politics change; minerals remain.....some day. good job!! thanks

Interesting video, great choices of background music as well. Thanks

@talesofsoutheasternohio6207

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

My grandfather was born in Nelsonville in 1899 I remember visiting there when I was a kid in the 1960's, the area was really rural and beautiful

GREAT VID THAT IS HALLOWED GROUND SHAME ON OHIO NEEDS MORE THAN A BRONZE PLAQUE

Awesome production My greatgrandfather was a barber and shoe maker epair and my grandfather (who had a slight case of polio) worked in the Company coal office doing the books at Jobs Ohio. Maternal roots are Dupler and Erb

My ancestors immigrated from Ireland to New Straitsville in the late 1800s to work in the mines there. Not sure what they did after the mine fire started -- perhaps went up to Shawnee. Nevertheless they are all buried in the catholic cemetery in New Straitsville.

Amazing to see footage of the Chauncey Yard full of loaded hopper cars, and Millfield No. 6, complete with the smoking gob pile. We look back romantically now, but it took decades for Sunday Creek and other waterways to recover to the point they are at now.

The end of mining in the Hocking Valley affected things far outside the valley. Jeffery Mining Machinery Company had a huge plant just north of downtown Columbus that employed 7500 workers at one time. The company still exists, mostly on paper, but the factory was demolished in the late 80's.

@talesofsoutheasternohio6207

4 ай бұрын

A great point! Thanks for watching and commenting!

Beautifull story! thanks for uploading!

Great video, but kudos also to the fine musicians who provided the sound tracks. Well done, guys!

@talesofsoutheasternohio6207

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching! All music by local musicians, we have some great players here!

Are the new straitsville mine entrances on private property or are the accessible to the public? I was down there last fall and tried to find them with no luck.

@ffjsb

4 ай бұрын

It would be foolish to try and enter any of those mines. Like Darwin Award foolish.

Ya missed left out or ignored quite a bit on coal production in and around Athens Co. and the surrounding counties ? Coal was King for almost 70 years !!! Follow the railroad tracks ???

@talesofsoutheasternohio6207

7 ай бұрын

For sure, we just scratched the surface on the area coal industry. There will be more to come on coal in southeastern Ohio. Thanks for watching, we appreciate your comments.