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Worked there

Floor heave makes the roads more fun

I once worked with an ex-Easington Colliery man...To this day I still remember his tales of that mine's final 12 months...All that hard work, investment & equipment simply abandoned...💔

You bring your food, dont get hurt and shit in the return

Depends on the mine/operator. Some have water, all should have a large first aid box. You pack your own food. Bathroom facilities are either a you use it you clean it, or use the return. Be careful not to step on previously deposited copperheads.

The bathroom is located between your boots, always keep paper towels in your pockets...watch your step if you're walking in the old works

It looks fast, but it’s not really.

Yeah, I guess they should change the names from “deep”’mines to horizontal mines.

Another greenhorn film

Yeah, definitely before that. That happened in some works that black jewel drove up, they knew the top wasn’t any good and the rope bolts wasn’t catching but they went on anyways.

@@jnp284 Thanks for that! I presume you work there? Man you got some balls!! I'd feel claustrophobic the first 100 feet, let alone 9 miles down!

Use to work there. I gave it up back in 2019 due to the mine getting close to being worked out, mining economy destabilizing and the company. Ahh it’s no different than working outside, it’s just what you get used to. I miss some of the people

@@jnp284 ah man I get you. I did 15year working for Philips in Britain, making 21" crt tubes for TVs in something like 0.2 Lux for 8-12 hours a day. That's the closest I am to compare! I miss the friendships and the banter only found in working teams like that and in factories. Great memories. Good move that you were out of there before 2022! The writing was on the wall for the factory I worked at too. Mainly because of Flat LCD screens. I quit in 2000 due to a severe back injury and both parents passing away just 3 months apart! Man I could write a book and I'm sure you could too

That’s insane! That sounds like some Australia thick seams?

Wakka wakka wakka 😂

That would be due to ventilation. All the air is moving towards the “gob” and when the roofs collapses, it’ll blow out of the gob towards the miners but with so much force pushing back from ventilation, it forces the air back towards the gob creating a “sucking” effect.

@@jnp284 That is super interesting, thank you! That must be some insane ventilation equipment

Yeah piss on that. I’ve been out of the mines almost 5 years now and was making more than that then. Most mines in my area are paying experienced miners around $36 a hour and $15k bonus per year. Not unless that’s for a red or green hat, then it might possibly work for a young adult to get a foot in the door. Thanks for watching!

It’s definitely not for the faint of heart that’s for sure lol. I’ve seen several red hats get brought to the section and go right back out.

We didn't allow anybody in extraction until they had at least 18 months in the face first. An old deputy told me not to run unless he was running. Lol.

In a way, yes. It’s air sucking back into the “gob”

Yeah our stuff was shit 😂 especially after arch coal sold out where I was at and a shit mine company took over

Lol that company was revelation energy then name change to the famous blackjewel haha 😂

Yeah, black jewel was a shit show and they still owe me money that I’ll never see again. Worked for revelation about 3 months and seen that was heading down the same road.

Then you were a miner helper, one of the toughest and highest paid jobs in the mine

@@timtrainor9720 I ran shuttle car too, but the belts would go down, so I would shovel up around the feeder. Then they put me on the belt line shoveling up. Only put a bolt or two in the roof though, but yes it's scary being the cable puller for the miner operator for sure#Amen.

@@johnnyfercik2455 In 1980 I was a M.O. for a couple years at Coal basin in Redstone, Co, Dutchcreek mines#1,2 and 3. On the side of a mountain @10,500' in a 30' seam on a 15% pitch, of (metallurgically) the finest coal ever found' I've set thousands of timber, drilled thousands of 6' bolts with a jackleg or stouper and hung miles of brattice cloth, I miss those guys, thanks johnnyfercik, I don't get to talk about this stuff to often.

@@timtrainor9720 wow, I got injured in Trinidad Colorado in 2011, also in the earthquake that happened there 5.7. I was underground and we had no idea until surface was calling us. Yep made it out ok. Then a few days after I injured my left leg and ended up on work comp then physical therapy made it a permanent impairment. Haven't been underground since then. I miss it to. Timber was cool to watch it cave but wow that air pressure is a bitch huh. GodBlessYou my friend. I'm in Utah

@@timtrainor9720 also I worked in Durango Co at King Coal for most my 11 years underground

Was the roof fall the cause of your disability? I am planning to work for the rods underground in WA

Mines are rough on the body. The pressure is something that’s hard to explain to someone who hasn’t experienced it first hand. And then you have “bumps” which are a beast of their own

Just another day lol

Yeah leaving too much is worse than taking too much at times. Especially when it starts riding back. That sounds like a good one there. Seen some high coal sections do that. Plus on that riding back, you get that bumping and I’ve had it kill the power all the way outside