This is a re-edit video to change a few things. PLEASE NOTE: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DO THIS ON YOUR OWN. This mine has a very loose ceiling and has a small opening. I will have the proper equipment next time i do this.
You are so right about not making much money. My mother was born 1927 at crummies creek Ky at a coal camp. Back then you wasn't paid with money but with script. The script would have that mines logo and there would be a hole through the script so it would not be passed as coin. If you have even heard the song sixteen tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford where he says I owe my soul to the company store yeah that was the truth. Your script could only be used at your coal camps company store. The shacks had holes in the walls and you would have to plug them with newspaper. The coal companies were hard core. There would be men with rifles guarding the camp. You spent your script only there! If the man of the house got hurt or sick and couldn't work you had only so much time to get out or they threw you out by gun point. They would take everything you owned if you owed the company store. God bless and be careful.
You are brave to go down-and keep going. It’s great to see so thank you! But I can hardly breathe while you’re investigating. Those ore carts are massive!
I give you much courage going threw that mine shoot. It was very interesting, seeing an actual ore cart. I think you gyes should get out of there you make me nervous. What if you get blocked in. You gotta be careful JP. Those rocks are not trustworthy. Good find JP
Where I lived when I was a kid(last street in Scranton before Taylor), there used to be a 'pit' at the end of the street back in the fields near the one cemetery. At the bottom of that pit there was an open mine tunnel going into the hillside. You could feel the breeze coming out of there. There were other numerous old mine buildings and even a mine shaft hidden in a bunch of high weeds(that I almost fell into one time). Most of that area is now redeveloped due to Kane Warehousing. Best building was this MASSIVE one you could see from the road near the UPS hub in Taylor. It was more than half buried in the culm banks and only the one office area at the base of it and the roof were really accessible. That roof was VERY unstable, yet I crawled out on it the one day and that was the last time I ever did that. Huge drop to the inside of the building and/or a mine and I could sorta feel the ground moving under my weight.
There seems to be a lot more down to the south where The Wandering Woodsman films his videos since a lot of stuff on his channel is abandoned mines/mine tunnels/train tunnels. But a lot of them are on state controlled land as opposed to I guess the ones around here where they were on privately owned land that got redeveloped. The one video he did recently in a park even showed a sloping mine that I guess had been partially back filled. Yet the tunnel opening was still wide open. But getting into and out of it would require climbing gear and at least having some sort of back up in case something were to happen.
I'm a big fan of his videos. I watched that video you mentioned, he said he wont be returning to it again because of how unstable it is. We are discussing plans to get together for a collaboration video.
Great explore and interesting experience but I have to agree with some of the other viewers that this very unsafe in so many ways 😯😯 I am really happy with the video...another awesome one to be sure but safety first my friend 🤗❤👍👍 I enjoyed the info and the exploration but y'all had me on edge...am extremely thankful 🙏🙌 y'all made it in and back out again in one piece. Thanks for letting us all tag along with y'all and as always...take care 😊 and stay safe ❤🙏💙
I am a retired underground coal miner with with many years of experience. Please never ever go in another mine with the unsafe roof condition's this very old mine had. You two are so lucky more rock didn't fall and kill you. This mine looks to be a mine that mined anthracite coal and the coal seam is not level like other coal seams but is inclined or sloping all the way. To mine this coal you follow the coal seam no matter which way it runs. Those old coal cars look to be from the 1940's and could be from the early 1900's. You need and oxygen monitor that will read oxygen levels for you because the deeper you go inside a mine the less air there is and if deep enough underground you could die from lack of oxygen. You don't need a methane monitor, methane gas will not kill you unless you expose a flame like a lighter and that flame alone will ignite and cause and explosion. My rambling on was to give you some good safety tips. I still enjoyed your video even tho i was worried for your safety.
This was my first mine exploration and realized how unprepared i was. I have since explore a few more mine with proper safety equipment and knowledge. Check out my mines playlist. Thanks for reaching out.
JPVideos- Maybe that's why you were struggling to breathe so much. As you said you knew you were not super fit but very surprised at how short of breath you were. Hey thanks for the video though regardless I enjoyed it very much, there is so much history just let around rotting away but sector to have another look because not your video!😉
I've explored very many mines but man you have balls, I would never enter a coal mine. All that slab rock ready to come down was a huge nope for me! Thanks for the footage
Oh my I can't believe you two went in there. It just looked like a dangerous thing to do. Looked like something your friend Cliff would love doing. lol
That was truly AMAZING! I Am learning so much by watching you and Cliff. I grew up in PA and as kids we searched for a mine entrance under my High school...never found an open one, but had a ton of fun searching...lol...its hard to believe what those men were doing and how hard and dangerous it was. Thank you for documenting and in a way teaching about our state's history! Just awesome, and be careful! Did you ever go back for a part 2? open
Mines with low roofs are absolutely back breaking to explore, being stooped over for hours really makes your back start to ache. Its hard to imagine how harsh these places must have been to actually work in.
Well JP.....my dear young man (and friend with you)....as badly as I wanted to see inside of that mine, I was frightened for your safety when I saw it looking so unstable! You gave me quite a scare!! And yet, at the same time, quite a Show!!!!!! Knew if we were seeing you in this video you both made it out. "Thank you" seems inadequate for the risks you took! Totally thumbs up!
im of a coal mining family in Scotland my father became a deputy in the mines ie safety man you took some risks guys lucky to come out alive please take care if you must do it get all the gas monetering devices the roof was very dangerous you were under take care
I can't decide if you are CRAZY or BRAVE. It was possible you could have been buried alive. It was scary especially when KYLE disappeared. BUT this video was SO GOOD and interesting. I never saw the inside of a mine before, only in still pictures. MY grandfather came from Poland and worked in a mine and died of BLACK LUNG. I'm not sure if conditions were better here than in Poland. He certainly worked hard. Thanks for doing this video even if I don't know if you are Crazy or Brave.
What type Methane detecting apparatus do you use? Looks like there was airflow, but you should take some type of Oxygen Sensor underground with you. As for the roof conditions in that mine, I was in a roof fall in a coal mine in 1982, and I have been confined to a wheelchair since. The mine I was injured in had excellent roof conditions, but it happened. I would never in my entire life have went under what you guys did in that old mine. MSA could fine you if they saw that video. I don't mean to be scolding you or anything like that, but showing concern for your safety. Stay safe JP! I love watching your videos.
Beautiful photography but I must admit I fast forwarded thru the first time to make sure you made it out o. k. You are giving this old lady white hair. You have a LOT of people who don't want to see you get hurt ...Another great video of a unique find.
i notice you are always very careful .... that is the important thing. Like everything else in life it is carelessness that gets most people in trouble . Stay safe and have fun .
How old would you say this mine is yes that back is ready to go at anytime and you went under it that is one hell of a risk mate great video but dangerous stay safe and always have safety equipment at all times 👍
when you showed pictures of the guys down in the mines i started to tear up i can't imagine doing that they really used a pick and axe to break it up? and they used donkeys too? god bless those guys i'm glad i saw that video i can really appreciate what they did and what they went thru very moving
That shit sucks coming out on an angle like that esp in cramped conditions huh? Lol great vid and those coal cars are an exceptionally nice find. Good call on the gas meter for a return trip and helmet. As for your lense fogging up, rub a little rain x on there and that should take care of it, used to happen to me all the time.
Hey thanks for checking the video out. Those cramped conditions were horrible. I couldnt imagine working in that tight of a space. Got the gas meter and helmet is on the way. Curious to see whats at the end of the tunnel. Thanks for the rain x tip.
JPVideos No problem man. Yeah Justin ( TVR Exploring) just slides right through those tight spots, I on the other hand.....6' 245-50 lbs..... Not so much! Lol looks like you guys are in the same ball park. Did you see anywhere there might be a shaft or an open cut on the surface? If so it might be easier to come from that way in, 9-10 times it isn't but that 10th time is magic! LMAO good luck can't wait to see what you find!
This was the only entrance i found but may discover another as i explore further. Tvr is like spider man of abandoned mines. He can fit and climb anywhere lol. Im nearly 6ft and about 270 so walking hunched over is difficult.
JPVideos Lol we'd fit in well together that's for sure! Yeah Justin and I get into some hairy shit the problem is he's not big enough to pull my ass out so I usually get tail end Charley in case something does go down heaven forbid. Probably another reason is because he knows I'm a maniac with a shovel. I really can't wait to see what's down there then since there's air flow. You ever find yourself in NORTHERN California look us up!!
you are walking down the track entry, those are called rooms that are drove off to each side of the track entry!!!! i was a mine examiner in clearfield and center county.
More than people realize. Some never got closed, others reopened, but there's signs of them all over. I wish I could share them publicly, but unfortunately I cant. They are definitely fascinating though.
@@JPVideos81 that's why I never say any locations you get into. It's not worth someone going there and damaging them or worse an uneducated person getting hurt. They can watch from the safety of their home.
I don't know how far or difficult it was for you to get there but if you're close by and have a coal fir in your house there's plenty of coal still there just for personal use 😉
Ok your driving me crazy calling coal cars ore carts. If your in a pennsylvania coal mine they are called mine cars or coal cars. Ore carts are in silver and gold mines . Copper mines and iron mines they called them ore carts. But in coal mines they are coal carts
A very awsome mine and you are lucky to survie this adventure Coalmines are very very dangerous and no helmet no visual obigen or Methan Detektor. You are on a suicide Mission if you do as you do . It is your live but when you publish your adventure you are responsable
Looking back at this video, i was definitely pressing my luck going in without equipment. I have since picked up an o2 meter and want to go back to explore the rest. The loose ceilings are a cause for concern though.
As a second generation coal mine electrician here in eastern ky you should learn the dangers of coal mines. First those bars you seen are scaling bars to pull loose rock from the top not the ceiling the bolts are roof bolts that have came loose with the top from water freezing and expanding and retracting over the years. Coal mines are very dangerous do to methane which is oderless and there's white and black damp which are silent killers. Y'all pressed your luck with death. Methane detectors are a must and msha approved lighting. Idiots.
This was the first mine i have ever explored and realized how unprepared i was. Since this video i have studied up on it and purchased a lot of safety equipment. I now use a four gas meter and have waterproof sealed lighting.
@@JPVideos81 OMG- you should NEVER enter a Coal Mineshaft, NEVER unless you are getting a paycheck! Scott Baker is telling you the truth... BLACKDAMP!!! You could save some Mothers Child in assisting the Proper people to get that shaft closed Dude. look at this Video: it will give you very detailed Information about Blackdamp, only 4 minutes. Maybe you have looked this over, but realize, you will need 5 Men, and check every Foot! Not worth the risk at all. Just do not do COAL mines. th-cam.com/video/nRiOs44C8ak/w-d-xo.html
You obviously know nothing of the dangers you put yourself at risk of. One word of advice, let your family know where you are going so they know where to lay flowers.
Ever heard of black damp? Keep going into them and you will find out what that is. Being a former coal miner you couldn't have paid me to go in there. No roof bolting no or rotten timbers,loose ribs and top,just a collapse waiting to happen. Not to mention methane pocks 2 to 15 percent and given a spark,boom! You got balls i must say. Good luck to you in your explores. I implore you to get a 02 and methane spotters be wise come out alive. Remember changing of the seasons brings more reasons to be aware of your surroundings.
This was the first mine i ever explored and i admit i was very uneducated of the dangers. Since this video was filmed i have been much smarter and safer. I know have hard hat, 4 gas meter that picks up o2, h2s, and others. I also talked to former miners to get educated on conditions and what to be looking for. Thanks for checking out the video.
If people Imitate you and walk in Abandoned mines and die there Abandoned mines to explore is not funny it is hard work very dangerous and uses more than the will to Do it Take care Yours Frank
This is a re-edit video to change a few things. PLEASE NOTE: DO NOT ATTEMPT TO DO THIS ON YOUR OWN. This mine has a very loose ceiling and has a small opening. I will have the proper equipment next time i do this.
JPVideos where was this mine located at was this in Centrila Pa?
i wont go in.i well lesson sir ^_^
should have the right equipment first time you do it.
Don't worry we want life is too valuable
You are so right about not making much money. My mother was born 1927 at crummies creek Ky at a coal camp. Back then you wasn't paid with money but with script. The script would have that mines logo and there would be a hole through the script so it would not be passed as coin. If you have even heard the song sixteen tons by Tennessee Ernie Ford where he says I owe my soul to the company store yeah that was the truth. Your script could only be used at your coal camps company store. The shacks had holes in the walls and you would have to plug them with newspaper. The coal companies were hard core. There would be men with rifles guarding the camp. You spent your script only there! If the man of the house got hurt or sick and couldn't work you had only so much time to get out or they threw you out by gun point. They would take everything you owned if you owed the company store. God bless and be careful.
cool exploration, a lot of stuff still left in that mine!
That looked like a tight squeeze. I will be watching videos again today. A great activity when no college work to do.
Excellent video. I think I’ve been there at least 15 years ago with UGM crew. It’s a well preserved. Thanks for sharing.
Thats an awesome Vulcan shaker chute down there.I like this little mine.
Cool explore!!! Thank you Jay for sharing!!! I enjoyed this video 💙😊
You are brave to go down-and keep going. It’s great to see so thank you! But I can hardly breathe while you’re investigating. Those ore carts are massive!
From a former miner this doesn't take bravery. It takes an abundance of stupidty.
Great exploration. Nice to see all these old ore carts and rusted rail frogs.
Great job of documenting the mine, good stuff 😉 buddy!
Very cool man!!! This is a super cool spot!!! Thanks for sharing!!!
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Excellent video...love. Seeing everything left behind. Almost too risky!!!!
I have a new one like this coming out this week.
Pious and selfless effort to focus on abandoned coal mine , a source of many dangers.
I give you much courage going threw that mine shoot. It was very interesting, seeing an actual ore cart. I think you gyes should get out of there you make me nervous. What if you get blocked in. You gotta be careful JP. Those rocks are not trustworthy. Good find JP
It's definitely dangerous, but fascinating
Where I lived when I was a kid(last street in Scranton before Taylor), there used to be a 'pit' at the end of the street back in the fields near the one cemetery. At the bottom of that pit there was an open mine tunnel going into the hillside. You could feel the breeze coming out of there. There were other numerous old mine buildings and even a mine shaft hidden in a bunch of high weeds(that I almost fell into one time).
Most of that area is now redeveloped due to Kane Warehousing. Best building was this MASSIVE one you could see from the road near the UPS hub in Taylor. It was more than half buried in the culm banks and only the one office area at the base of it and the roof were really accessible. That roof was VERY unstable, yet I crawled out on it the one day and that was the last time I ever did that. Huge drop to the inside of the building and/or a mine and I could sorta feel the ground moving under my weight.
I know 10-20yrs ago there was much more around to check out. Only wish i was filming back then.
There seems to be a lot more down to the south where The Wandering Woodsman films his videos since a lot of stuff on his channel is abandoned mines/mine tunnels/train tunnels. But a lot of them are on state controlled land as opposed to I guess the ones around here where they were on privately owned land that got redeveloped.
The one video he did recently in a park even showed a sloping mine that I guess had been partially back filled. Yet the tunnel opening was still wide open. But getting into and out of it would require climbing gear and at least having some sort of back up in case something were to happen.
I'm a big fan of his videos. I watched that video you mentioned, he said he wont be returning to it again because of how unstable it is. We are discussing plans to get together for a collaboration video.
Great explore and interesting experience but I have to agree with some of the other viewers that this very unsafe in so many ways 😯😯
I am really happy with the video...another awesome one to be sure but safety first my friend 🤗❤👍👍
I enjoyed the info and the exploration but y'all had me on edge...am extremely thankful 🙏🙌 y'all made it in and back out again in one piece.
Thanks for letting us all tag along with y'all and as always...take care 😊 and stay safe ❤🙏💙
This was before I knew any better. I definitely wouldn't repeat these dangerous acts again.
You are very brave to go there!!! Don't think I could do it!!! Such hard conditions for the miners! Wow!! Thank you for bringing this to us!!
It was dangerous, but also so fascinating.
I am a retired underground coal miner with with many years of experience. Please never ever go in another mine with the unsafe roof condition's this very old mine had. You two are so lucky more rock didn't fall and kill you. This mine looks to be a mine that mined anthracite coal and the coal seam is not level like other coal seams but is inclined or sloping all the way. To mine this coal you follow the coal seam no matter which way it runs. Those old coal cars look to be from the 1940's and could be from the early 1900's. You need and oxygen monitor that will read oxygen levels for you because the deeper you go inside a mine the less air there is and if deep enough underground you could die from lack of oxygen. You don't need a methane monitor, methane gas will not kill you unless you expose a flame like a lighter and that flame alone will ignite and cause and explosion. My rambling on was to give you some good safety tips. I still enjoyed your video even tho i was worried for your safety.
This was my first mine exploration and realized how unprepared i was. I have since explore a few more mine with proper safety equipment and knowledge. Check out my mines playlist. Thanks for reaching out.
JPVideos- Maybe that's why you were struggling to breathe so much. As you said you knew you were not super fit but very surprised at how short of breath you were. Hey thanks for the video though regardless I enjoyed it very much, there is so much history just let around rotting away but sector to have another look because not your video!😉
@@zerofox7347 I was hoping to find this comment and the ones above. I was thinking the same thing. Oxygen levels may have been low.
What about carbon monoxide?
which mines did you mine at?
I've explored very many mines but man you have balls, I would never enter a coal mine. All that slab rock ready to come down was a huge nope for me! Thanks for the footage
and you need a psycologist as well.
@@pauldavies4496 Yep, I need a psychologist because I wont enter a coal mine.
Oh my I can't believe you two went in there. It just looked like a dangerous thing to do. Looked like something your friend Cliff would love doing. lol
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Awesome and very authentic video guys please keep the video coming. Be careful though. 😋
That was truly AMAZING! I Am learning so much by watching you and Cliff. I grew up in PA and as kids we searched for a mine entrance under my High school...never found an open one, but had a ton of fun searching...lol...its hard to believe what those men were doing and how hard and dangerous it was. Thank you for documenting and in a way teaching about our state's history! Just awesome, and be careful!
Did you ever go back for a part 2?
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Wow great video! Love the info and pics at end are beautiful.
Thank you!! I love coal mines, but I wish they had the safety and knowledge of today standards for the workers
Mines with low roofs are absolutely back breaking to explore, being stooped over for hours really makes your back start to ache. Its hard to imagine how harsh these places must have been to actually work in.
I agree. Very uncomfortable conditions.
Well JP.....my dear young man (and friend with you)....as badly as I wanted to see inside of that mine, I was frightened for your safety when I saw it looking so unstable! You gave me quite a scare!! And yet, at the same time, quite a Show!!!!!! Knew if we were seeing you in this video you both made it out. "Thank you" seems inadequate for the risks you took! Totally thumbs up!
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This mine, more so than any I've ever seen, is Russian Roulette. U got very lucky.
im of a coal mining family in Scotland my father became a deputy in the mines ie safety man you took some risks guys lucky to come out alive please take care if you must do it get all the gas monetering devices the roof was very dangerous you were under take care
Fantastic video thanks for showing us 👌😉
Very fascinating Coal mine💙💜😎🌞😎
You couldn't pay me to go down there, great job
Wasnt my brightest decision lol
I can't decide if you are CRAZY or BRAVE. It was possible you could have been buried alive. It was scary especially when KYLE disappeared. BUT this video was SO GOOD and interesting. I never saw the inside of a mine before, only in still pictures. MY grandfather came from Poland and worked in a mine and died of BLACK LUNG. I'm not sure if conditions were better here than in Poland. He certainly worked hard. Thanks for doing this video even if I don't know if you are Crazy or Brave.
I dont know if im crazy or brave either, but i thank you for watching.
LOL. You're welcome.
If you dont mind me asking, what area or city where you in or near? not planning on going, very unstable mine.
What type Methane detecting apparatus do you use? Looks like there was airflow, but you should take some type of Oxygen Sensor underground with you. As for the roof conditions in that mine, I was in a roof fall in a coal mine in 1982, and I have been confined to a wheelchair since. The mine I was injured in had excellent roof conditions, but it happened. I would never in my entire life have went under what you guys did in that old mine. MSA could fine you if they saw that video. I don't mean to be scolding you or anything like that, but showing concern for your safety. Stay safe JP! I love watching your videos.
Beautiful photography but I must admit I fast forwarded thru the first time to make sure you made it out o. k. You are giving this old lady white hair. You have a LOT of people who don't want to see you get hurt ...Another great video of a unique find.
So far so good, no injuries or issues.
i notice you are always very careful .... that is the important thing. Like everything else in life it is carelessness that gets most people in trouble . Stay safe and have fun .
Excellent job as always. You got pretty far in there from the looks of it.
Pretty far, yet still didnt reach the end.
How old would you say this mine is yes that back is ready to go at anytime and you went under it that is one hell of a risk mate great video but dangerous stay safe and always have safety equipment at all times 👍
AN AWESOME VIDEO ..AMAZING
great effort man.. thanx for the video..
when you showed pictures of the guys down in the mines i started to tear up i can't imagine doing that they really used a pick and axe to break it up? and they used donkeys too? god bless those guys i'm glad i saw that video i can really appreciate what they did and what they went thru very moving
Not trying to be a dick but how did you Imagen they did it before power tools and locomotives?
That shit sucks coming out on an angle like that esp in cramped conditions huh? Lol great vid and those coal cars are an exceptionally nice find. Good call on the gas meter for a return trip and helmet. As for your lense fogging up, rub a little rain x on there and that should take care of it, used to happen to me all the time.
Hey thanks for checking the video out. Those cramped conditions were horrible. I couldnt imagine working in that tight of a space. Got the gas meter and helmet is on the way. Curious to see whats at the end of the tunnel. Thanks for the rain x tip.
JPVideos No problem man. Yeah Justin ( TVR Exploring) just slides right through those tight spots, I on the other hand.....6' 245-50 lbs..... Not so much! Lol looks like you guys are in the same ball park. Did you see anywhere there might be a shaft or an open cut on the surface? If so it might be easier to come from that way in, 9-10 times it isn't but that 10th time is magic! LMAO good luck can't wait to see what you find!
This was the only entrance i found but may discover another as i explore further. Tvr is like spider man of abandoned mines. He can fit and climb anywhere lol. Im nearly 6ft and about 270 so walking hunched over is difficult.
JPVideos Lol we'd fit in well together that's for sure! Yeah Justin and I get into some hairy shit the problem is he's not big enough to pull my ass out so I usually get tail end Charley in case something does go down heaven forbid. Probably another reason is because he knows I'm a maniac with a shovel. I really can't wait to see what's down there then since there's air flow. You ever find yourself in NORTHERN California look us up!!
I'm planning a rt 66 trip next year so when i head out that way. I'd love to meet up with you guys. Btw i just subbed to your channel.
you are walking down the track entry, those are called rooms that are drove off to each side of the track entry!!!! i was a mine examiner in clearfield and center county.
Incredible footage 👍
Hell no! I woyld not be on there! Kudos to you!
The side pockets you refer to, I would call them cross cuts, I worked in a coal mine from 2002 until 2013
I'm still learning all the terminology such as stopes, drifts and winze. Thanks for the info.
Did u have any gas detectors
This looks awesome! But going underground might be worse than climbing a sketch porch!
Weak floor, weak ceiling. Either way your rolling the dice.
You are in Pennsylvania right?
Yes
Isn't it crazy that our area is just littered with these mines? Partly open portals cover both sides of the valley.
More than people realize. Some never got closed, others reopened, but there's signs of them all over. I wish I could share them publicly, but unfortunately I cant. They are definitely fascinating though.
@@JPVideos81 that's why I never say any locations you get into. It's not worth someone going there and damaging them or worse an uneducated person getting hurt. They can watch from the safety of their home.
my step father,used to tell me,people used to still coal.they well go back the mountain way out if i remember,if i say right?
I don't know how far or difficult it was for you to get there but if you're close by and have a coal fir in your house there's plenty of coal still there just for personal use 😉
Wow really cool! 👍🏻
lots of rock in that coal vein.
Great video of the mine Jay 😄 Glad you have the proper safety equipment now.
I'm glad too
Good job again
Thanks britt
Ok your driving me crazy calling coal cars ore carts. If your in a pennsylvania coal mine they are called mine cars or coal cars. Ore carts are in silver and gold mines . Copper mines and iron mines they called them ore carts. But in coal mines they are coal carts
I realized that afterwards. I wasnt as knowledgeable when doing this video several years ago.
You the flipping Man!
A very awsome mine and you are lucky to survie this adventure
Coalmines are very very dangerous and no helmet no visual obigen or Methan Detektor.
You are on a suicide Mission if you do as you do .
It is your live but when you publish your adventure you are responsable
Exploring old mine workings in one word is plain STUPID.
Have wanted to do this with my Son for years but he was too young, and never got a crew together.
Looking back at this video, i was definitely pressing my luck going in without equipment. I have since picked up an o2 meter and want to go back to explore the rest. The loose ceilings are a cause for concern though.
JPVideos no equipment you bring will save you from roof and rib fall. Don’t go into coal mines that have no operating infrastructure.
do more coal mines please!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! they are soooooooo cool!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Check out my Mines playlist.
As a second generation coal mine electrician here in eastern ky you should learn the dangers of coal mines. First those bars you seen are scaling bars to pull loose rock from the top not the ceiling the bolts are roof bolts that have came loose with the top from water freezing and expanding and retracting over the years. Coal mines are very dangerous do to methane which is oderless and there's white and black damp which are silent killers. Y'all pressed your luck with death. Methane detectors are a must and msha approved lighting. Idiots.
This was the first mine i have ever explored and realized how unprepared i was. Since this video i have studied up on it and purchased a lot of safety equipment. I now use a four gas meter and have waterproof sealed lighting.
@@JPVideos81 OMG- you should NEVER enter a Coal Mineshaft, NEVER unless you are getting a paycheck! Scott Baker is telling you the truth... BLACKDAMP!!! You could save some Mothers Child in assisting the Proper people to get that shaft closed Dude.
look at this Video: it will give you very detailed Information about Blackdamp, only 4 minutes. Maybe you have looked this over, but realize, you will need 5 Men, and check every Foot! Not worth the risk at all. Just do not do COAL mines.
th-cam.com/video/nRiOs44C8ak/w-d-xo.html
You obviously know nothing of the dangers you put yourself at risk of. One word of advice, let your family know where you are going so they know where to lay flowers.
awesome
Interesting, but there is no way I could do that. To me, the mine is too small and my butt too big. Lol
Ever heard of black damp? Keep going into them and you will find out what that is. Being a former coal miner you couldn't have paid me to go in there. No roof bolting no or rotten timbers,loose ribs and top,just a collapse waiting to happen. Not to mention methane pocks 2 to 15 percent and given a spark,boom! You got balls i must say. Good luck to you in your explores. I implore you to get a 02 and methane spotters be wise come out alive. Remember changing of the seasons brings more reasons to be aware of your surroundings.
This was the first mine i ever explored and i admit i was very uneducated of the dangers. Since this video was filmed i have been much smarter and safer. I know have hard hat, 4 gas meter that picks up o2, h2s, and others. I also talked to former miners to get educated on conditions and what to be looking for. Thanks for checking out the video.
I'm scared for you!
I thankfully made it in one piece
Where was this mine located at ? CENTRILA PA ?
No. Those mines are filled and on fire, producing poisonous gasses.
Coal cars. Not ore carts. :)
You're right
@@JPVideos81 They're actually called "Jimmys"
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If people Imitate you and walk in Abandoned mines and die there
Abandoned mines to explore is not funny it is hard work very dangerous and uses more than the will to Do it
Take care
Yours Frank
Looks pretty dangerous. Kids do not try this.
All the safety lecture types need to just take a break and enjoy the ride. It gets old.
knee pads mean low coal!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You got me subbed dude?
Now We are poor
The side workings in your mine are called "stopes"
You sir are incorrect, they are called a cross cut in a coal mine. If it was hard rock you would be correct.
Golly...I’m holding my breath.
Dont hold it too long