Thanks for caring about and preserving history, because as you have proven that people in government would love nothing more than to erase all negative or tragic events from the records, but internet is forever.

@RayTutajjr

4 жыл бұрын

You are welcome!

@REVNUMANEWBERN

3 жыл бұрын

@@RayTutajjr Just recently saw a Cemetery youtube channel that did a clip on this & the graves of the miners, I'm 65 & had never heard of it, recently bought the book and want to visit the site one day, THANK YOU for preserving on film what you have, it's a SHAME the state didn't step in and restore or keep the property in some type of condition where it could be toured, I would love to go down in there.

Such great history..I always feel intrigued when I am going by

My ancestors were all miners in nearby Streator Il. I have always been interested in mining and it's history.

Very rare footage, Ray! I like the way you introducing your interests (music, railroads, paintings, history). I'm a big fan of documentary and rare videos. Sometimes I feel the same need to document something that under no circumstances can be documented in future. So I just shoot the life around me on my phone and I'm sure that photos taken today will be priceless in 10-20-30 years (just like this one of 2002).

@RayTutajjr

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much, that means a lot to me. I was not sure if I was gonna post this, but I figured if just one person liked it, it would be worth it. Thanks!

@jamesmitchell1780

6 жыл бұрын

I have passed by Cherry several times through the years when traveling from Michigan to Iowa to visit relatives. Nearby Ladd first caught my attention when I saw this curious tree covered hill stuck in the middle of the plains off of I-80. Stopping to investigate, I learned that this was a slag pile from another mine in Ladd. The local resident told me that as a boy in the sixties, the townspeople undertook a project to “beautify” the hill by planting those trees. At one time he said it was even taller but a developer had shaved the peak off in a failed attempt to build a ski resort. I often wondered where the shaft opening and fan house was and your video helped explain this. I only wish that your state historical commission would provide a tablet to mark the spots. Thank you Ray, for your hard work. Are you still producing videos?

@heidiwehry3566

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the tour. I enjoyed it. So much of this history is fading away.

@RayTutajjr

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, keeping capturing the things around you. Changes always come. Art is long, Life is short, and opportunity is transient, said Hippocrates.

@REVNUMANEWBERN

3 жыл бұрын

@@jamesmitchell1780 Thank you for YOUR info, YES the state SHOULD have historical markers on those locations, the state SHOULD of taken it & protected it, I'm SURE many as myself would of loved to of taken a tour IN it to see what those men saw everyday.

I love history and mining history especially.. I live in Fayette county pennsylvania and mining was huge around here in the early 1900s and there are still some remnants of the old mine's here in the mountains..

Thank You!

Years from now, relatives and historians will be saying, "Where was our Government, our State, our County and Cities on preserving history...thank God there was Ray".

@RayTutajjr

4 жыл бұрын

Gosh...thanks very much. I do love history and more importantly finding a way to bring it to life for OTHERS. My latest creation concerns an old ghost town named Rhyolite, NV. I was there in 1992. I photographed it and lately researched it. The last two yrs I spent writing a historical fiction called "Twice Upon a Ghost Town." It's an ebook on amazon and filled with historical photos and a story I am very proud of. Thanks so much for being a fan!

@REVNUMANEWBERN

3 жыл бұрын

The government, state, county & cities are still doing the same by allowing and removing our historical monuments, NOW with recent revealings Stone Mountain in Georgia is in jeprodity

great video. Thank you

My Dad worked that mine at 13 yrs. Old til it closed, then he was sent to Iowa to work the mines there. He was one of the oldest boys of a family of 15, two babies died from the flu pandemics that hit the country at that time. Child labor didn't end with Child labor Reform, because it was impossible for parents to provide for their large families. There was no public relief so families pulled together to survive. Children as young as 10 worked the mines, this was not unusual because in England that was the legal age to work. Preteens and teens were treated more like little adults then Children. My Dad got pneumonia twice from the coal damp. He was very proud of working in the mines, he hand packed the Dynamite charges and even included it as a skill on his WWII induction papers. Workers had to buy their own kerosene work lights. I still have his little brass work light.

@REVNUMANEWBERN

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing YOUR history, knowing of the child labor maybe helps me to understand the sad downtrodden look on children's faces in pictures of that period

Grandpa called in sick for the only time in his life that day or I wouldn't be here. Do some Charlie Birger stuff....

I would have to disagree with 2/3 slag to coal ratio. They took more coal that that slag pile alone. Great video though

Well done video, for posterity sake!!

Such shortsightedness of the town, county, state, the city could of sold the individual bricks off that location, I would of bought one for history sake, this saddens me to see such stuff destroyed.

I cant hear the dialog get closer to the damn microphone.

@REVNUMANEWBERN

3 жыл бұрын

Cast it to your TV & then turn the TV up OR go to the three DOTS beside save, click on that and open transcript