Closing One of the Last Anthracite Coal Deep Mines 

I really enjoyed your video of the coal mine.My family was from the Wilkes Barre, Scranton area of Pennsylvania.My grandfather and several of my uncles had worked in the mines.If I had been born back in those days I would have loved to work for one of the railroads that served the anthracite coal regions.

Thanks for capturing this! Keep making history. Looking forward to your next adventures.

Very interesting, thanks for taking the time to do this.

Great video! I went to school with john(alfred) and was a good guy way back then. Good luck with the new mine. Somebody has to keep it going.

The Deepest Anthracite mined in South Wales was at a Depth from the Surface of 4600 feet. the actual deepest part of the Anthracite Coal seams was a Further nearly 6000 feet below again, too difficult to mine at that depth as it was at 4600 for any length of time. The Mines at Cynheidre Abernant were particularly deep but even them very modern mines were Difficult to mine because of depth and severe Geological problems also Gas was a major problem. with Major roof squeeze and floor heave.

My 2 sons worked at nowicki mine they talked about brown's mine keep at it

I'm so glad I stumbled on to your site. Your production is fascinating. Growing up in Scranton the mines were all around its but other than Brooks Mine at Nay Aug Park and the coal mine tour, this is my first time in a mine. How did you learn the mechanics of mining and the terminology? Thank you.

That's a great tribute to your hard work guys, a sad day I can imagine.

Very cool you guys did this.First time I ever seen this slope!!Hope to see you guys do more to preserve the history!!

Thats really cool guys thanks for the video. Will you make one of your new place please 🙏 it’s hard to find stuff on coal mines, There’s loads of hard rock but not much quality content about coal. Cheers guys.

Do they leave all the equipment down there or is it salvaged to be sold?

How far from the entrance and how deep / far from the surface are you men going?

Still Plenty of coal left why close mine !

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"I won my fame and wide acclaim for Lackawanna's splendid name by keeping bright and snowy white upon the road of anthracite."

It's incredible that this is under all of our homes and streets in the valley. I don't think most people grasp the size of how much was mined in wyo valley. Unbelievable work guys. Thanks for documenting and sharing. Especially the working clips.

Greetings from the South Wales anthracite field here in the U.K., or what’s left of it. A great shame, but I hope your new mine pans out well 👍

Saludos desde los mutualistas mineros de Asturias (Spain). Gran vídeo /Gran Trabajo. #CulturaMinera #MemoriaMinera

Well done production! As you said it is kind of bittersweet, having been a distane follower since 07 or 08, a lot of the milestones you discussed here and in the live discussion were topics on the forum. It was fun to be a small part. Good Luck on the next venture, I can make a SWAG.

Really hard work no one felt like doing but when it comes to a end somehow it's a sad feeling. Thank you to all the miners without you theirs no us.

That was awesome, Gentlemen! Not what I'm used to in the bituminous coal fields. Good luck on the next one!

Thanks for explaining all this My dad was a certified miner before he bought his truck and started delivering to houses and businesses He had a nickname of SIX CAR EDDIE He only briefly told stories about mining and never got into details like you guys He did say that the South Wilkes Barre mine scared him and only once mined there Back when he was mining he was given a section to mine and no other miner worked it He said the purest coal came out of the Westmorland in West Wyoming

This was magnitudes better than most mine channels.....thanks.

Olá sensacional seu trabalho parabéns um grande abraço do barba de ouro pedras preciosas aqui do brasil

I found your site years ago and followed it along. Good to see things are still going and getting a refresh. Curiosity asking, this being a very small mine with only a couple people working it. How many tons/day under typical operation were they extracting ? And could you maybe make a video with a diagram explanation of a slope mine ? I understand the basic idea of a slope mine, vertical shaft is pitched to follow the angle of the coal seam and having the main gallery way at the bottom. After that it gets disorienting with all the branch off shafts going every direction.

Superb video . I couldn’t take my eyes off of it. Forwarding to my grandchildren now.

Many of you might not know, but those timbers wont hold back the mountain. However the cracking and snapping sounds echo thru the mine and a warning is given. One can see the upper timbers stressed to a bow. While walking thru a tunnel one if ones echo dies out it mean the roof is faulty. Get out!

Thank you so much for sharing this - fascinating stuff. Would love to hear more of your stories as well!

As someone who still heats with anthracite but is far from the mines (WNY), I appreciate seeing what you guys do.

Awesome trip - thank you

Fascinating! Thanks for sharing your world with us.

I was born in a traditional coal mining area in West Europe where most anthracite mines closed 50 years ago, but back then those mines looked a century ahead of time compared to this one right now. Granted it was all deep mining here (the deepest shaft was 3200 foot) which requires stronger supporting infrastructure, but the small drifts (main drifts had 2 or even 3 parallel railway lines here, carts were pulled by compressed air locomotives) combined with the lack of concrete and steel and the abundant use of timber is quite shocking to me (also, the main transportation of coal from the front to the carts wasn't done by chutes but by shaker conveyors).

Very interesting from a ex coal miner from South Wales GB

much respect to you'll no way I'm going down there stay safe

with this great work n u people r notcyet SUBSCRIBED, come on guys, lets support whoever is behind this gd work

Nice work fellas. Glad this was documented. Can you send me a copy of this please? I dont think i can download it from youtube.

In South Wales we called this Pitch Vein Mining, this was common on the Southern area to the Outcrop of the Major Coalfield where some mines worked nearly Vertical Seams with Major Reverse thrust faults meaning that the Seams of the Coalfield would be repeated Twice in the Pit Shafts extremely Geologically Disturbed.

Great job on the video tour guys.

Why are you closing a mine when there’s still coal in it ?

Very interesting,my Grandfather and my Father, were both Coal Miners from Centralia area, and worked the mines in the Ravens Run, Shanadoa are of Pa.

Hey Banks you da man, great video hard workin men

Awesome video. Thank you for sharing.

Glad I work in a longwall mine.

Great presentation! I'm from Wilkes-Barre and grew up playing around the Dorrance, Prospect,Harry E collieries and others as well.Lots of history.Thank you for the work that you do!

Hi from India underground coal mining

Why is it being closed?

Thanks for the amazing video and tour of the last time down there!

Glade you guys did the video. Its apart of history.👍

Full support to you sir NEW friend

Thank you for the fascinating perspective!! I’m now a little more aware of deep anthracite coal mining!!

It’s that soo sad but at least you have time to say goodbye to this workplace before get flooded. With good people. I never have time to go back down and do my last shift, the company i worked just shut without warning and we all received the layoff 😢 machine everything left down the mine

Just curious is this the same place that the documentary “ hard coal “ last of the bootleg miners was filmed ?😊

I’d sure like to know more about your operations and are y’all just confined to Pennsylvania ? Actually I saw one of your videos where you turned one mine into a museum , couldn’t you do the same with this mine ?

Great video from a guy who’s whole family back in the day worked in coal mines my family came from Ukraine 4 generations ago and worked the glen burn mine and others to include there own boot leg mine . I still have picks and old hand drills my family used generations ago but I wish you would do a video exactly how mines start off how there blasted in theory and how tunnels connect and the logic how it all works . I no every mine is totally different but if y’all would do a illustration how they interlink and how y’all crib and shoot the mines to work . Love your vids my grandfather uncles tried to explain but I was very young so always interested me what they had to deal with . Thank y’all excellent video

Very sad seeing you guys close up shop on this one, but sending best wishes for your new endeavor. If ya's could use an extra hand some weekends I have always wanted to learn more about mining. Full time railroader, the history goes hand in hand.

Don't Skidmore and Mammoth run under a rather infamous ghost town in Pennsylvania?

Hello from Australia opal miner here and I can easily see the amount of work you put into that mine it is slightly sad 2 close a mine and move on have done the same myself.

is anthracite still plentiful or are the reserves being used up?

Hey how much did you make pr Year at that job?

Why are you closing the mine ?

Why is there water on the ground???

Thank u .U guys have a hard job.

why they close this mine?

Why so much water?

Great video!!! Gives me an idea of the terms my pap uses when explaining the mines! Thank you

very cool

30:17 I'm watching it!

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Great 👍 work, men! Thanks for staying over!

What is yellowish residue all over the place? Can you tell what kind of wood is that?

Stop this rat holes mine it's not served for human