hello from Peabody's neighbor in southern Illinois. many Peabody mines populated SI over the years, sadly few are still in operation. what Peabody didn't mine Arch mineral, Consolidated Coal, and several smaller companies did. nowadays the former pits and cuts are lakes and wetlands, great fishing, waterfowl, upland and big game hunting remain. many memories are fondly housed in this 72 yo mind.
I'm a former roof bolter operator from southeastern Ohio and our mines may be smaller but the work is the same much love and mass respect to all my brother and sister miners out there
I am so glad to finally see that this has been made available to everyone! It sure helps others understand mining lingo & concepts such as longwall, CM, crib, etc. That we have the longest longwall, some of the highest BTU quality coal, and some of the safest underground mining conditions are things most people don't know either! TCC has been & will continue to be a valuable asset to NW Colorado!
Kathy Hockett I worked at a mine where a lot of the management team came from 20 Mile. the only experienced miners I met that knew usable information came from 20 Mile and Skyline. 20 mile is one of the actual "Benchmark Mines". I spent my last year & 1/2 at 20 mile. They are an impressive bunch.
Dad worked for ICRR for 43 years in IL and hauled millions of tons from S IL coal mines and millions from coal mines from the powder river basin in WY, he had that run from Sauget to Fulton KY, a 3 day round trip run, it's cleaner burning but it burns 3 times faster and cost 3 times as much to haul it from WY to Ballwin power plant, they built a scrubber at Ballwin but weren't using it to clean IL coal so it would be cleaner to burn, politics BS somewhere in that crap
I loved that job i griped everyday going in long hours long days but I had my electrical card bossing papers instructors card met card and on the fire brigade team but I was doing the ram car batteries and the top came in and I had to have both of my knees replaced. I loved that job I wish I was still mining
i have been studying the upper big branch mine explosion and im glad i found this i was looking for a good footage of a longwall operation and this is probably the best example of how it work with the workers describing the operation on youtube there is an other but its just footage and the rest is product propaganda from the manufacturers
I hear what they say. I understand the words perfectly and I see the diagrams. What I still can't grasp is how they can continue this kind of mining without the roof slamming down on top of them.
I know I couldn't do this job mainly because of the closed in spaces. But my respect for these men goes off the scale. They face some of the most dangerous working conditions anywhere, but they never complain. These men are true Patriots and Americans. May the Lord bless them all.
So, when the wall moves forward. The roof behind it collapses... does the ground sink down on the surface? I used to live above an abandoned coal mine. The house started sagging.
I havent seen a Lee Norris continuous miner in over 20 years. Is that a 265? I know that they made a 245 and a 265. The 245 was a low coal miner where as the 265 was for high seams. I have seen a LeeNorris Top Dog bolter. I still cant believe that Joy sold out.
A mountain weighs a lot more than an aircraft carrier. I've watched the top sit down on MRS jacks and crush them like pop cans. Trust me, the only power holding that mountain up. Is the Lord God Almighty.
how does someone become a miner? just get hired with no experience and start a training apprenticeship in the mine itself? im pretty sure these jobs are sought after by many, how often do people get hired on? what happens to debris that collapses behind the long wall cutter?
Call the mine and ask what contract company they use. Then apply with that company. New miners wash out so fast that they usually give anyone a chance.
the collapsed roof or cob is left behind to backfill the area were the cutter has been once they finish a section the machine is moved to a new section to begin a new section
First off,before a company will consider hiring you . You will need a m.s.h.a. Mine card. 40 hr. course for surface mine and 80 hrs. for underground. When I took the course to find one I just look in the want ads of a paper w that was near mines. I was in w.va . In 2002 I was making 30.00 $ an hour for driving a cat. Triple 7 Rock truck.
lol it funny watching these crap hell the miner the man was staring up saying coming on has not bneen running in months the rust on the drums is the tell all
Coal miners are the backbone of our country along with our military...the liberals think you turn a light on and have NO CLUE how electricity is actually made to Light up our world...ty coal miners!!!
Stephen Tate At 20 MILE I belive it was a 1000 ft panel with an 9+ foot seem. Sadly I didn't pay a lot of attention to details because I did the same thing every day regardless of the mine plan....pushed buttons, picked things up and put them down again.
I used to service a mine in central Queensland for a CAT dealer and it’s face is 420 meters long with a 3m cut height. They would get anything up to 16 bi-di shears a shift. Monster face. Another mine close by I used to go to is grasstree and it has a medium seam 2.7 and they got over 10 million ton two years in a row. Unbelievable cut rates and production. Both single Longwall operations.
less labor intensive - so the workers are there to babysit the machine which does the work - by 2020 the computers will be like, go sit down, have a beer, I'll call ya if I need ya
@@danielstewart7163 not been in a mine personally but i come from a family of mines and back in the day men got into fights kinda regularly it was rarely to occasionally about work but mostly out of work typical guy stuff like waiting to get into the mine to beat the guy who has been doing your wife kinda stuff and this was non union mines and back in the late 60s at the latest i guess by going at it in the mine nobody could call the cops or someone else call them
@@sqike001ton worked all my life underground.. and this isn't true! maybe a dumbass here and there, but.. All miners respect one an other weather you like eachother or not.. we all gotta work together! it just becomes a brotherhood.. just as anything else! ~9/10 times.. “you would make someone come up missing..” that messed with your buddy underground! mistakes Happen/very easily done back in there!
@@danr1920 Right but if the mine is properly ventilated that is pretty unlikely. Sadly most of the time when that happens it's proven that the company was no following proper safety regulations. Imagine that.
@@jeremypitchford140 It certainly can be at times. Mining isn't always dangerous either. Mechanics rarely go in. Union mines are very safe. If regulations are followed there is rarely an accident out of what would be considered a workplace normal accident.
@@monmixer I work in a non union mine in Southern Illinois and it's very safe most fatalities are cause by being crushed by continuous miners roofbolters or shuttle cars so usually it's just means you get to comfortable and make a mistake you always gotta be alert and aware of your surroundings ive lived on a farm my whole life and work in a mine living life on the edge 😆 🤣
2:47 this is the problem block s of coal exactly the same what happened in underground of Hiroshima Nakasaky and Ukraine zernoble { uus kalle Raisk AINE ) explotion blocks
In June of 1996 they produced 1 million clean tons off that single wall. They had 99% availability. That's 2 10 hours shifts 7 days a week with 4 hours maintenance. I doubt that Enlow Fork could match that. I worked for Consol once at Blacksville No. 1. If Enlow ran like that place I feel sorry for ya.
Educational video. Unfortunately, coal burning is likely the most hazardous way of generating electricity. 4th generation nuclear power plants need to replace coal mining as soon as possible. The cleanest, safest way to produce electricity.
Shawn Skiver He's a uppity hippy who lives in the woods with his cats and his goofy online solar panels. He probably believes in man made global warming too. Hippies.
Unfortunately coal, regardless of whether it is mined in an "environmentally sound" manner, whatever that means, if very, very damaging to our environment & we must learn to fill our energy needs without it. Additionally, the amount of coal (& other forms of fossil fuels) is finite. It isn't going to last forever. Sorry, but coal which was yesterday's answer, is today's nightmare.
hello from Peabody's neighbor in southern Illinois. many Peabody mines populated SI over the years, sadly few are still in operation. what Peabody didn't mine Arch mineral, Consolidated Coal, and several smaller companies did. nowadays the former pits and cuts are lakes and wetlands, great fishing, waterfowl, upland and big game hunting remain. many memories are fondly housed in this 72 yo mind.
If government would get outta the way and let these guys do their job we wouldn’t be in the man made energy crisis we’re in!
I'm a former roof bolter operator from southeastern Ohio and our mines may be smaller but the work is the same much love and mass respect to all my brother and sister miners out there
It would be nice if all mines operated like this mine. Truly an exception.
That was a great video, truly amazing the machinery built for just that purpose. stay safe thank you see you on the next one.
Nice video! Brought back many memories from my coal mining days!!
I am so glad to finally see that this has been made available to everyone! It sure helps others understand mining lingo & concepts such as longwall, CM, crib, etc. That we have the longest longwall, some of the highest BTU quality coal, and some of the safest underground mining conditions are things most people don't know either! TCC has been & will continue to be a valuable asset to NW Colorado!
I underground coal mined for 41 years , laid off now thanks to . its all so sad .I ran a miner for 35 years .
Kathy Hockett I worked at a mine where a lot of the management team came from 20 Mile.
the only experienced miners I met that knew usable information came from 20 Mile and Skyline.
20 mile is one of the actual "Benchmark Mines". I spent my last year & 1/2 at 20 mile.
They are an impressive bunch.
The outtakes at the end are priceless.
U can't understant this 😉 u Need to feel that and see in reality.
Ppp
Dad worked for ICRR for 43 years in IL and hauled millions of tons from S IL coal mines and millions from coal mines from the powder river basin in WY, he had that run from Sauget to Fulton KY, a 3 day round trip run, it's cleaner burning but it burns 3 times faster and cost 3 times as much to haul it from WY to Ballwin power plant, they built a scrubber at Ballwin but weren't using it to clean IL coal so it would be cleaner to burn, politics BS somewhere in that crap
Just secured a job here. Super excited!
All respect to those who do and have mined throughout the years. We'll get you out! ❤
Delivered a vendor load there 2 days ago. Great people and my favorite day of my work week?
I need a job, I'd be very proud to mine coal. Thanks
I loved that job i griped everyday going in long hours long days but I had my electrical card bossing papers instructors card met card and on the fire brigade team but I was doing the ram car batteries and the top came in and I had to have both of my knees replaced. I loved that job I wish I was still mining
Great video! Great for the mining company and the miners.
25 a miner from 23 inch to 12 ft loved it and the friendship
This is much better then nuclear, let’s thank the environmental movement for this clean coal.
I worked with all these guys, Preston is the thumbnail 👌 😂
i have been studying the upper big branch mine explosion and im glad i found this i was looking for a good footage of a longwall operation and this is probably the best example of how it work with the workers describing the operation on youtube there is an other but its just footage and the rest is product propaganda from the manufacturers
Thats a fascinating disaster and everything behind it (politics, unsafe work environment, money, don blankenship, etc).
@Erich Von Wachter aside from one of the many accidents that happen in the Mining Industry! Don always paid his workers well!
I like what I'm seeing, Yes I am interested in becoming part of Your Team.
Great Video
Hello Im from MSHA Im here to help you
Pat solars was the Biden to that mine.
I hear what they say. I understand the words perfectly and I see the diagrams. What I still can't grasp is how they can
continue this kind of mining without the roof slamming down on top of them.
We were using the same conveyor belt system 40 years ago
This footage is 20 years old
We have a lot of it but of course god forbid use it! Tree huggers give me a break!
I know I couldn't do this job mainly because of the closed in spaces. But my respect for these men goes off the scale. They face some of the most dangerous working conditions anywhere, but they never complain. These men are true Patriots and Americans. May the Lord bless them all.
So, when the wall moves forward. The roof behind it collapses... does the ground sink down on the surface? I used to live above an abandoned coal mine. The house started sagging.
Generally, yes. It's called subsidence.
After a while, maybe. Depends on how deep the seam is. Above the coal layer is rock and shale
Barely noticable at this mine. The highway and railroad are about the only way to tell. They will sink a couple feet
Gods fuel for us
Why you still leaving this suutenoor underground?
Does anyone know Harry Stanley that worked for Peabody mines?
I used too work at 20 mile,,,
Gets cold in the winter!!
Worked there when it was a strip operation, named Energy Coal Co. Started up in 1964, quit I believe about 1983. Correction. began in 1962.
@@simbacaspsun4998 Energy Fuels
I love coal❤
I havent seen a Lee Norris continuous miner in over 20 years. Is that a 265? I know that they made a 245 and a 265. The 245 was a low coal miner where as the 265 was for high seams. I have seen a LeeNorris Top Dog bolter.
I still cant believe that Joy sold out.
Coal ≠ charcoal?
4:59 That's JOE EXOTIC!!!
A mountain weighs a lot more than an aircraft carrier. I've watched the top sit down on MRS jacks and crush them like pop cans. Trust me, the only power holding that mountain up. Is the Lord God Almighty.
good people doing a great job, cleanest in the nation.
I’ve been in this mine, used to be a Cyprus mine and the surface mine was Cyprus yampa valley… great memories
This is a 15 minute long commercial for the company.
wasn't Peabody in Illinois?
Peabody is the mining company. There is a Peabody coal mine in Illinois that closed in 1990.
how does someone become a miner? just get hired with no experience and start a training apprenticeship in the mine itself? im pretty sure these jobs are sought after by many, how often do people get hired on?
what happens to debris that collapses behind the long wall cutter?
Call the mine and ask what contract company they use.
Then apply with that company.
New miners wash out so fast that they usually give anyone a chance.
the collapsed roof or cob is left behind to backfill the area were the cutter has been once they finish a section the machine is moved to a new section to begin a new section
@Tom Jenkins you scared?
First off,before a company will consider hiring you . You will need a m.s.h.a. Mine card. 40 hr. course for surface mine and 80 hrs. for underground. When I took the course to find one I just look in the want ads of a paper w that was near mines. I was in w.va . In 2002 I was making 30.00 $ an hour for driving a cat. Triple 7 Rock truck.
Tom Jenkins I worked a surface mine for a few years near Charlestown west virginia
lol it funny watching these crap hell the miner the man was staring up saying coming on has not bneen running in months the rust on the drums is the tell all
Coal miners are the backbone of our country along with our military...the liberals think you turn a light on and have NO CLUE how electricity is actually made to Light up our world...ty coal miners!!!
I am a liberal who grew up with coal mines. I KNOW what the difficult process is!
We did a mile in 5 hrs 3 foot seam
Stored solar power!
We are lucky to make to make 10 passes in a shift
A man and his thoughts I was on the wall at 20 mile and 9 to 21 passes was the range.
How long was the face and was it retreat long wall working
Stephen Tate
At 20 MILE I belive it was a 1000 ft panel with an 9+ foot seem.
Sadly I didn't pay a lot of attention to details because I did the same thing every day regardless of the mine plan....pushed buttons, picked things up and put them down again.
I used to service a mine in central Queensland for a CAT dealer and it’s face is 420 meters long with a 3m cut height. They would get anything up to 16 bi-di shears a shift. Monster face. Another mine close by I used to go to is grasstree and it has a medium seam 2.7 and they got over 10 million ton two years in a row. Unbelievable cut rates and production. Both single Longwall operations.
At 5:06, Why is his nose brown!?😳
Only joking 👍😁
4:03 why is the guy wearing a RAG helmet? RAG is a german company?
Regentonne 118 just a sticker ....vendors hand them out all the time
The mine was operated by RAG from 1999 to 2004.
less labor intensive - so the workers are there to babysit the machine which does the work - by 2020 the computers will be like, go sit down, have a beer, I'll call ya if I need ya
more like "don't come in, I'll do everything" and you'll be out of a job. AI is gonna wreck the job market.
AI is the future of humanity, times are changing. Don't get left behind.
Like where I worked. Easy until it wasn't. Needed a lot of knowledge and skill to keep things running well.
I farted in a bucket, what will that power?
Light it and we will see!
Cowboys
Some miner's are bully's, mostly contractors get in a fight underground. I been there twice.
I worked in a coal mine for years and never saw 1 fight. You must have been in a scab coal mine. No union.
That or yer lying your ass off.
I'm sure someone else sold that story to him. He's just repeating what he heard
@@danielstewart7163 not been in a mine personally but i come from a family of mines and back in the day men got into fights kinda regularly it was rarely to occasionally about work but mostly out of work typical guy stuff like waiting to get into the mine to beat the guy who has been doing your wife kinda stuff and this was non union mines and back in the late 60s at the latest i guess by going at it in the mine nobody could call the cops or someone else call them
@@sqike001ton worked all my life underground.. and this isn't true! maybe a dumbass here and there, but.. All miners respect one an other weather you like eachother or not.. we all gotta work together! it just becomes a brotherhood.. just as anything else!
~9/10 times.. “you would make someone come up missing..” that messed with your buddy underground! mistakes Happen/very easily done back in there!
Usually contract guys.
"Pop...I think I got the black lung. Cough cough"
we manufacture explosion-proof electric vehicles for underground longwall coal mining.
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Travelling in diesel powered trucks in Coal mine. Seriously
Absolutely, do it everyday.
Massive air ventilation
Yep, Most heavy Machinery is powered by Diesel.
I service these machines in Mines and Construction yards.
the mine is perfectly safe unless the roof falls in.
I'd be more afraid of a methane and coal dust explosion.
@@danr1920 Right but if the mine is properly ventilated that is pretty unlikely. Sadly most of the time when that happens it's proven that the company was no following proper safety regulations. Imagine that.
It's more dangerous being a farmer than a coal miner
@@jeremypitchford140 It certainly can be at times. Mining isn't always dangerous either. Mechanics rarely go in. Union mines are very safe. If regulations are followed there is rarely an accident out of what would be considered a workplace normal accident.
@@monmixer I work in a non union mine in Southern Illinois and it's very safe most fatalities are cause by being crushed by continuous miners roofbolters or shuttle cars so usually it's just means you get to comfortable and make a mistake you always gotta be alert and aware of your surroundings ive lived on a farm my whole life and work in a mine living life on the edge 😆 🤣
I would hope the plant runs more than 250 raw tons per hour
We run closer to 11,000 tons
This video is 20 years old, that washplant was tore down. 16 years ago they built the biggest wash plant west of the Mississippi. Its wore out now
Hey peabody energy no good
2:47 this is the problem block s of coal exactly the same what happened in underground of Hiroshima Nakasaky and Ukraine zernoble { uus kalle Raisk AINE ) explotion blocks
What the fuck?
Most Productive? Hahaha
Console Energy Enlow Fork mine Ring any bells?
Anyways 5 to 6 longwall faces running at any one time. Lol
In June of 1996 they produced 1 million clean tons off that single wall. They had 99% availability. That's 2 10 hours shifts 7 days a week with 4 hours maintenance. I doubt that Enlow Fork could match that. I worked for Consol once at Blacksville No. 1. If Enlow ran like that place I feel sorry for ya.
Educational video. Unfortunately, coal burning is likely the most hazardous way of generating electricity. 4th generation nuclear power plants need to replace coal mining as soon as possible. The cleanest, safest way to produce electricity.
Keep it in the ground!
Solar panels on the pole barn and a powerwall. Don't need coal😁
Dumbass you wouldn't have a solar panel without coal. They use products made from coal to make your solar panels
Shawn Skiver He's a uppity hippy who lives in the woods with his cats and his goofy online solar panels. He probably believes in man made global warming too. Hippies.
Your an idiot lol
U r a dumb ass
i guess the most modern coal mines were in germany.
You’ll make good money, but won’t live long enough to spend it
What are you talking about
Bullshit.
Unfortunately coal, regardless of whether it is mined in an "environmentally sound" manner, whatever that means, if very, very damaging to our environment & we must learn to fill our energy needs without it. Additionally, the amount of coal (& other forms of fossil fuels) is finite. It isn't going to last forever.
Sorry, but coal which was yesterday's answer, is today's nightmare.
A miserable life and then you die. That's the coal industry. Your light bulb has nothing to do with it. It could have been done differently
Jesus.... this video is a bit over the top
A study supply of coal to their customers. This mentality is disgusting