Man I wish I could have worked alongside these guys. I was 7 or 8 during that time, I went on to get my mining certifications of Ky Foreman and Ky Met and neither is worth the plastic they are printed on now due to the current economic situation in mining and industry due to companies not willing to sell their coal for less and the current president's thinking about coal. We are most defanantly are a dying breed of men that will forever remember how good mining was to us and our families. Adam

@hylo9432

Жыл бұрын

The same

Great Video...Enjoyed watching with my Daddy (Buster Woods)..Thanks for posting :)

@markturner2606

Жыл бұрын

I worked with your daddy at Beechfork. He’s one of the best for sure

LONGWALLERS. These guys pump out the most coal. They are truly unique. A lot of people are scared to be around a Longwall.

Heatch Begley and some of the miners that worked with him on the LongWall at Beech Fork Shamrock coal co 1991

My dad is in this video at the start saying “this is the super crew”

I worked 41 years underground ,and they need to set bits ,on that sheer .

@jadenroberts8207

2 жыл бұрын

My dad worked there. I worked just across the road on the other side many years later there were a lot of rock in this seam.

@carlhorn1791

2 жыл бұрын

was his name Ricky Roberts@@jadenroberts8207

Carl Horn worked 41 years underground. He posted on every mining video on youtube

I use to work in that mine

If I ever got drunk enough to go down one of these holes I'd be to drunk to move...

Lot of coal came from that mine

Looks like a german DBT roofsupport and face convoyer.

I'm a Brit, I started in 1967, we had single ended ranging drum shearers, which cut and ploughed back. I wonder what make the machine, maybe British, Anderson Boyes, shield supports could be British too, but sadly our coal mining has ended along with all the machinery we used to make.

@grahamnimmo4656

4 ай бұрын

Did you find Anderson shearers to be the best or just average?

Looks like the electrical inspections have not been done for a while. Very rusty cap screws on the enclosures

how do you guys reclaim that equipment when a section is worked out????

@stevematda976

3 жыл бұрын

After a panel was finished, you pull the shear and the pan line. Then start in the middle of the shield line pulling shields evenly one by one to the head and the tail. If you were lucky you got them all before the mountain set down. If one got hung up, you stripped it of everything salvageable and left it, and moved on to the next shield to be moved.

One word. WILCOX

Who all is in this video???

@jadenroberts8207

2 жыл бұрын

Tim Roberts