Your "old" footage is phenomenal! I learn so much about the inner workings of an anthracite mine. Can't imagine my grandfather spending 8-10 hours a day, 6 days a week in that claustrophobic environment. It looks like a bad hallucinogenic acid trip gone bad towards the end of your video, with the shimmering lights in the water effect. Well done. Those shale roofs look like guillotines waiting to happen in any moment. Well done and thanks for posting. I can't say I blame you for no longer visiting these old mines. You're pushing your luck each time you enter one of these hell holes. .

@AnthraciteHorrorStories

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Yeah this one was bad. I never thought of it like a guillotine, but it surely had the potential, you're right. For real, how they worked those shifts in those settings is impressive. Appreciate your support.

This was "old school" footage from years ago. I no longer actively explore. Please remember to STAY OUT & STAY ALIVE!!! There was "black damp" in this mine and tons of collapse. These mines are no joke.

This represents your site name for sure. As you were going through I was on the edge of my seat, thinking roof, don't collapse in now!!! That had to be a tough mine to maneuver!

@AnthraciteHorrorStories

Жыл бұрын

You're right about the site name, thank you. It was hard to maneuver. There were several collapses I didn't film too. This was a nasty one for sure. One of my least favorite mines ever. Hahaha. Appreciate the comment and you watching!

That entrance sick looking. Overall sketchy inside. Thanks for sharing!

@AnthraciteHorrorStories

Жыл бұрын

The entrance was amazing. That was one of the few cool things about this one. Talk about sketchy is right, lol.

Another great video! The thunder at the entrance was really cool and spooky. I’d never heard of those bone veins you came across. It makes me wonder what it was like to work and blast those sections with the toughness of the slate. All that on top of being paid by volume/weight. Thanks for sharing!

@AnthraciteHorrorStories

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting buddy. I didn't even think of the issue with blasting, but you're correct. It'd be a mess mixed in with the coal I'd imagine. That's a great point raised. The "gobbing" walls no doubt came from that bone material. This mine was in spooky bad condition.

@conalrichards8844

Жыл бұрын

@@AnthraciteHorrorStories Yeah that roof looked really bad and the gangway collapses were pretty significant. It’s astonishing how much coal they pulled out considering those conditions and how small the entrance is.

@AnthraciteHorrorStories

Жыл бұрын

@@conalrichards8844 no doubt. There was a vertical haulage shaft nearby. Dicey to say the least. Wasn't a fan of the vein of coal. I'm sure they made it profitable though.

You know, you're not kidding about the drama. We had to run a somewhat popular channel out of our mining district after they picked locks, cut gates, smashed a hole in the side of a shop, stole tools, and broke into a powder mag. The mines in question weren't abandoned, just on standby! They've broken into and vandalized other mines in the area too.

@AnthraciteHorrorStories

Жыл бұрын

Yikes. That's bad. Tons of drama here too. People have messed with small idle independent operations here too. I'd never go near those.

@Porty1119

Жыл бұрын

@@AnthraciteHorrorStories The worst part is that we would have shown them around a couple of the mines if they'd asked nicely!

@AnthraciteHorrorStories

Жыл бұрын

@@Porty1119 people are terrifying. Always going to be a weirdo to do something bizarre. Hahaha. It's ridiculous at this point. Others are ruining the hobby up here.

@davestrang8585

Жыл бұрын

That's sickening 🤮

Another good one! Wow, that roof was foreboding!

@AnthraciteHorrorStories

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Chris. Ya, this mine was junk in my eyes. Bad roof, bad air, homeless camps in the woods near it (full of garbage, probably needles), tons of animal poop in this one, just an all around disaster. Lol.

great edit man!!!!!! ya that one had a few sketchy places for sure!!!

@AnthraciteHorrorStories

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Yeah I wouldn't go back to that one if you paid me.

@imzackson

Жыл бұрын

@@AnthraciteHorrorStories might be interesting

I love how "clean" and organized this mine is. Ribs are cut straight, gobbing is solid, face of the vein is straight. Besides the delamination, she's a beaut.

@AnthraciteHorrorStories

6 ай бұрын

& 16% Oxygen....below 16 actually...

@MikeOrkid

6 ай бұрын

@@AnthraciteHorrorStories Super sketchy.

@AnthraciteHorrorStories

6 ай бұрын

@@MikeOrkid this mine is pretty 💩

Gobbing wasn't used as a support per say. It was just cheaper stacking it in the mine that hauling it out. Labor cost back then, was cheaper than material, so bringing in material to support and hauling out waste Rock, was more costly. What we say as Awesome and Amassing, is only that to those who never seen such a thing and it was a typical mining process to those that mined. Watching for the back, or the roof of the mine de-laminating, was because of The Shale mostly, which has little support value. Always keep your eyes on that. Sandstone offered just a little ore support but not great. Once you hit below 19.50% oxygen, you are in a danger zone, glad to see you monitored that.

@AnthraciteHorrorStories

9 ай бұрын

I've spent a lot of time in 18% with no issues. The gobbing does in fact become supported as they pulled a lot of the coal pillars out. Not a single rock in the gob budges as the mountain has settled into it. Yes, I always the roof. Thank you for watching. Appreciate it!

Great video 🎉🎉 this mine can rip

@AnthraciteHorrorStories

Жыл бұрын

Hey, thank you. I appreciate it. Ya, this one was pretty sketchy tho. It really should RIP. Lol

Interesting! I bet the miners hated that mine, I think they would have known how dangerous it was.

@AnthraciteHorrorStories

8 ай бұрын

Good point. Probably!

With the heavily weathered coal, if you were to chip some of the weathered coal off, would the anthracire underneath be normal or would it be weathered all the way through? Idk if that makes sense but alas

@AnthraciteHorrorStories

Жыл бұрын

Makes total sense. It'd be 100% intact and lustrous. Just superficial weathering. Great question.

@rahwayvalleyrailfan

Жыл бұрын

@Anthracite Horror Stories very interesting! out of curiosity, what's the connection between heat/humidity and black damp? I've heard about it a couple times but I've never really heard an explanation

Hello sir , I read your disclaimer and it said anthracite mines are dangerous , we must assume that ALL abandoned mines coal or others and learn to stay away out of them and teach our children the dangers of abandoned mines. Fortunately we live no where near anthracite mines, not even the same state. But if I did they would be taught not near them. On a lighter note I noticed that y’all got the brooks mine reopened for tourism. I know of some abandoned mines a couple of towns over that has some old coal mines,and sure wish they that they could be reopened up.woven all under the town anyway I’ll quit yammering. Nice video . Thanks for reading this .

@AnthraciteHorrorStories

9 ай бұрын

Thank you. Appreciate you watching. I'm not associated in any shape or form with the people that opened that small little mine in Scranton. They're totally separate from me. Yes, too bad more mines can't be saved however.

in any of the mines down here have you ever came across mine belt, in western pa our haulage was by mine belt!!!!

@AnthraciteHorrorStories

Жыл бұрын

No mine belts, yeah no conveyors. Yeah, I know you Bituminous guys did use belts. All was rail here.

@leeturner1838

Жыл бұрын

load coal brother!!!!!!!!!!!!!!@@AnthraciteHorrorStories

@AnthraciteHorrorStories

Жыл бұрын

@@leeturner1838 hell ya!

+1 for having a gas/bad air detector. Also surprised how much coal was on each side or the tunnel. Would have thought they would have removed that too instead of just a five or ten foot wide "road". Some parts I'm uncomfortable just watching.

@AnthraciteHorrorStories

9 ай бұрын

Ya, this mine was bad. Real bad tbh. Watch my other videos if you can. Less sketchy. Haha. I have 20 years of experience doing this, so I'm not a total amateur.

@nickbonk755

5 ай бұрын

They only took about 40% of the coal out of the Wyoming and Lackawanna Valley. You have to leave alot behind. This is how they mined. It's called the "room and pillar method" All of the coal left behind is to support the roof. Especially if the top rock is so bad like in this mine. Occasionally, these were robbed and this is what leads to collapses

Good morning, Just wondering did you happen to witness White nose syndrome taking place in any of the mines that you visited?

@AnthraciteHorrorStories

Жыл бұрын

I did sadly. 2009 it started. I felt like the apocalypse was occurring. Was a great unknown back then. February 2009, they were coming out of a huge mine like a horror movie. Virtually no bats these days. You see one or 2 in a mine occasionally now. Very sad. There are little bat skeletons everywhere on the walls of several mines.

@AnthraciteHorrorStories

Жыл бұрын

Good morning to you too. Sorry for omitting this in prior message!

@Sawpainter_td

Жыл бұрын

I thought you might have. I've been following since it started also. Between that and the Colony collapse disorder I thought the world was going to end. I don't know if people realize how bad this really is. I have a creek by my property and college students would walk it at night time for about 3 months to check on the long eared brown bats, but that species was OK at the time, but that was years ago, It's hard to find updated information on white-nose syndrome.

@AnthraciteHorrorStories

Жыл бұрын

@@Sawpainter_td It's awful, the mosquitoes and small flies are nasty now. Didn't the common brown bat already suffer a 95% kill off rate? The future sucks.

@Sawpainter_td

Жыл бұрын

@@AnthraciteHorrorStories that must have been horrible to see up close I know I have bad houses and I had maybe about a half a dozen on the ground in the winter time. One poor bat was crawling, and I could see the white nose. Now for the game!