Remember to STAY OUT & STAY ALIVE! I NO LONGER EXPLORE ABANDONED MINES! Black damp, cave-ins, getting lost, water flooding....are but just a few ways to run into trouble if one were to venture into an old coal mine. Do not go in!
@@Sleezax that'd work on straightforward paths, but what happens around corners with the signal? The cave-ins are serious in many of these too. Kudos to you if you're an inventor however. I'm not handy.
Signal will bounce down the shaft around the corners fairly well. Depends how deep it went. Biggest issue would be getting stuck. And sizing. Would 💯 need tracks top and bottom like the old pyramid rover. Might even need them on the sides. Which than limits power and space available for lights and a camera. Def possible but would take more money In R&D and trial and error than anything. And then when the 1k robot gets stuck 1k ft under ground everyone's sad. 🙄
That tic-tac-toe game was an unusual find. All of that intact wiring was nice to see. That hospital was awesome! Must’ve been a lot of injury in that mine to require an on-site hospital underground! I noticed your pinned comment said you aren’t exploring abandoned mines anymore. Is that really true? The graffiti was interesting because some of it didn’t seem to be done with carbide. Instead, it looked like it was etched into the rock. Is that right? That hoist at 21:45 was huge! Never have seen one that large. The abandoned mule barn was cool. Some of the footage in this mine looks vaguely familiar to me - especially some of the locomotives. I feel like I’ve seen that before a long time ago. Did that one guy from New Jersey happen to film this particular mine himself? He is no longer alive, unfortunately, and his TH-cam channel is NJ Underground. I think you know who I’m talking about, right? I think he was in this mine because, as I mentioned, some of the things look vaguely familiar to me. Nice job on the video, man! 👍
Thanks Frank for watching. I was curious as to what you'd think, so I appreciate it. Again, you're one of the biggest reasons for me deciding to post my videos on TH-cam. That kid I never knew, I know the mine you mention. That is far away from this one. I have a video of that mine you mention, it was my first underground one I published this past Thanksgiving. Ya, 2 hospitals in fact! The mines here were a slaughter fest. Over 36,000 dead miners here (that are archived, probably many more). The hoist is ridiculously huge. The wiring is incredible to see. Too much drama here in coal country to explore anymore....lots of drama. It gets old after almost 20 years! Maybe one day though I'll return to it. I'll definitely get out West to see some gold and or silver mines though!
@@AnthraciteHorrorStories Sorry to hear about the drama. That sucks! Hopefully you’ll get back into it one day. Yes, these mines were death-traps! Many were killed out here, too. Definitely weren’t any safety regulations like there are today. Also weren’t any environmental regulations either. You mentioned acid drainage from the coal mines back there. Out here they left behind mercury, arsenic, and other crap.
@@AbandonedMines11 that's scary stuff. Ya, I've read up on the Mercury, Lead, Arsenic aspect to the Western mines. Are you exposed to that stuff? I'm sure we've all been exposed to scary stuff doing this hobby...Thank you for the well wishes though man. I do appreciate it.
Just in time for the lunch break! Amazing photos indeed! This was a really really awesome video! I can't wait for another round of pictures and the follow up on that gangway. Thanks for sharing this!
That's great, I appreciate you watching. Nothing better than a lunch break with coal mine related material. I will definitely have multiple videos following up.
Awesome stuff! Seeing all those signatures and dates makes me wonder if you could track down a record of those people from that time. It would be really cool to read up on the men who worked down there to get a full sense of the history.
Hey man! I did, I actually found two obituaries. That's the historian in me doing the research lol. One guy was actually killed in Vietnam. That's pretty heavy. One guy put his full house address down there lol . Looked it up online and it's a decent home that's been restored.
Dude, I mean Jude, you've outdone yourself this time!! The resolution and detail of your images are beyond unreal! I know you don't give out locations, but can you at least tell me southern, middle, or northern anthracite field? Amazing use of image filters. I'm thoroughly impressed, to say the least.
Thanks Robert! I wish I could, I really do. OPSEC and COMSEC, hahaha. Did you guys have that for acronyms back in the late 60s/early 70s. Thank you for the flattering comments. My photos are just vanilla compared to true pros. I didn't want to spend $3,000 on a camera that would be smashed up, so I spent $300 on a Canon and used long shutter time exposures.
Bro, im from a place almost without antracite called Brazil, my country hehehehe, but i really love your channel!!! Thanks for going underground digging all that history just to share with all that passion... Tbh, i didnt even knew about all that interesting reallity of old coal mines and you oppened for me a new understandment of how far the human can go to feed it own ambition, and how it was in the early industrial age. I think woth remember that you made this journey possible for people like me, as probably we will never have the chance to see one Pensilvânia coal mine irl ... So bro, thanks, and i just wish you to be always safe and reach awesome findings to share in future with us. Hehehehe cheers from south america!!!
Too cool my friend! I never thought when posting one of these videos that someone in Brazil would get enjoyment out of them! It's summertime down there, right?! Really, really, really appreciate your views, comment & support. I'll be uploading a wild video here in a few hours. Lots and lots and lots of videos to come! Stay safe man. 👍
Oh, hey @@AnthraciteHorrorStories, thats so nice!!! I will be here waiting for it hahahaha. Yes, here is summer time, and just to share the super "El "Ninõ " of this year was responsible for a record high tempature, since brazil started to measure it... its nuts... Cuz also the amazon basin river is passing thru a record drought two!
@@AnthraciteHorrorStories Before I forget, I want to share!! I wonder, if even subtly, your grandparents could imagine how magical life is and that in almost 100 years in the future a descendant will possibly recognize our efforts and have the affection to remember and share with the world how these mines were, not only fundamental to society, but for our daily lives and mainly it was our livelihood. It must not have been easy and perhaps even the pain and despair of some who perished passes through time and remains in the mines... But compared, for example with the light and prosperity that accompanied your grandparents, bad energy is nothing! This light crossed not only the dangers and hardships of coal mines, but time and even reached the other hemisphere of the planet and by me not only your effort, but theirs is also recognized! If there is something supernatural, certainly the good side of the force that carries the magic of life is with you. And watch this light being spread through the videos of your explorations, oh man!! It's too cool!!! hahahahaha
Dude you gotta upload some more from here. Been urban exploring abandoned buildings for the past 9 years and have dabbled in mines here and there including some of the PA anthracite but this one takes the cake. Got to be the holy grail of east coast mines forsure. Would love to see more from here and love your commentary. Great stuff.
Thanks man, I got a lot of this mine documented. I barely touched the tip of the iceberg with this video. I definitely will 👍 Be careful if you go into mines (I don't suggest you do), but if you do, have a flame lamp or digital oxygen detector and tons of lights batteries and make sure people know where you are and worry times, etc. Mark corners with arrows, don't touch roofs or walls, etc.
@@AnthraciteHorrorStories Yessir I always bring an o2 sensor and my friend has a safety lamp. Proper mine ppe was a bit of an investment, but I’ve always been one to take my physical safety really seriously. And that is awesome to hear I’m looking forward to seeing them. The knowledge you drop is great for someone like me who is still learning more about mining history/industry. That’s how I am with old power plants, I can really nerd out over them.
@@adventuresofdave3324 thanks man. Don't use me for inspiration though. Hahaha. Watch out for asbestos in those power plants. I hate that 💩(asbestos). I never got into the urbex except for the Huber coal breaker and Dorrance fan house, that was about it. The Huber was epic. Took them 6 months to knock it down which was great for people to at least document it before it was gone. A shame for the lack of preservation.
@@AnthraciteHorrorStories yeaa the urbex community is something else these days that’s forsure lol. And that’s awesome you got to see Huber, definitely one of my regrets for never going to. It should have been saved and preserved. Did you also do the power plant by the breaker? That one looked awesome would love to see some shots of it. I love the ornamentation, craftsmanship and architecture in the old plants. Don’t see that anymore. nowadays industrial buildings are just sheet metal boxes 👎🏼
@@adventuresofdave3324 so true. Ya, I spent a lot of time in the powerhouse. Too bad you guys can't experience it. The future is not all sunshines and rainbows, we lost a lot of our heritage.I have footage of them tearing it down. I liked the old post WW1 era industrial architecture of the coal related buildings. So aesthetic. The urbex community is probably better than the underground exploring community, hahaha. The things we do for hobbies...
Thank you. I appreciate you watching the video. Ya, this one is an anomaly. A true gem. When we found it years ago, we talked about how lucky we were and appreciative for it endlessly. Haha.
Get out of here! I didn't show all of the graffiti in the mine because the graffiti gives it away, there was a house address one of the miners scribbled! I looked it up on Google maps and the house still exists!
I won't confirm or deny it publicly, but where did your grandfather work? If you don't know the operation name, what city? You can email me and I'll let you know if you were right or not. Lol
great pics, cool video, but the background audio is ever so slightly too high, you're hard to understand at times, especially when that more modern hyper typical pop-drum upbeat happy crappy TH-cam back beat is playing😅 Really Awesome find! Those FEED doors were very cool.
@@AlexR_44 it's all good, video editing isn't easy. It's an evolution for sure. Check out my first videos and see how rough those were, lol. I'm a photographer mostly, so videos have been a huge learning curve.
The graffiti came after the mules were gone it seems. A lot from the late 30s and 40s. Electric mine locomotives came here in the early 20s. You never know though 🤷, could be!
Absolutely speechless. And as far as what you said by sharing video and awesome photos, you're ruining it. I call total BS. So many people are interested in seeing, learning and wish they could experience this history and this is as close as they can get. Without these videos, younger generation won't care and the older generation won't get a chance. Killer job as always, brother. (sorry for the rant)
Thanks Mike! Yup, I agree. Those complaining do the same thing. It's just because I am a lone wolf who does not participate in group think and or activities 🤫😄 You're right though man, without these photos, how will younger generations know? Our generation doesn't even know.
@@AnthraciteHorrorStories Screw it. We'll start our own club. We'll call it "Corks" like coal dorks but cause we're also of the Irish heritage. Secret handshake and everything. Hahaha
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Remember to STAY OUT & STAY ALIVE!
I NO LONGER EXPLORE ABANDONED MINES! Black damp, cave-ins, getting lost, water flooding....are but just a few ways to run into trouble if one were to venture into an old coal mine. Do not go in!
Renewing my wants to build the tracked remote control vehicle with lights and cameras, to send into holes that I thought the design up for years ago.
@@Sleezax that'd work on straightforward paths, but what happens around corners with the signal? The cave-ins are serious in many of these too. Kudos to you if you're an inventor however. I'm not handy.
Signal will bounce down the shaft around the corners fairly well. Depends how deep it went. Biggest issue would be getting stuck. And sizing. Would 💯 need tracks top and bottom like the old pyramid rover. Might even need them on the sides. Which than limits power and space available for lights and a camera. Def possible but would take more money In R&D and trial and error than anything. And then when the 1k robot gets stuck 1k ft under ground everyone's sad. 🙄
@@Sleezax hahaha, you sound like an Elon Musk, if it gets stuck, I'll go in on foot and get it for you 🙂
That tic-tac-toe game was an unusual find. All of that intact wiring was nice to see. That hospital was awesome! Must’ve been a lot of injury in that mine to require an on-site hospital underground! I noticed your pinned comment said you aren’t exploring abandoned mines anymore. Is that really true? The graffiti was interesting because some of it didn’t seem to be done with carbide. Instead, it looked like it was etched into the rock. Is that right? That hoist at 21:45 was huge! Never have seen one that large. The abandoned mule barn was cool. Some of the footage in this mine looks vaguely familiar to me - especially some of the locomotives. I feel like I’ve seen that before a long time ago. Did that one guy from New Jersey happen to film this particular mine himself? He is no longer alive, unfortunately, and his TH-cam channel is NJ Underground. I think you know who I’m talking about, right? I think he was in this mine because, as I mentioned, some of the things look vaguely familiar to me. Nice job on the video, man! 👍
Thanks Frank for watching. I was curious as to what you'd think, so I appreciate it. Again, you're one of the biggest reasons for me deciding to post my videos on TH-cam. That kid I never knew, I know the mine you mention. That is far away from this one. I have a video of that mine you mention, it was my first underground one I published this past Thanksgiving. Ya, 2 hospitals in fact! The mines here were a slaughter fest. Over 36,000 dead miners here (that are archived, probably many more). The hoist is ridiculously huge. The wiring is incredible to see. Too much drama here in coal country to explore anymore....lots of drama. It gets old after almost 20 years! Maybe one day though I'll return to it. I'll definitely get out West to see some gold and or silver mines though!
Yes, they etched a lot of the graffiti with rocks/sharp shale.
@@AnthraciteHorrorStories Sorry to hear about the drama. That sucks! Hopefully you’ll get back into it one day. Yes, these mines were death-traps! Many were killed out here, too. Definitely weren’t any safety regulations like there are today. Also weren’t any environmental regulations either. You mentioned acid drainage from the coal mines back there. Out here they left behind mercury, arsenic, and other crap.
@@AbandonedMines11 that's scary stuff. Ya, I've read up on the Mercury, Lead, Arsenic aspect to the Western mines. Are you exposed to that stuff? I'm sure we've all been exposed to scary stuff doing this hobby...Thank you for the well wishes though man. I do appreciate it.
Just in time for the lunch break! Amazing photos indeed! This was a really really awesome video! I can't wait for another round of pictures and the follow up on that gangway. Thanks for sharing this!
That's great, I appreciate you watching. Nothing better than a lunch break with coal mine related material. I will definitely have multiple videos following up.
Awesome stuff! Seeing all those signatures and dates makes me wonder if you could track down a record of those people from that time. It would be really cool to read up on the men who worked down there to get a full sense of the history.
Hey man! I did, I actually found two obituaries. That's the historian in me doing the research lol. One guy was actually killed in Vietnam. That's pretty heavy. One guy put his full house address down there lol . Looked it up online and it's a decent home that's been restored.
That’s extraordinary and sad for the one guy. That’s a lifetime spent working some of the toughest jobs out there.
@@conalrichards8844 hell ya it is. Terrible.
I just love this footage!
Thanks
Dude, I mean Jude, you've outdone yourself this time!! The resolution and detail of your images are beyond unreal! I know you don't give out locations, but can you at least tell me southern, middle, or northern anthracite field? Amazing use of image filters. I'm thoroughly impressed, to say the least.
Thanks Robert! I wish I could, I really do. OPSEC and COMSEC, hahaha. Did you guys have that for acronyms back in the late 60s/early 70s. Thank you for the flattering comments. My photos are just vanilla compared to true pros. I didn't want to spend $3,000 on a camera that would be smashed up, so I spent $300 on a Canon and used long shutter time exposures.
@@AnthraciteHorrorStories Now there are more acronyms than genders!!
Yeaaa this is a good one!!!!
👍
I love the old machinery.
Thank you. I do too.
Bro, im from a place almost without antracite called Brazil, my country hehehehe, but i really love your channel!!! Thanks for going underground digging all that history just to share with all that passion... Tbh, i didnt even knew about all that interesting reallity of old coal mines and you oppened for me a new understandment of how far the human can go to feed it own ambition, and how it was in the early industrial age. I think woth remember that you made this journey possible for people like me, as probably we will never have the chance to see one Pensilvânia coal mine irl ... So bro, thanks, and i just wish you to be always safe and reach awesome findings to share in future with us. Hehehehe cheers from south america!!!
Too cool my friend! I never thought when posting one of these videos that someone in Brazil would get enjoyment out of them! It's summertime down there, right?! Really, really, really appreciate your views, comment & support. I'll be uploading a wild video here in a few hours. Lots and lots and lots of videos to come! Stay safe man. 👍
Oh, hey @@AnthraciteHorrorStories, thats so nice!!! I will be here waiting for it hahahaha. Yes, here is summer time, and just to share the super "El "Ninõ " of this year was responsible for a record high tempature, since brazil started to measure it... its nuts... Cuz also the amazon basin river is passing thru a record drought two!
@@AnthraciteHorrorStories Before I forget, I want to share!!
I wonder, if even subtly, your grandparents could imagine how magical life is and that in almost 100 years in the future a descendant will possibly recognize our efforts and have the affection to remember and share with the world how these mines were, not only fundamental to society, but for our daily lives and mainly it was our livelihood. It must not have been easy and perhaps even the pain and despair of some who perished passes through time and remains in the mines... But compared, for example with the light and prosperity that accompanied your grandparents, bad energy is nothing! This light crossed not only the dangers and hardships of coal mines, but time and even reached the other hemisphere of the planet and by me not only your effort, but theirs is also recognized! If there is something supernatural, certainly the good side of the force that carries the magic of life is with you. And watch this light being spread through the videos of your explorations, oh man!! It's too cool!!! hahahahaha
Dude you gotta upload some more from here. Been urban exploring abandoned buildings for the past 9 years and have dabbled in mines here and there including some of the PA anthracite but this one takes the cake. Got to be the holy grail of east coast mines forsure. Would love to see more from here and love your commentary. Great stuff.
Thanks man, I got a lot of this mine documented. I barely touched the tip of the iceberg with this video. I definitely will 👍 Be careful if you go into mines (I don't suggest you do), but if you do, have a flame lamp or digital oxygen detector and tons of lights batteries and make sure people know where you are and worry times, etc. Mark corners with arrows, don't touch roofs or walls, etc.
@@AnthraciteHorrorStories Yessir I always bring an o2 sensor and my friend has a safety lamp. Proper mine ppe was a bit of an investment, but I’ve always been one to take my physical safety really seriously. And that is awesome to hear I’m looking forward to seeing them. The knowledge you drop is great for someone like me who is still learning more about mining history/industry. That’s how I am with old power plants, I can really nerd out over them.
@@adventuresofdave3324 thanks man. Don't use me for inspiration though. Hahaha. Watch out for asbestos in those power plants. I hate that 💩(asbestos). I never got into the urbex except for the Huber coal breaker and Dorrance fan house, that was about it. The Huber was epic. Took them 6 months to knock it down which was great for people to at least document it before it was gone. A shame for the lack of preservation.
@@AnthraciteHorrorStories yeaa the urbex community is something else these days that’s forsure lol. And that’s awesome you got to see Huber, definitely one of my regrets for never going to. It should have been saved and preserved. Did you also do the power plant by the breaker? That one looked awesome would love to see some shots of it. I love the ornamentation, craftsmanship and architecture in the old plants. Don’t see that anymore. nowadays industrial buildings are just sheet metal boxes 👎🏼
@@adventuresofdave3324 so true. Ya, I spent a lot of time in the powerhouse. Too bad you guys can't experience it. The future is not all sunshines and rainbows, we lost a lot of our heritage.I have footage of them tearing it down. I liked the old post WW1 era industrial architecture of the coal related buildings. So aesthetic. The urbex community is probably better than the underground exploring community, hahaha. The things we do for hobbies...
This mine is a beauty!
Thank you. I appreciate you watching the video. Ya, this one is an anomaly. A true gem. When we found it years ago, we talked about how lucky we were and appreciative for it endlessly. Haha.
11:03 I lit up "OMG it's phone! Cool!" lol
Say again? Lol
@@AnthraciteHorrorStories lol wow I didn’t proofread that 😅. Lol I was for some reason way too enthusiastic to see the remains of a phone in a box
@@ElConquistedor ahhhh hahaha. Me too. There was a red painted lightbulb near it too. Coal mine hospital phone!
Great video!
Thank you. I appreciate it for real. 👍
I've watched hundreds of coal mine videos and none of them can compare to this one 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
Thank you sir. There will be many more, I assure you. This one mine alone will have tons of videos.
@@AnthraciteHorrorStories thank you
I think one of those names on the mule barn wall was my grandfather's nick name they called him sheik
Get out of here! I didn't show all of the graffiti in the mine because the graffiti gives it away, there was a house address one of the miners scribbled! I looked it up on Google maps and the house still exists!
I won't confirm or deny it publicly, but where did your grandfather work? If you don't know the operation name, what city? You can email me and I'll let you know if you were right or not. Lol
great pics, cool video, but the background audio is ever so slightly too high, you're hard to understand at times, especially when that more modern hyper typical pop-drum upbeat happy crappy TH-cam back beat is playing😅
Really Awesome find! Those FEED doors were very cool.
That crappy music is the music I chose and happen to like...
sorry, I meant no offense, I don't even dislike the music itself, I was just trying to offer a little constructive criticism.@@AnthraciteHorrorStories
@@AlexR_44 it's all good, video editing isn't easy. It's an evolution for sure. Check out my first videos and see how rough those were, lol. I'm a photographer mostly, so videos have been a huge learning curve.
I wonder if the graffiti was the names of the mules?
The graffiti came after the mules were gone it seems. A lot from the late 30s and 40s. Electric mine locomotives came here in the early 20s. You never know though 🤷, could be!
A super hoist 🎉🎉🎉🎉
Hell ya it is. "FLORY" manufactured. I believe they made them down near Allentown.
@@AnthraciteHorrorStories Westinghouse motor from Cleveland maybe. These are museum quality pieces along with the mine locos
@@davestrang8585 oh for sure, there's more infrastructure down there yet too. The photos to come are spectacular.
@@AnthraciteHorrorStories I'll be watching 👁️
@@davestrang8585 👁️👄👁️ lol
Absolutely speechless. And as far as what you said by sharing video and awesome photos, you're ruining it. I call total BS. So many people are interested in seeing, learning and wish they could experience this history and this is as close as they can get. Without these videos, younger generation won't care and the older generation won't get a chance. Killer job as always, brother.
(sorry for the rant)
Thanks Mike! Yup, I agree. Those complaining do the same thing. It's just because I am a lone wolf who does not participate in group think and or activities 🤫😄 You're right though man, without these photos, how will younger generations know? Our generation doesn't even know.
@@AnthraciteHorrorStories Screw it. We'll start our own club. We'll call it "Corks" like coal dorks but cause we're also of the Irish heritage. Secret handshake and everything.
Hahaha
@@MikeOrkid hahahaha. Just like ye olde days. The Irish, we have a way of going vs the established order 🤫
@@AnthraciteHorrorStoriesWe always do things different.
@@MikeOrkid A rebellious people. I love it.
No doubt 440 volts zzz
Thats a first... A mushroom 🍄
A lot of mines have mushrooms believe it or not. A pretty common scene!
@@AnthraciteHorrorStories makes sense....just hadn't seen one on video
@@davestrang8585 👍no one really does what I do, that may be why. Hahaha.