law who incidentally still drives a car with a diesel engine and hasn’t gone fully off-grid at home. Still haven’t received an answer
I work for a company that makes a lot of this stuff. Really cool to see it in action.
Wow. This process moves a lot faster than I thought.
The airflow is incredible.
There's still plenty of coal out here in the hills of west virginia just riding these mountains the creeks beds are nothing but coal
We do the same in Australia like our longwall looks identical
A bit misleading in the info. Coal, in 2019, for Electric Generation is 20% Here is a link for proof. www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=39992
The part that bothers me with long wall mining, is the subsidence. When you rip out all those pillars, expect subsidence. Look at what happened along Rt 70, roadway dropped like 5 feet!
But you see the government (and therefore taxpayer/debt ammount) pays for that, not the coal company, so no issues there !
Subsidence through hundreds of feet to the surface, aquifers disturbed and contaminated forever.
Meh… I’ve seen heavy subsidence, but at the end of the day, nature recovers… forget about coal fired power plants, thats just a catch phrase… if you want to imagine a world without coal, imagine a world without steel… because Coking coal is absolutely critical for steelmaking. So you can cry about coal fired power plants all you want, but you can even type that without coking coal…
Good on you lads, keep up the good work.
Joy went out of business last year (2016)...they made mining machinery...end of coal mining is near. We have 90 trains a day on the Conrail/NF Southern tracks and its a rare sight indeed to see one loaded with coal. Mountain-top removal gets coal for 1/2 the cost of deep mining...that's why its done.
D Wetick still in business pal, Just owned by Komatsu now, we’re still building and rebuilding miners every day, plenty of work on the schedule... Joy never went out, just slowed down, it’s boomin right now
The only thing boomin' is the next methane explosion.
@@dwetick1 THIS, discover of cheap hydraulic fracturing of shale gas reserves killed coal, but it was dying a slow death to renewables anyways.
@@allan1048 I am not an expert, so disclaimer for that, but i would bet this may be in part due to having to "race to the bottom"
(ie new markets in china/india/africa as they industrialize more, but may not have the standards of countries like the USA/EU)
(australia is an odd "in-between" case on the issue)
crabapple portal
Shields pushs conveyor then advances.
That's crab apple
45000 tons really waow waow
I used to work at this mine they run 2 longwall miners and 2 continuous miners 3 shifts a day 24 hours a day they are the highest coal producers in the region I was on the Longwall Support crew and CM Support I really miss working in the mines
I used to work at this mine they run 2 longwall miners and 2 continuous miners 3 shifts a day 24 hours a day they are the highest coal producers in the region I was on the Longwall Support crew and CM Support I really miss working in the mines
When on longwall you get the man trip first
How do I get a job there mechanic now
We are hiring give me a call
wow and no-one see's an issue with breathing that shit in with no mask on...
Ventilate the hell out of the workings and it's not necessary. You can dilute particulate levels to insignificance.
I don’t see many people wearing masks in LA….
wow,
#nuclear
american tehnology))))))))))
in USA it's always slope or drift mine...not a true mine..not interesting..!
In Europa it's always very deep vertical shaft and headgear,
Enthalpia Entropia because that's the American terrain dipshit. Look at South Wales, lot of slope and drift mines there you dumb fuck.
@@redrobbo1896 geez, no need to be mean?
@@ericlotze7724 yeah there is when people have zero idea what they are talking about and wanna spout off at the mouth. He acts like he has any clue about American mines. They're all slope and drift he says, not real mines he says. NOT INTERESTING he says. Bullshit. The Bailey Mine is a shaft mine. Guy has no clue what he's talking about and trying to sound all cool. Fuck that noise. I'll explain and be nice and understanding with anyone who actually doesn't know and wants to learn but not someone who acts like a know it all and tramples on the legacy of all the American miners who've died "not in real mines".
Fuck off with Eurotrash elitism!