OLD Coal Mining Site Now a Wasteland, Or is it???
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- čas přidán 2. 08. 2024
- I'm going to explore what appears to be a Modern Wasteland, but is it?
The area I'm at was the site of a coal mining operation that had a breaker, buildings, mountains of culm and old equipment. Changes have taken place and now the area looks much different than it used to. So I invite you to come take a look at when Coal Mining took place to what is left of it today.
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Do you see this as a Wasteland? It's rather interesting to see how this land has transformed over the decades and to see what it is as of today.
I see it as a combination of both nature reclaim and mankind reclaiming what nature reclaimed, making this as a graceful balance between man and nature, with nature taking back over, as for the white PVC pipe going back into what should be the settling pond, I believe it may be for a aeration system, possibly but I'm not sure
What can they do with the "waste" left over from Coal Mining? Is that site considered a "Super Fund" site meaning the Government would have to pay BIG $$$ to remove all the waste?
@@eastcoastmodz5195 I've heard of some factories burning this as fuel, but not sure how effective that is.
There were two abandoned mine sites in my area (Birmingham, AL) that were "re-purposed" by dirt-bike and ATV riders. Lots of fun times were had back then (1970's). Even now, I am tempted to ride again, and probably would try if my grandkids were old enough and wanted to ride. I'll never grow up, but growing old was inevitable.
I hear ya. Sadly many places like this get removed (reclaimed) and leaves places to ride harder to find.
As always, another excellent video and fan😂location to explore.
It was a fun ride and explore for sure
There was alot of mountain top removal, (strip mining) in my area, it was sad to see alot of damage done to the beauty of the area. One of the first jobs I had my first year out of school was reclaiming strip mines, I worked with my dad, he was a heavy equipment operator, I mostly planted trees after he filled and leveled with dirt, we also put straw on and planted grass too. It was hard labor thankfully I got a job at a GM dealership later that year as the autobody repairman! Great place to ride though! Looks really fun! Thanks for bringing us along!
Such a shame to see all these cool areas bulldozed and turned into fields. My entire childhood was spent out riding dirtbike in the coal hills and exploring. So much fun that my kids will never get to experience.
I agree. A shame for sure.
Lots of great information and some very fascinating coal mining history for sure! Wonderful exploration! For being described as wasteland, it is actually beautiful landscape where nature has reclaimed it and it is awesome that it is being used for some recreational activity too. It sure was lots of fun when you took us on the ride, and you found a toy! I can just imagine how much enjoyment you had there when you were growing up! Great video JP, thank you!
That place was awesome i love history thanks for sharing this i live in GA. My dad was in the army so we moved a lot that is where i got in to history
At least there are photos so we can remember what was. I use to remember traveling on North bound 81 and see the old breaker in Ashley. When I came home from a deployment, I was telling my friends to look to your left to see the old breaker. My heart just sank when I saw it was gone.
That was a prominent sight for a long time and it's hard to believe it was ever there now except for the stack.
Nice place to explore and I’m sure you had a great time as a kid in that place. That kids car was so funny. Probably a parent brought their kid there to ride and got stuck and just left it. Great video as you always have. See you soon 🤗
Lots of fun memories for sure. Was hard to remember what was wear since it's so different now. I appreciate you stopping by.
Very informative love this jp thank you for all the info
Absolutely my pleasure. Thank you for stopping by to see this modern Wasteland.
They can reclaim above ground but not below.Hundreds and thousands of miles of mine tunnels under ground NEPA.
100% truth
Thank you for taking us along; enjoyed the history and seeing how it was and is today….🌝
Wow .... The area is much bigger than I thought at first ...Your bike is the trick for an explore like this ...Enjoyed the old photos ....can just imagine the noise and activity going on.back in the day of its operation . Found a toy .....I love it !! Thanks for sharing your memories too ! 💙👍
It is very vast and large and would of taken me a couple of hours to walk the entire area. I definitely didnt expect to find a toy there haha.
There was a shaft next to the remaining building at one point. I don't know if they capped it or not.
The breaker (or at least the ruins of it) was still there when I explored the property in the 90's and early 00's. It was closer to Main Avenue.
There were also water channels in the area of the former breaker too. Not sure if they're still there or not.
There's more ruins up past the remaining building going towards Oak Street as there's remnants of an old street and other things there.
Directly in front of that retention pond was a set of old gas pumps years ago too. They're long since gone and the tank(s) removed.
I don’t see it as wasteland, I see a historical landmark. Very interesting. Thanks for sharing, you always have great content! 👍🥰
I loved riding in the old strip mines around Clinton an Potter County back in the 80s and 90s on dirt bikes.
These kinds of places were paradise for off road riders.
Same here in Lawrence and Beaver counties.
Fascinating before & after photos, along with the awesome drone shots. Both really go a long way to show what it was like and give perspective to what it is today. It's very encouraging to see how nature is reclaiming at least a portion of the land, and hopefully will continue. Love white birch trees! Looks like you had a ton of fun today on your eBike! It's definitely Not a wasteland, as demonstrated by you & as evidenced by the tire tracks of other recreational riders. And yeah, maybe the saved equipment can be used as historical remnants at other mines. Your extensive knowledge of the area qualifies you to be a Historian in that neck of the woods of Pennsylvania, Jay! Great video!💙🌞
I had fun for sure and enjoyed sharing something that I experienced in my younger days.
I used to work in an old red building looked just like that one it had a coal mining convaer belt pully system still on the ceiling with a big belt and moter and in the basement is a billion mining batteries and coal pits it was a train house also i was told it had some sort of big huge water tank that sat longways across the middle of the building really high up dont know what it was used for..but very cool building i worked in that palce for 12 years behind the building had a smoke stack 50 feet high that they knocked down before i started there but i actually miss going to the building just to see that stuff..but had to move on got another job..its out here about 2 miles where i live here in Uniontown pa..look it up its the old 84 lumber advertiseing building on Pittsburgh street here..look up route 51/Pittsburgh st..dont know what the place was called back then they told me and showed me pictures of it back in the 40's i believe it was something to see..ill have to send you a link..picture of it sometime.
had one huge pile like that here locally, back in the day at one end was a drive-in movie but maybe 20 years ago they leveled the pile and done away with the drive in and now Walmart Lowes and several other stores are there, time can change things for sure.
Hi JP that would be a great place to ride thank you for taking us along 😎
Yes indeed. Unique landscape to take a ride around on.
That’s interesting…and fun trails!! Thanks!! 💖💙💖💙💖💙
It`s amazing how it change over the years the old coal mining site. thanks for sharing buddy
That concrete thing in the pond is an intake, that white pipe had a filter and a name plate on it, you should have read what the name plate had on it, it probably would have said what it was.
I can't believe you found a toy!! I was thinking how nice it was not to see trash and then you find a toy. It's official. Also, the shrimp tacos at Rich's are pretty good for lunch!
My uncle and his friend built dune buggies in the early 60''s and took us kids for a ride on these huge slag heaps in Western PA. They started looking at cleaning those up in many countries after the 1966 Aberfan disaster in Wales.
I definitely enjoyed this video and enjoy all coal mining related stuff that you do. That's a part of Pennsylvania Heritage and history and I enjoy learning about it. I really enjoyed watching you ride your bike around those areas you were reliving your childhood for sure most definitely. Look forward to more content like this in the future. As always stay safe healthy and God bless yourself, family, friends, subscribers and anyone else who watches your content.❤️🙂✝️🇺🇲
Cool video. Nice to see they are reclaiming some of the land. I noticed you don't wear a helmet when riding. Had a friend fall off a bike, hit his head and was a vegetable the rest of his life. Just looking out for your safety. Stay well and be safe.,
I typically wear ones on longer rides, but I should of had one here.
ever ride any wheelies back in the 90s on those dirtbikes and atvs?
Very informative video great ride great video thanks jay
I recall that as being one of the last standing Coal breakers in our area
I think the huber breaker in Ashley was still standing after this one, but I could be wrong.
@@JPVideos81Yes, you are correct. I forgot about that one.
Jay,
This was a good one, it's so nice to see that restoration is possible and that nature can cover those ugly scars.. that bike allows you to show us so much more
than just walking.
A lot of old landfills have become wonderful wooded recreation areas so maybe that could happen here as well.
Thank you,
Frederick "Rik" Spector
The bike is an absolute asset. Thanks again for watching and commenting.
This very interested I love watching these kind videos you learn lot about things.
My family owns a house that is along that property I got to meet Martin Sheen when they filmed parts of the movie That Championship Season back in 1982. I still have all the photos of the filming crews and equipment around the breaker.
Also fenced in area off Oak st. Are menzies cones and crusher from the breaker
Thanks for the info
The big knobby pieces could have been for a hammer mill to break up large chunks of coal into smaller pieces to be loaded into cars for shipment to steel mills or to heat peoples homes.
What exactly do they do to remove the culm mountains? Do they haul it off or just level the mountains out across the ground? Down in Gadsden Alabama they have huge mountains of waste materials where the old steel mill used to be. When you drive by them it's unreal how tall they are. Great video and I enjoy the coal mining history. ✌
Truck it out most times.
Very interesting as in my local area UK coal mines have been turned into nature reserves for walking etc.
Very interesting vid!
I don't think that was a shifting shanty, looks more like it was more like a workshop for equipment or something like that, given the large baydoor looking openings in each end like for driving through vith a vehicle.
And i wish there was a 1800's breaker surviving to this day, because i'd had loved to see the internal working of one.
Thanks place was awesome
My great grandfather worked for the moffat coal company after world war 2
Awesome
What a cool place to explore! I know nothing about coal mining, but would love to hike around here. Also, very nice to see the reclamation efforts are paying off!
Coal mining itself is fascinating to learn about, but so is what's left behind. Pennsylvania is loaded with mining history and I enjoy learning about it.
Looks like a place I've been..or want to go now that I see if have a ball there on my quad or bike love that kinda ridding..
Jay ,
That retaining basin structure looks like that structure from a previous video at that reservoir near that small town
with the adult entertainment place and that nice old house.
Maybe it does the same thing.
Cheers,
Rik Spector
Yes, maybe it operates the same way
interesting place
Looks like a spillway, not an intake
must not be far from home.
That was odd to see thoes drainage systems, seems like it should be underground. Looks like there not connected to any other drainage system either. Very odd JP 🤔 hmmm
Big 👍 from me
I think I know more about Pennsylvania than I do my state of okla.lo thanks for the best videos I've watched.that would be fun on a dirt bike jp.😊
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Yes yes love those kind of trails can't wait to get my e bike a surgeon part street part dirt bike max speed 45
Nice, enjoy your new ride
Almost looks like a float?
I'm honestly not sure. Never saw a setup like that before.
I'm gonna order a shirt soon.
Hey Jay! This was a great adventure!!! It was very interesting and I enjoyed it 💙💙
I loved it when you took us on a ride on your eBike!!! It was kinda like being on a rollercoaster!!! Loads of fun 😊
Thank you so much for all that you do, you are greatly appreciated, Jay 💙💙
Much love and hugs from South Carolina ❤️ xx
May God always bless you, keep you healthy and safe ❤️🙏❤️
Thank you Gini. As always, i appreciate you watching.
I want you to do me a favor i want you to do a video on that red building there i wanna see what it looks like inside..if your allowed to go there inside..??
Off limits (posted & watched). I wont be going inside, but you're welcome to watch my drone video of it.
@@JPVideos81 ow id check it out anyway it's in the middle of nowhere who's goin see you tho..but I understand u advide by the posted thing is there actually signs there I don't see nothing..but I guess the drone will work if you don't wanna go in there fly the drone inside if you can..
Jp what did you use to ride? What kind of quad?
Dirt bikes were xr200 and yz125, quad was 300ex
Dude hell yeah even more respect for you now!! Brappp!!!
@@JPVideos81you told me you had a 400ex?
@@jacobpoucher i did after I had those. Then a 450ex. Those are what I rode at this location.
@@JPVideos81 ah yes the elusive 450 ex. I still got my 400ex albeit its a 416 but I just call it a 400. Also still got my rm125.
J.P. is this place in Pennsylvania?I know you have said and posted the name of
Yes, in Pennsylvania
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