Dierks Bentley - Down In the Mine (a tribute to coal miners)

Music by:
Dierks Bentley
Song: Down In the Mine
Album: Up on the Ridge

[@TheReneepruitt]

My daddy was a Miner in WV and he just passed away at 83 years old with black lung just two months ago. He was laying there in his sleep talking and thinking he was still working. He loved his job yet he was always tired. But he tried not to show it. My daddy had black hair and blue eyes many said he looked like Elvis. He looked so pretty with the coal around his eyes because the blue shined to bright. I miss him so much. He actually lived a very long time with only one lung capacity but he kept moving till a year ago he had his leg amputated and that kept him down. My daddy was a fighter and a gentle heart! God bless the Coal miners it gave them an honest living.

[@brianyount2629]

soldier OfGod Bless you’re heart. Know exactly how your daddy felt. It’s a brotherhood nobody knows about unless you’ve been there. We look out for each other keep the other man safe. Spend more time with them than we do our own family. Holidays, Birthdays, special occasions. It’s something special know your dad held on to that until the end.

[@troywilderness2459]

Soldier OfGod my paw paw Jr was 83 when he died from black lung in Iaeger, WV and that was about 7 years ago, I was only 9 years old, and it was sad seeing the only grandpa I ever knew, it's hard when men with a Will to support their families pass on it was a very sad time, but to all miners we support and love you all

[@hunteryoung8517]

My Papaw was a coal miner in Gary, West Virginia

[@tylerbittle8459]

soldier OfGod that’s a touching story. Lord knows working in the mines ain’t easy, it’s a hard job and we risk everything when we go in the hole. All we can do is make an honest living and pray the good lord lets us come out and go home to our folks. It’s a brotherhood,everyone looks out for each other.

[@grizzlipper09]

God bless your father. A true red blooded American!

[@stevensantee1395]

Rest In Peace Dad, it has been a long time since you passed in that horrible accident. Still love you and miss you.

[@lachlanmcintyre5748]

Upper big branch?

[@crazymixture57]

Thank you Dierks for this song. My grandfather was a coal miner. People like him kept this country going. Just as those miners of today are doing. Thank you to all of them too. Coal miner and coal hauler pride!

[@christiangarcia6056]

I wish everyone was proud and emotional as I am for this beautiful country and the people who made it what it is today. farmers, miners, truckers, and our military.

[@robindavis2358]

Christian Garcia. Amen I THANK YOU ALL

[@phillipmiddleton4364]

Amen

[@themidnightracer9937]

Miners are the soul of this country.

[@phillipmiddleton4364]

Amen brother, been there 26 yrs now and probably 26 more

[@rawexotics4011]

Phillip Middleton u still there?

[@rawexotics4011]

Phillip Middleton what’s the average pay

[@masonstump1579]

@@rawexotics4011 I make 25 an hr open pit. Under ground I made 28.60

[@pacman155]

Na...... oil field hands are !!!!

[@janmock1596]

33 people have no respect for these brave miners. Both of my grandpas were miners.god bless them all. No one but miners know.

[@dustinandrew398]

my great grandpa was a miner in Appalachia Kentucky mountains and died from it and I am proud of my family heritage 100%

[@hollerbredkennels3579]

Hate to hear that! I am a coal miner from eastern ky

[@tylerbittle8459]

Damn proud to be an American coal miner🇱🇷

[@Kansas_Princess]

I'm one very proud American who supports our Coal Miners. May God Bless & Protect You Always.

[@nolahonaker4411]

Thank you Mr. Bentley for this song. The only papaw I ever knew was a coal miner. He went in during his teens and came out in his sixties. Eventually the black lung took him. I miss that man.

[@tacticoolcoalminer8853]

Love this song. Proud to be a second generation coal miner. I work with my dad and brother for the same company.

[@phillipmiddleton4364]

I'm a proud va and ky coal miner

[@jackieferrell3]

Ur lucky

[@tommyvillarreal3399]

thank you coal miners for everything. it seems people dont pay attention to people like coal miners,firefighters, soldiers and etc, they all break their backs so we can have a good safe life. so once again thank you very much

[@phillipmiddleton4364]

Thank you

[@tylerbittle8459]

Thank you for the support my friend. The good lord knows it ain’t easy for us.

[@bobbybarker18]

thank you for the support

[@Dmuggs]

Thanks for the support and good words.

[@americancoalminer6828]

Thanks man. Coal Miner here from Wyoming. 🖐🏻

[@noravance6880]

I cry listening....My daddy, his daddy and his sons all worked in the mines. Black Lung from the mines. Scars where they were hit.

[@pennyshipman4633]

My daddy was a coal miner in Harlan KY, where this song said. He lived being a miner. He started as a teenager and didn't quit until he was 65. Died six years later from a heart attack..also four brothers were miners in Harlan KY also.

[@brodysayers5490]

This song is awesome and very true, I work in WV, Ky, Va coal mines doing conveyor and belt work. It's a hard dangerous job but it's also in our blood, I'm 4th generation miner, I'm so proud to be a part of the brotherhood. God bless and protect us all.

[@lachlanmcintyre5748]

Still doing belt work? East coast of australia, 2nd generation belt splicer here.

[@rogerlowther20]

Thank you for doing a job that not a lot of people can do.both of you

[@lachlanmcintyre5748]

@@rogerlowther20Without conveyor belts, the world stops. Everything travels on a conveyor at one point in its life. someones gotta do this work man.

[@traviscarpenter4017]

I have a lot of respect for coal miners my good friend is a coal miner and he brakes his back for his family to eat I hear ppl talk bad about it but its a way of life for the men that do it I suport all coal miners

[@TheCoalminer13]

As a miner this song really hits home but I really do enjoy it

[@Kansas_Princess]

Thank you for being the soul of our country. God Bless & Protect you.

[@Mr601s]

4th generation Southwest Virginia coal miner.

[@trevorwright2684]

Proud colorado coal miner

[@phillipmiddleton4364]

It doesn't matter where you're from, we're all bothers in the coal hole. No matter where what color or sex. We've got to have one another's back threw all the bullshit and red tape they try to rap us up in.

[@hollerbredkennels3579]

@@phillipmiddleton4364 exactly

[@levhugh]

It takes a helluva man to be a coalminer !

[@mrbaker134]

Yeah in the 1920s but today anybody can literally anyone

[@robertbiggerstaff687]

@mrbaker1 are you a coal miner?

[@tmeade60]

Lord i cry my eyes out every time i hear this song. My baby boy works in the mines and i never stop worrying about him!! ❤️❤️

[@stitchedwithlovebyloretta4684]

Love this. My Dad was a Coal Miner and yes I'm a Proud Coal Miners Daughter...

[@seasonandsprout2213]

rest in peace to all those miners’ whose blood was used to write those mine safety laws. us appalachians won’t forget your sacrifice. ❤️

[@roderickbarringer4333]

I think the saddest thing is that the men with their backs hunched and their boots worn are the very ones who bullshit to MSHA and defend these owners who couldn’t gice a shit less whether they live or die. I have never understood that, as a miner myself, and it just breaks my heart when I see it.

[@toddhill4411]

God bless this special breed of people like my grandpa would dug coal for 45 years. Of his life I miss ya pap was my hero always will be

[@Hunting_SE]

My great grandpa was a coal miner but he sadly died in 2007

[@user-wu5dm3cs9d]

I am one of those people from morocco 🇲🇦. I worked in a mine to extract phosphates in Morocco. I lived a beautiful life with wonderful people despite the hardships of life. I worked when I was 18 years old and spent more than 27 years working in the underground mine. I am now 63 years old, and this The comment was written by my son

[@debbiecarrhofermarlow]

God Bless Our Coal Miner's.🙏🙏 My Dad Was A Coal Miner For Many Years.. R.I.P. Robert Lee Gosnell.

[@joshpatterson463]

I'm a proud pa and wv miner and this song gives life to the world that we are willing to go 6 inches from hell and keep this country with power

[@BigginsAdventure]

I love being a coal miner and hearing this song reminds me of the stories my grandfather tells me about working in the belly of the beast which made me want to work even harder then ever to make him proud carrying on the family legacy so thankyou to my brothers and sisters for working to help keep the lights on. West Virginia miner and proud of it

[@dosbootman]

19 years been working at a coal mine, and do to COVID at the end of this month we will be running that last coal through the plant and shut down for I dont know when...always been proud to be a coal miner, like my dad was before me...

[@seanhartnett79]

Discovered one of my relatives was a welsh coal miner. Involved in the 1980’s miners strike. I am learning welsh for him. Died recently about a decade ago.

[@jatchley418]

I was a coal miner in Co, Nm, and Mt for almost thirty years. Had to change job occupations due to the fancy govt bs. Thank you for this song. I agree with a lot of the comments. Make some of these hanky stompers go do a real days work for a change. Then maybe they would shut up.

[@woods840]

Thank you dierks. What a great song. Western PA coal truck driver here. I saw you at slippery rock back in 2007 or so. Long live King coal. That's all we got. #fjb

[@parimarti71]

a nice tribute to some real americans who go down into the devil's den and work hard to keep america alive. THANK YOU COAL MINERS FOR YOUR SACRIFICES !

[@missleespencer2658]

martin moyer

[@missleespencer2658]

martin moyer I say, herewith I am withthee. this is Miss Lee.

[@missleespencer2658]

thank u for backup

[@missleespencer2658]

say yes for the working man.

[@crystaljoshroark6842]

Misslee Spencer of

[@skellyaces]

Thank you to all the miners, you do more for us than some can see, and though some times you don't hear it we all thank you. To all miners, thank you for running our country, we all appreciate it a lot. :)

[@tylerbittle8459]

It really means a lot to me by seeing your appreciation for us. Thank you for the support.

[@skellyaces]

@@tylerbittle8459 No Thank you, for all you do

[@tylerbittle8459]

It’s a way of life. We risk it all,everyday but that’s just what we do.

[@amandaasher3703]

If u don't like coal don't use electricity lol

[@phillipmiddleton4364]

Hell yes

[@Bearhunter76]

I agree 100%

[@forestwolf7891]

Solar energy is electricity

[@Bearhunter76]

Sierra Wolf Moon solar energy doesn’t produce no where near the amount of electricity as coal

[@z_dog7739]

Exactly

[@joehester3239]

My Grandfather was killed in the coal mines in 1930 ..my dad was 3 yrs old, during the depression when it happened...I was born in the same mining camp that my grandfather died it....in 1951...coal is in our family.....we have live and died doing in.

[@shawnbradybrooks7388]

My cousin andrew was a miner in east lynn wet virginia and almost lost his life BC of a accident that involved a roofing spike that shot up through his skull and he crawled out of the mines and lost a lot of blood but I'm so thankful for being able to still have him in my life I love him to death and he still has a few surgeries to go maybe he might have them be hind him but god has given him a different look on life and has given him another chance at life.

[@yzf-iq8hr]

My dad spent around 20 years in the mines hes out know thank god he said he misses it but i didnt like it i worried about him alot thanks to all the miners for the hard work and effort u put in to keep shoes on ur feet and clothes on ur back a roof over ur head and the food on the table thanks dad i love you

[@rebeccamiller8098]

Thank you coal miner's my grandpa Keith was a coal miner

[@baileyclark8629]

I may be only 12 but I know that the mine is more important than liberals

[@tylerbittle8459]

Bailey Clark I’m glad you understand at a young age. I’m an Alabama coal miner. We risk our lives everyday to make an honest living and keep the lights on. It’s a hard and dangerous job,but it’s our way of life.

[@Kansas_Princess]

Amen!!!

[@loisenochs4562]

Gotta find more jobs there

[@kenithmyers5272]

worked mines in mcdowell wva and buchanan co va.and each time u go in u wonder if u ever come out again! rock has no conscience! that life is a tough one my friend!

[@Mr601s]

Kenith Myers Buch 1 here

[@phillipmiddleton4364]

Yes sir

[@debrataylor3539]

Kenith Myers McDowell wv here

[@rugrat1235]

Thank you! My grandpa had to quit school & start working in the coal mines in the 6th grade. The greatest part of my Grandpa Sergent's legacy was getting out of the mines & getting a good education so he could make a better life & future for his family. My Momma was born in Laredo West Va in 1939. Laredo, along with many other towns, washed away during the Bufffalo Creek Disaster in the early 70's. I'm proud to be part of a family from these parts!

[@ethanstollingsmusic5967]

Coal keeps the lights on! God bless coal miners. 🤙🏼

[@jastermereel4946]

wanna hear an alternate version of this song where the protag decides to grow mj back in the pines

[@joeyloope8930]

I worked in Harlan for some years in coal. I still work in mining just hardrock now. I miss coal and the brotherhood we all had for each other. Great song

[@grizzlipper09]

Living in northeast Pennsylvania this hits home for me. I have no know family who were coal miners, but if I could I'd be down in those mines turning out that black gold. Anthracite coal is an amazing heat source. Just have to remember the sacrifice and pride that has gone into it and continues to this day. I've been down in the mine on tours and i'll tell you it must have been one hell of a life, but had I lived in the 1950's or before I'd absolutely be a coal miner. Great song, made me tear up a bit. Thank you to all miners both past and present for the work you do!

[@robertwillett7854]

Proud to be a coal miner. Me and two brothers together

[@jeremyoverby8971]

Wish the like button had a love opinion. Coal mines here in washington state have been close to 80 -120 yrs and ill always love and respect my ancestors that worked in some of the harrashes mines to have lived. Carbonado and wilkeson. Melmont all the way to fair fax and the manley moore mines with in the evens creek coak and coal co. Your all my heros. Fun fact as well. Carbonado was named after carbondale pa. But got re named due to confusion

[@pambrooks7717]

My mother’s family were immigrant coalminers from Poland in the early 1900’s in Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. I have a grand uncle who is buried down in the coal mine and his name is on a memorial along with all the men lost is the mine in the 1930’s on that fateful day. My maternal grandfather wouldn’t go down in the mines and my mom and uncle were little and they came to Hamilton, Ontario to work in the industrial mills. When I sing this song, I change the place to Cape Breton. The story is the same and I get a lump in my throat. Absolutely a beautiful and haunting song that touches the lives of all miners and families.

[@rowdyhoo]

Coal miner songs hit home with us that have ancestors that had to do that for survival. A lot of people, including This ol' boy, are spoiled and take for granted how easy we have it these days. God bless them souls that came before us that had to walk that arduous road.

[@ReelinandRockin99]

my brother is a coal miner in kansas

[@matthewbeckner7517]

I am a (COAL MINER)... This song means alot to me and always will ... (GOD BLESS THE COAL MINERS ....(LOVE ALL) the COAL MINERS . ....(ALWAYS)....

[@lisalin9764]

omg thdis song touches me on so many levels my daddy was a coal miner from Pikeville ky

[@imquiet6562]

i love his voice. it really captures the fellings of this video. When i see this video i think of shamokin pa minersvile pa ashland pa coaltownship pa and Centralia PA. I love our heratage and wish i was part of it. this music feels so suttel and makes you think back when coal was king. i listen to alot of music this one and the song about shamokin relly speacks volumes to me. Thanks for the mix. Its gorgous

[@melissabegley7477]

Thank you Dierks for making this song. ❤ Blue Diamond Coal Co. is where my daddy worked down in the mine. Jimmie Lee Suttles 1930-2006.

[@dannybaker2355]

Proud 4 th generation coal mine boss. Thank you to all my crew. You guys are the roughest and toughest. Keep on crackin. Love you guys

[@wythetrumpet6419]

These are some of the finest, nicest, hardworking people in the world. I grew up in the coal fields of southern West Virginia, it was a wonderful time in my life and I would not trade for anything in the world. I honor and respect all those down in the mine!

[@cowboynick9314]

my grate grand daddy was minor I wish I could be Minor. Im so proud of him . And now I know why im named after him.

[@adamknapp9859]

CowBoy Nick ⛏⛏🕆

[@charlesferguson3730]

No u dont 6 inches from hell not worth the scars i pray its a job my son never does

[@johnkearleyiv9694]

Charles Ferguson- that's as close to hell as I plan on being. I love my job as a miner and I love my brothers that I work with. I'm with them 6-7 days a week. If u want to be a miner do it.

[@blakewyant6060]

Yeah cowboy Nick we ain't got a choice I doubt your granddad did too. It's deffinatly in your blood. I'm a fifth generation coal miner. An a 9thgeneration miner. I'm to currupt an rough around the edges to be anything else. It quitely drives you insane inside. But what do you do. You go to work everyday trying to make yourself laugh an smile an your buddies too. Because deep down your always wondering if your gonna go home that day. You gotta be tough almost a mean tough. Stupid tough. Hard going sob can't have no quit in yah. An pain hell you gotta learn how to grit your teeth an fight through that without giving it a second thought. Hell I come home most every nights my wife will say eww what's that giant bruies from or that cut an hell I won't even know that it ever happen I guess you just get used to it. Hell I grew up seeing it. It's normal life to me. My dad tried to keep me from it. It just didn't work. But I've done been bit by the bug now. Spent so much time doing it it's me it's what I know. Honestly I hate to miss a day. I miss my brothers I work with. Your so tight knit, they turn in to your family. You want the mine to stay open cause you know deep down you won't fit in no where else you find guys to replace the ones you work with. It's not a normal atmosphere there really is some of the best people you will ever meet in your life down in the mines big hearted honest hard working son of a guns.

[@niblets4284]

❤️love to you all. From a coal mines daughter ❤️❤️🇺🇸

[@wowdavey1146]

I can hardly sing this song because it makes me cry. I don’t even know any miners.

[@fredmichaels418]

There are miners of all stripes that have suffered ... white lung is a real thing among salt miners in the world , silicosis , and God only knows the ailments of the metal miners here and throughout the world . If you want to remember another Branch of Service to this country , thank a Miner , no matter what they have put their health at risk to mine , be it coal , salt, copper , gold, silver. lead , even sand, for the rest of us.

[@raymondgravelle3931]

My father came from South Wales and his family were miners. A hard life 😠

[@ken45y]

Real men there! Thanks for all you do!

[@hollerbredkennels3579]

Great song! I sure know to well what it's like working in the mines, and low coal at that!

[@jordanjedra591]

My Old Man and my brother are both bosses in the mines, Obama made sure I didn't continue that family tradition. I wish the coal mines would return to how it was when I was a kid.

[@twiexcursori]

The mines are a finite resource, and the invisible hand of the market hates coal at least as much as Obama, I'm afraid.

[@anthonykelley4931]

@@twiexcursori lotta people thought it was the market the made coal slow down but it was actually regulations on what quality coal can be burned. its simple if they can profit they will mine if they cant they wont. regulations make it harder to profit

[@terilynnwells9326]

really pretty really sad good song thanks for the photos .

[@missleespencer2658]

terilynn wells I like your chicken (rooster).

[@TyTy24_24]

My grandfather was a cole miner he has Black lung but he is well God Bless

[@rogeremory4138]

this song is sad but thank for your work and good luck

[@mrnemesisis9112]

My grandfather was coal mine

[@charlesfite5849]

i played this song for a friend and he said does it look like i care... well i'm pissed about that coal miners risk their lives everyday same as police officers, firefighters, and the US military

[@rugrat1235]

AND COAL MINERS DON'T GET THE APPRECIATION THEY DESERVE!

[@sauljapuntich]

That aint a friend son. People like that only care bout themselves

[@mackenzieminor1197]

Find a better friend.

[@charlesfite5849]

Let me clarify I am not pissed at coal miners I am pissed that my friend doesn't care that they risk their lives every day

[@tylerbittle8459]

charles fite we sure do. Like Dierks said,it can all go to hell at 2000 feet. When we go down the cage everyday we risk not coming back out. The mines can be a scary place if things go south. You can’t just walk out a door. For most of us it’s a way of life. Coal runs in our blood.

[@shirleymccoy1799]

Such a moving song.

[@theresascanlan5438]

Real music, resl life

[@user-wf8gs3id3s]

I spent 40 years down in mines .

[@michaelmcelfresh1080]

Ky coal miner here. Keep your head up my friends, when you're way down in the mine.

[@discoveryman59]

You want a GREAT coal mining song!! Try Coal Mining Blues-Matt Andersen!!!!

[@jastermereel4946]

miners actually invented life-saving oxygen cages for the canaries that protected them. the mining companies didn't give a damn about those birds but the miners did. look it up.

[@mathewellerbeck9017]

I'm an Illinois coal miner... do not give us credit... give credit to the guys working 48 inch seams or less💯 I could never do that and my respect goes out

[@redneckson16]

Low coal here in wv

[@geraldmorain3166]

Black death , a miners mind ,

[@jareddavis8288]

5th gen Northern WV coal miner and I tell ya what ole son, I’ll love it till the day it kills me!

[@geraldmorain3166]

Mineing the engineering feats below ground ,are equal to those that mineing can find above ground ,wind , tide ,solar , miners know how.

[@itsjustsabrina5046]

My papaw was in THE MINE and he Died at 70 on his birthday and he was a great man

[@geraldmorain3166]

There is ways , mineing a. Mine , life free from the company store, tide rises twice a day whind blows all day

[@jastermereel4946]

god bless the miners and god damn the mine owners who treat them like shit

[@jimmiddleton5093]

🍺 to my great uncle who died in a slate fall in Harlan County, KY

[@seanhartnett79]

When one of your ancestors was a welsh coal miner, so you learn welsh.

[@jastermereel4946]

on the wings of canaries their souls surely fly

[@stephensmith3184]

As a man from eastern Ky....thank you!!

[@GhostHunterWV]

WV Coal Miner here and 18 years in....... #wvcoalminer

[@imquiet6562]

♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡

[@frigginpos]

May God bless those hard working coal miners. It was a damn hard life.

[@randysimpson4006]

😎

[@Kansas_Princess]

Thank You, God, for our miners.

[@humboltesgood3797]

어렵지만 정겨운 광산마을.... Be happy

[@user-ml9hy1rg1f]

My great grandthather passed away ages ago not even when i was born

[@RSM-80]

yea I spent 7 yrs in them till Obama ran me out now I'm back to logging hopefully trump get those wholes open again can't wait to get back

[@TheWolfElder]

I want to get involved in the business. I'm from the hills and mountains of Pennsylvania.

[@phillipmiddleton4364]

He's doing us miners and loggers a hell of a justice. Thank you Mr Trump

[@mackenzieminor1197]

God bless trump made it better for us steel workers too.

[@timothyallencottrell9643]

Well Trump still hasn't I'm trucking now miss my ol Fletcher bolt machine on tracks

[@lisasanders6108]

Pray for Trump. The deep state is trying to stop everything he tries to do for us. Blessings everyone.

[@RIDETHESUNSHINE]

"What force leads a man To a life filled with danger High on seas or a mile underground? It's when need is his master And poverty's no stranger, And there's no other work to be found" Silly Wizard

[@KingGuero360]

Just broke my back mining back in December..you never know when that top will give way…just had my second surgery and should be back to work first of January…it was a long road to recovery and still have a bit to go. Lost a good friend, Isaac, back in 2014. This jobs not for everyone one. You see some gruesome injuries and sometimes worse….it takes a strong willed person. I’ve almost walked away a few times….I hate to love it..but I do love it…all the dust and evil that comes with it.

[@oliverb.6332]

⚒️ruhr area for ever 🖤⚒️