I went to center city philadelphia and ended up at a random bar after the birds won the super bowl. The bathrooms at the bar happened to be located in the basement so you had to go down a flight of stairs to get to the bathroom. I'm on my way to the bathroom and notice that the stairs kept going down. I got 5 or 6 flights of stairs (5-6 stories) and the stairs kept going, but for some reason I decided to explore the 5th or 6th floor down. There's a long hallway with a bunch of doors on each side, very victorian looking. Some of the rooms were open and seemed like assembly rooms with a bunch of chairs. I keep walking and towards the end of the hallway one of the doors swings open, but just the top half of the door, like it was a ticket booth or something and this 20 something girl is chillin there with her feet up and asks me "Can I help you?" Something about the vibe got me spooked so I said, 'yeah im looking for the bathrooms'. She feigned surprise and told me where the bathrooms were. Why would a 20 something girl be 6 floors under a center city bar manning a ticket booth down a random hallway on a Sunday night. William Penn building has got 30-40ft thick stone walls, they wanted to demolish it in the early 1900s but doing so would have bankrupted the city because the walls were so thick. It has a subway station beneath it, and goes many floors beneath that. Philly is probably the oldest city in America, its definitely got some weird chit going on in the underground. Might be worth some exploring idk. Thanks for the vids!

@Ihatevan

9 ай бұрын

I used to live in Victoria British Columbia Canada. I worked as a bartender in this nightclub a d to replenish ice and shit you have to go down stairs to the basement. Right there was the original entrance to the hotel the club was in. It was fucking creepy. At the turn of the century like 1900 the city did what you called street grading. The street was raised up to another level like 30ft. Alot of neighborhoods are like this

@ruthdoyle9085

8 ай бұрын

You may have stumbled upon a human sex trafficking enterprise… notifying the police won’t help as they are likely very aware of it. But, auditors or brave KZreadrs might be able to expose it.

The black box with the sand was a sand dryer for the mine motors to get traction on wet rail.

@AmazingPennsylvania

Жыл бұрын

Really interesting, thanks for the information!

@cskalle1213

Жыл бұрын

Also sand can also used as a fire extinguisher

@rickyhurtt5568

Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@monkeywentbananas

Жыл бұрын

Nice information. Thanks!

@TheRealCaptainFreedom

Жыл бұрын

I still don’t understand how they work. 🤷‍♂️

I explore abandoned mines. Any standing liquid often outgases dangerous fumes if disturbed. Good video. Be careful.

Thanks for these videos. My grandfather was a PA miner in Shamokin before entering the service in WW2 and the mines always fascinated me.. Seeing these videos is like stepping back in time. I really appreciate it. You're the man!

@seanmccaffery9821

Жыл бұрын

@@AnthraciteHorrorStories I wish he was still around to get more specifics. I think he worked on smaller mines in the area. His father, my great grandfather, was a big deal mine inspector in the area before he died young. He was supposedly the first to own a car in Shamokin. I'd be surprised if he didn't have some involvement with the Glen Burn / Cameron Colliery.

@butter7734

Жыл бұрын

I'm from Mount Carmel.

@tuck6464

Жыл бұрын

Mine too.

@tokemz9344

Жыл бұрын

i used to live there as a kid , the places to explore were insane , i still remember the old mine hut that was on the way to gowen city that was flooded out and could never get in

@pavintageautoparts6221

Жыл бұрын

My Grandfather was a blacksmith for Glen Burn.

Never flip random switches. Even in abandoned areas. You have no knowledge if its connected to some closed battery circuit, that could potentially combust due to degradation and sudden loop connection.

Those silver flat coil devices that were on the work bench and mounted on boxes in that cable winch room are resistors. Used with DC motors to drop the armature voltage below the field voltage so the motor can start. They are switched off in steps till the motor ramps up to speed. Old elevator motors worked on the same principle.

@tim9430

Жыл бұрын

I just love hearing from people who know what they're talking about. Thanks.

Hope you have an air checker. If you hit BLACKDAMP air it could kill a person in minutes, I worked in coal mines in Pennsylvania.

Someone knew what they were doing when they left those comics down there...NICE FIND...Beautiful Mine!

That mine was definitely a top notch operation. This explore deserves a part 2 (or 3 or 4) !! Yes I remember Dick Tracy - now I feel old!

@bvictory5698

Жыл бұрын

I used to wear a dick Tracy shirt to school just to irritate teachers lol.

Absolutely 100% my favorite one yet. Completely unbelievable that hoist and the resistor banks are still there. Even the tracks. This video could have been an hour long and I would have watched 5 times.

Judging by the collapse at the entranceway that old mine only has a few more cave-ins before it's permanently sealed but you should definitely do some history checking on this mine that was one serious operation

@colejosephalexanderkashay683

Жыл бұрын

​@@AnthraciteHorrorStoriesso ya can no longer get in?

The first thing that came to mind is how many pounds that hoist and cable spindle must weigh , more importantly how much it is capable of lifting. 💪 Jackpot documentary material there man... WOW!

@OttoChenault

Жыл бұрын

@milemarker; My first thought was how did they get that massive, heavy machinery down there? Like a ship in a bottle I guess!

@milemarker_oscar_mike

Жыл бұрын

@@OttoChenault The men moving that type of heavy equipment would no doubt have to really know what they are doing.... especially in those surroundings.

@Billygoat710

Жыл бұрын

@@milemarker_oscar_mike Not likely in the time period that’s typically suggested I’m sure

@chipsramek3868

Жыл бұрын

@@milemarker_oscar_mike It's at the top ...

@alh128

Жыл бұрын

​@@OttoChenault I'm from a small hard rock mining town and how they do it is literally take it apart and bring it down piece by piece and reassemble it all that's the reason there's so much equipment still in mines

This was my first time watching one of your explorations and I was blown away(as you obviously were as well). What an amazing place. It was just SO massive and there was SO MUCH to look at! You knocked it out of the park with this place and you got a new subscriber! Keep up the great work

Hard to imagine dragging all that equipment in there! Thank you for the tour!!

I found your channel by accident and happy I did. Your unmitigated joy as you discover different rooms and items is wonderful and contagious! Keep em coming. New Sub.

Man this channel is seriously slept on. Easily some of the coolest mine exploration i’ve seen on youtube. Definitely going to take off with videos like this. Awesome job!

@bkbekka3039

Жыл бұрын

I WAS one of the peeps completely unaware but surely a new sub. Besides getting a view of a history I find compelling... I appreciate a great vid w a great orator - no silly 'click bait', no silly tricks trying to convince viewers of hauntings, ghosts, etc. in every upload. Lol Does this make us "woke," now? 🤣🤣🤣 Getting back to being serious. I can't wait to catch up on this channel.

@CiscoWes

20 күн бұрын

Heck yeah. This just showed up on my feed and I started watching videos… I’m hooked. I of course subscribed!

That place is absolutely amazing!!! Thanks for taking us on the adventure!

I’m gunna loose my mind too!!! I’m a brand new subscriber and this is insane I mean wtf!! How’d they even get all that stuff in there? Coal mines are one thing but all that? That’s freaking CRAZY!! No way I’d be working down there!!

That was an amazing find! Great video. Thanks for sharing! I would love to see that in person. That’s so cool!

Be sure to wear some kind of filtration mask while exploring, not only is mold and fungus rampant, but dust, chemicals, and all sorts of particles can seriously damage your lungs.

Phil, this video you put together and brought to us is history story that most of us growing up when trucks would deliver coal to my apartment building for heat and hot water for its tenants, there were times I had to feed the furnace for the super to keep the heat going, my grandmother would feed the stove to cook. I also remember when the ice man would deliver ice for the refrigerator. This video should be in schools for teachers to show on how their foreparents survived to raise their parents. Let them see how this country survived without video. Let them realize what it took for some to actually work for a living, to supply food for their families ❤

@AmazingPennsylvania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for those kind words. It definitely motivates me to continue researching and exploring!

@constitution_8939

11 ай бұрын

@@AmazingPennsylvania I wish you would have given out some details as to Where the Hell this is, not even the direct location but the general area and even the State it's in. Why would you post a video like this with Absolutely NO Information as to Where this is like What city, town or village? You give out None of that information at all and that's just dumb.

What a great video! I really enjoyed this. Thanks for sharing this.

I would love to revisit the coal mine where i worked, but it is now completely filled with water, it was called hem heath colliery and it was one of the deepest, the shaft was 1,062 meters deep and the tunnels went in all directions for miles, it just went deeper and deeper.........!

@mr.zesozadfrack7790

Жыл бұрын

It must have took years of blasting and digging to make these..No way to live or work man. ☹️

@gaz1tinsley

Жыл бұрын

@@mr.zesozadfrack7790 Yes it took a long time, when i started at 17.5yrs old there was about 2,500 men working three shifts there, i enjoyed it ;) kzread.info/dash/bejne/naWi3NCmk8uWmJc.html There is still billions of tonns of coal down there and at sometime in the future they will sink a shaft straight into that and reap the profits !

Carry a crank flashlight with you on every journey. Batteries are known for dying, draining suddenly for various reasons, and being defective.

Awesome exploration, loved to see how a city was built over this mine, facinating to see all that equipement and materials were still all intack and 0 graffiti. I' m curious on how you discovered this mine under a city and how you got in. Definitely needs part 1,2,3,4.

@haseo8244

Жыл бұрын

Nope. Someone left 2018 graffiti in a few spots.

I live in western pa near greensburg, and we do have a lot of neat tunnels and caves all around. It's so cool! Thanks for sharing. I would love to explore that mine you were into!

I used to work in the mines and we would find/use some old mines and it always blew my mind what people can do . Awesome video brother

Another great video, man!!!! I look forward to them every weekend.

Excellent video guys! Sure wish there was more REAL exploring videos like yours! Wish I could hang out with you guys, I bet you're a hoot!!

Amazing! I hope you came back and mapped out the mine further . It is amazing that everything was so untouched.

Love your energy and enthusiasm and an awesome video. Subscription added

Excellent work. Please try and get close-up pictures of equipment manufacturers, equipment nameplates, etc. Thanks for what you do!

Nice winch and circuit boards. They were in great shape. Thanks for the video. Have a great weekend! Safe Journey! CHOLULA!!!

Thanks for taking us along!

Glad I found this channel ... I'm into mines ... especially coal mines ... keep up the good work ... I like long content with upshot details of the machinery. That coffee at 6:37 is from the late 1950's BTW.

Awesome find. Would love to explore this one day with you. PA guy here too in the Poconos! Nothing is more exciting than seeing time capsule stuff, how long ago and how much time has past and all has changed since than.

@stephwatson6676

Жыл бұрын

Take the coal mining tour&train ride in Lackawanna County somewhere near potato Joe's hometown of Scranton. W.B. native H.T. rules!

Prohibition days come to mind, Love these vids. As a kid we use to explore abandoned buildings, but nothing like this! absolutely amazing

Dude! The way you kept being amazed by what you saw ahead, you seriously had me worried that this would end with an authors' note that this was "found footage". It was really cool but I hope you think about the unexpected and the fact that things can look totally different coming back. Great video! Glad you found your way out safely.

Have fun, always be safe, take the necessary gear. God forbid you get that water in your mouth or any cuts lol. Great video!

You CAN better this, but it will take some work. Find someone who worked down there during its heyday and give us all a guided tour explaining how this helped power, or what ever it did, the city above. I just stumbled on to your channel and am thoroughly enjoying it, thanks for all the hard work in making these.

@AmazingPennsylvania

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. And I was just in another coal mine just as interesting as this one yesterday. You'll really enjoy it. I'll have it posted in a couple weeks.

Awesome explore my guy! Could definitely you were 110% stoked when you came into those rooms back there with all those artifacts. You very fortunate to see all this first hand! Keep the vids coming!

It is amazing how many abandoned mines there are, thanks this journey with you was incredible

Definitely an amazing place! Thank you so much for sharing these with us! I love the step back in history.

Just WOW! Thanks for showing us this!

This was my first video here, this guy has nerves of steel. What an amazing video. When I was a young kid, my parents took us in a tour of Glen Burn mine, we rode down the main shaft for over two miles I think, it was a bit scary with a low ceiling squatting down in the metal mine cars. We also went in the Pioneer mine tour. Love Pennsylvania. Thanks for ur video.

Great job love that mine Pennsylvania is beautiful below and above ground I'm glad I live here

Wow great video!! We need and updated and longer video of this !!!

This was a great video. Thank u. Also, I admire ur enthusiasm.

That is freaking absolutely hands down one of the coolest places I've ever seen!

Great content. Becareful but keep going. You are doing great!

Wow...please sign me up for the next Pennsylvania tour. Thanks for sharing such a wonderful inside of a time capsule view of the coal miner industry & history. Hard to believe these abandon mines are right under the City streets. This video now has me wondering if there is a coal mine under my garage. I drop a rock between a cinder block hole and it when down for a while then a small splash. The coordinates shows on the PA mine map atlas. Let me know if you want to check it out.....love to see what is truly down there. Looking forward to watching more of your adventurers. Agree Awesome video!!

Absolutely breathtaking!

That workbench looked like some previous explorers made a nice display for later visitors.

That was an amazing vid. My son and I Cave in some deep and tight places but watching that was a whole new level of intense. dude you have a set of coconuts to go in there. I’m impressed!! I hope to see more but be careful!

That there is every boy's dream come true... Great video mate, One could imagine this place back in the day and the effort to build such a beast.

Well holy hot damn...nice find my friend😁😊

Bro , you find the coolest places. Awesome video

This probably the coolest mine you’ve been in. I hope you took those comics and news paper. I also hope you took tons of pictures and post them on Fb so we can see them.

This is just amazing! The repair shops workbench with all the tools is so cool!

If there’s ever a city built over an old mine and they say ‘the mines were destroyed it’s safe’ then this is probably what’s actually going on

@Oldbmwr100rs

Жыл бұрын

Consider Virginia city in Nevada, literally most of the mountain is hollow, part of the city held up with square set timbers. It's not unheard of for an unrecorded mineshaft to collapse taking some road with it. Mining in the wild west was sketchy as heck.

Outstanding sir SUBSCRIBED !!

You understand PA is amazing. Subbed

Now I wonder where sink holes come from.

Hands down 🙌... this is the best mine exploration video I've ever seen on KZread bro. Definitely the most interesting but I really wish you would have opened that lid on the operators desk behind that massive drum hoist!

@AmazingPennsylvania

Жыл бұрын

Thanks I really appreciate it! Please check out some of my recent video's. I think you'll find them interesting too

Very cool find!! Cheers

Wow! Amazing journey! Thank U 4 being so brave goin n places like that. Praying 4 Ur safety an God bless.

Fit for living. That green liquid is interesting. Have you ever considered taking a small sample to find out what poisons the water holds?

@AmazingPennsylvania

Жыл бұрын

In this case no I wasn't lol. But I believe someone in the comments knows what it is

I am subbing, Dude this is the first unknown tunnel video i've seen anyone post, where instead of trying to make walking around a creepy and terrifying experience, You're literally squealing in excitement like a little kid the whole time as happy as a clam.

@AmazingPennsylvania

Жыл бұрын

Thanks I genuinely was excited. That was my first and only time in that section of the mine

In the beginning there was some photos. I wish u would've shown those...but this was cool. Ty 4 exploring! B careful

Man you got the biggest balls EVER for exploring all of that ALONE!! VERY awesome!! Thanks for taking us with! Where in PA is this? I live near Hershey...

@AmazingPennsylvania

Жыл бұрын

Thanks lol..Only about an hour north of you

Those milk crate looking things at 11:35 are resistive load banks. When the cart goes down and needs braking effort from the motor, all the power generated gets dumped to those as heat. That room was probably 150*f when that hoist was in use 😮

Incredible all that equipment left there the cable and tools that one room I think had a big generator to run the electrics awesome explore .

Your grinder comment. Looks to me like some sort of sifter? Love your videos. Amazing mining locations. At some distant point some serious industry being conducted underground!

you might even find elders in the community who worked there. would make an interesting interview.

5:54 “woah A ninja turtle breeding ground…. Green oooze”…. Oh my god”….ha ha ha. Lol.😂😂😂😂. Love it.

Wow this is by far the best mine explore I've ever seen. Mines seem to always be in better condition in other countries. Really really bad condition in Scotland and usually flooded☹️

Very interesting video, great job😎😎😎😎👍👍👍

one of the coolest videos i've seen in a long time

Awesome footage!

And this video was incredible! Thank You

Another great mine video !

Orange along the mine cart tracks from iron ore? Great video, sir

Very cool. I was really wondering about the big boy engine and the words on it were briefly visible. I took the liberty into looking into what I thought the company was that made it around 10:36. Allis-Chalmers bought out Buda Engine Co. in 1953 which would fit the time line given from the paper. The company later produced equipment for mining to help with the Manhattan project. You weren't just in a mine but a rabbit hole. So I wonder if that was the company and the mine being used to find uranium for the project... interesting in deed. Good stuff.

@SolvietSoundtrack115

Жыл бұрын

I went down a similar rabbit hole with the coffee cans on the workbench they were 1950s as well. The top one's full name was ACME Ideal Coffee.

Wow this is the first vid iv watched of yrs... What a place I could camp there and explore for ages lol... Wow.. Now to watch more of yr vids 😁def want to see more of this place.. Thanks

@AmazingPennsylvania

Жыл бұрын

Thanks stay tuned.. there's so much more coming

I hope you bring a friend, we don’t want to lose you to history as well. Stay safe

Awesome video 💪💯‼️

I'm from Frackville Pennsylvania in the Schuylkill county area mining area .I love it.

@donnasilver940

Жыл бұрын

@@AnthraciteHorrorStories Yes I have a lot of nice pictures of strippen pit water wholes here .Some are actually beautiful.

What an amazing find! 10/10 this is the best one....Yet

Sand blaster of some sort, maybe for tools ! 1960 year I was born wow !! The work room and electrical station unbelievable the hard work and 💪to install all that ! The constant sound of machinery running , just incredible ! Thanks for sharing 👍

I have no desire to go into these places but enjoy to watch your videos. Thanks

Man you sound like aillick boldwhen in a way great video 👍👍👍👍

This was an amazing tour. It made me sad that such well-built American machinery has been left behind, especially because it hasn't rotted. Such quality craftsmanship that, like you said, with light maintenance would fire right tf up.

Impressive exploring mate. Enjoying your content from QLD, Australia. I hope you have a 4 gas meter down there with you. Stay safe!

@AmazingPennsylvania

Жыл бұрын

Yes sir always running the gas meter. Thanks for watching man

@HIGH_noon

Жыл бұрын

the guys and gals that got shipped to AUS seemed to have a knack for stealing and that sorta crime, it shows in how your society mostly follows the rules but certain crimes you outdo us in numbers and skill, bank robbery and the like... alot of the people that came to america didnt have anyone looking after them and also had to explore from day 1 until they hit florida and then california, yes we have our fair share of criminal activity but it seems to me that exploring was in our DNA kinda why they choose to get on wild boat journey with no idea what was awaiting them... he and some use alot of saftey equipment but we Muricans love doing urbex with zero saftey gear or at least very minimal lol.

@qldabandonedmines

Жыл бұрын

@@HIGH_noon I'm going to be honest and say I have no idea what you're talking about.

"I'm going to lose my mind".. Lol... Your enthusiasm is palpable... Would be great if you could find the time to go back for a longer stay and document that mind blowing machinery and those awesome newspapers and comics for posterity sake. Thanks for sharing your awesomefind with us...

@AmazingPennsylvania

Жыл бұрын

LOL thanks. I really wish I could have too but I had a very limited amount of time down there.

@577buttfan

7 ай бұрын

@@AmazingPennsylvania That's for damn sure!

Dangerously brave alone, maybe take someone, leave wool round corners, must be huge caverns in there somewhere.x

Great stuff man!

If that's not cool, then what is? That is definitely one of the top 10 mine exploring videos we have seen. Thanks for sharing!

That concrete footing in the room towards the end of the video reminds me of the old "long plunge" belt and flywheel driven air compressor that was at my work when I started there. idk if that's what it was for but it makes sense in my mind. I also worked for a railroad for a bit so the sand dryer comment makes sense to me as well.

The slate panels with the surface mounted contactors would date back to the early to mid twenties , the banks of resistors that sat behind them would regulate the speed of the motor.

Incredible. Thank you for your bravery.