Going 300ft Underground - Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour

[@morganmoreno3705]

i went here last year in 4th grade and i loved it thats how i got my love for history and child labor im so glad i went

[@JPVideos81]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Neothepolitan]

I was actually required to watch this video for my Environmental Science class. I won't lie at first I wasn't really interested and wasn't exactly looking forward to it. However, this video is absolutely amazing. Very educational and interesting. Thank you so much for taking the time to share your passion with us!

[@hootinouts]

Been down in that mine twice. It was a great experience.

[@jeanne4679]

Thank you. Very nice, thorough video. My grandfather and great-grandfather were coal miners in NEPA.

[@joannebailey6552]

Tour guide is fantastic! You tend to listen to every word for fear of missing something!

[@JPVideos81]

Yeah, he was one of the best ones i had on this tour.

[@tommymeade9178]

Thanks really enjoyed the tour worked 47 years in the coal industry enjoyed seeing the equipment outside I used to pour the Babbitt bearings in a lot of that old equipment like on the Hoist most all of my time was on the surface repairing underground equipment

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks for watching and sharing

[@joannebailey6552]

I am finding this video very interesting as my husband was from Springhill, Nova Scotia. He lost many relatives and friends who worked in the coal mine there. They had 3 disasters. In 1891 and 1956 there were explosions. The most recent was a bump in 1958. In No.2 colliery there were 174 miners. 75 killed and 99 survivors some with injuries. I was thankful that he didn't work in the mine.

[@novemberjohn]

Thanks for sharing this. I was your tour guide. Not sure I'd have edited as you did, but thank you for the effort. Had you told me you were making a video I'd have tried to get you some special access, or at least included much more information.

[@JPVideos81]

You were the best tour guide ive ever had there in the decades of me going there. Can i ask how you would of edited it?

[@novemberjohn]

@@JPVideos81 you did a great job with the edit you got rid of all my cheesy jokes.

[@JPVideos81]

I kept in a few and the viewers loved it. I would be willing to return if you can get me a type of behind the scenes look or some off limit areas? Or possibly even a trip down with the inspectors when they test the mine in the morning? I have a great following for coal mine history.

[@catherineengle4196]

Wow I absolutely loved this. I have heard and seen so many things my mother told me about concerning mining. This was amazing. I hope to come that way one day and tour the mine. My family history is full of miners. Momma grew up in coal camps. My grandfather as well as many family members died from black lung. God bless and God bless our miners.

[@JPVideos81]

I think you would enjoy it

[@asbestoshoagie9012]

My family and I were fortunate to have that exact same guide for our tour of the mine in 2021. He is excellent! He is an incredibly knowledgeable and engaging person. The entire experience was well worth it. The history of the anthracite coal industry is really Interesting between the geology, industrial power, history, and growth potential it provided to the United States. I would love to get a chance to do it again some day. Thanks for bringing back some great memories!

[@chattyoh3340]

Wow great video, thank you! This is a mine I could visit. I chuckled when the guide said NEVER go in an abandoned mine. So much to see, it is now on my list of things to do.

[@JPVideos81]

I laughed to myself too.

[@myraandersen9881]

My mothers family had an open pit coal mine. As a kid I use to play there. I am friends with several miners children and learned a lot. Not all was good.

[@lorie6667]

I can totally see you being beyond excited having to ride the hoist that day. 🤣 Like a kid in Disney. Incredible photos...as always.

[@643south]

I came to Pennsylvania just last week to visit my son in Wilkes Barre and we really enjoyed the tour. I live in Idaho.

[@carolynherring8654]

HAS TO BE ONE OF YOUR BEST VIDEOS... LEARNED ALOT. JP THANKS FOR TAKING ME ALONG.... NOW IT'S TIME FOR ANOTHER ADVENTURE. let's go to the train yard....

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks so much Carolyn

[@carolynherring8654]

JP LOOK UP CREWE RAILROAD MUSEUM UNDRER GOOGLE.... OR CREWE VIRGINIA YOU'LL LOVE THE PICTURES. MY DAD WAS A TRAIN PERSON. IF HE COULD GET A TRAIN HE/WE WENT THERE@@JPVideos81

[@janedoe9421]

Great tour. The tour guide is such a hoot😂. I learned alot though. My family was never in the coal mines, my grandad was in oil pumping. My husband's grandad was coal minor in western pa mines. Great video JP!! Thanks for sharing👍👍.....oh yea the sludge is the glue that holds the place together😂

[@JPVideos81]

Haha the glue

[@janedoe9421]

@@JPVideos81 😁

[@jerrykolosinsky4615]

My father told me a good story about the rats people use to ask about them and he said he use to feed them it was the two leged one yoou had to watch

[@Idellphany]

I remember going on this tour in elementary school! I didn't know then, but I come from a long line of miners in Scranton! So cool to see it again. Thank you!

[@ChiefCowpie]

Thank you. Grandfather and his brothers and his dad worked for the Lackawanna Coal Company. Couldn’t,t find the company store online. I still burn coal for heat in upstate NY from Blaschak in Mahanoy City.

[@karenpacker8862]

Awesome tour. It really does make you realize how dangerous it was for the miners. Love the photos as always.

[@JPVideos81]

💙

[@richdiscoveries]

I really want to come check this place out over the summer. I saw it when we were out that way and realized how close it was. Definitely looks extremely interesting. Thank you for taking us along!!

[@JPVideos81]

Lots of great places only minutes away.

[@richdiscoveries]

@@JPVideos81 when I come back up for the coal mine tour, I want to check out that abandoned tunnel as well. I know it's nothing too crazy, but I'm like you, I love my rail history!! But if there is anything else around there you think I would really enjoy, I am completely open for suggestions.

[@JPVideos81]

@@richdiscoveries which tunnel? The one i took my daughter to?

[@richdiscoveries]

@@JPVideos81 yes, we passed that on the way by, looked kind of cool

[@JPVideos81]

@@richdiscoveries id be glad to show you anything you're willing to check out.

[@SkyschildStudios1]

I remember going here a long time ago when I was a kid/preteen (back in the early 2000s/late 1990s). It was little spooky, but one of the coolest family trips/adventures that I had during my young life! I hope that I can either revisit this place again with new family/friends someday soon, or one last time by myself as a Bucket List.

[@AntonyMantovani]

Uma bela excursão de um pais que preserva sua historia de mineração, aonde os jovens podem vir e aprender sobre a bravura de seus antepassados....

[@AVoiceofSanity]

Amen

[@purpleserpent]

I was there! 🥰 I love going there 🥰 my grandmother's father was a coal miner

[@philliesphanatic6020]

I was here as a kid over 20 years ago. From what I remember it was just as awesome then.

[@ProcciAccount]

Love this tour. I’ve been on this one several times myself when I was younger, and not too long ago, with my two boys.

[@sarahconklin320]

I went on that tour in high school, which was in the early 90s. It was nice to take the our again with you and see some things I didn't get to see then or forgot. Thanks!

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks sarah

[@edzaslow]

Great video. My son and I went on an iron mine tour in Northern Minnesota. That mine ceased operation around 1962. The tour guide referred to the iron mine as the "Cadillac of Mines". Because iron is so hard, no support timbers were used, and there was no hazardous gases to cause fires, explosions, and suffocation.

[@oldisgood2587]

My jobs not so bad after all. Great video again. You keep bringing em' I'll keep watching.

[@jlindsayescher1843]

Thank you for taking me on the mine tour with you! I had a great time.

[@JPVideos81]

My pleasure

[@thundercreekcustoms]

Been there once myself, resident of PA my whole life. Love the Anthracite Region and its history. By the way, the name of the manufacturer of that cable shovel is pronounced "Byu-sigh-rus" Erie. Thanks for a great video!

[@donnicholas7552]

I loved the video!! I had relatives that worked in that mine.

[@Sandy-is2kf]

Oh Wow!! That was AWESOME!! My Great Grandfather was a coal miner in West Va. I never knew him but my Mom actually would visit them as a little girl in the minig town. We absolutely love how excited you get!! Great Video!! Such amazing video shots. Thank you so much. 😀😀😀Be safe and God Bless

[@bethshadid2087]

Can't wait to get started, just found out bout month ago that my paternal mawmaws side I had a kin (great great grandpa) that didn't do the usual farming as his siblings but was actually a coal miner here in Georgia.

[@carolynmarcattilio487]

Just got to watch the video. Reminds me of Ashland Pa. Pioneer Coal Mine. Been there with my family on vacation 30 plus years ago. Loved every minute of the video.

[@JPVideos81]

Im checking out that one in the spring.

[@karenshawn8406]

Ok I'm game for this video. Wow I learned a lot and glad of it. I don;t like to be in dark places so I would not go down in it. I had a great time too and thank you so much for showing this to us. loved it.

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks karen

[@teresahelms1709]

This brings back a bit of information I'd almost forgotten about...it reminded me of the movie "Coal Miner's Daughter" about the life of Loretta Lynn...her father worked the mines in Butcher Holler, KY. He died as a result of all his years in the mine.

[@omgfandomfan]

I’d love to come back down and see this! I’m from Elmira, NY, and went here when I was still a little kid. Loved every second of it!

[@pmlugo3599]

That was awesome!! My now husband retired from a mine in Colorado :)

[@JPVideos81]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@lorrainekrauss5140]

Fascinating! I have been down there a few times and still would go again and again! You learn something new every time. I think we had that same tour guide as you had today! Thank you for a great video!

[@JPVideos81]

I never get sick of it

[@rikspector]

"Where the troubles are many and the pleasures are few" Where the rain never falls and the sun never shines' "It's dark as a dungeon way down in the mines" What an interesting place and the guide made it even more so. You've been in a lot of mines and it must feel really good to get back up to where the rain falls and the sun shines and the birds sing, and the grass grows! Cheers, Rik Spector

[@JPVideos81]

Helps you appreciate the little things.

[@pdpauldelaney]

I toured there once as a child. Thinking about going back!

[@JPVideos81]

Never gets old, no matter how many times you see it.

[@pdpauldelaney]

JPVideos happy thanksgiving jp

[@rozebradshaw157]

Minors are in the brave category. I know we could be taken at any moment but geez, those s guys were definitely high on that list

[@LadyRickie]

My late uncle was related to Sir Humphrey Davy the one who invented the Davy Lamp for use in the mines.

[@lionel2035]

Great vid JP. Brought back many memories. As a young man I worked in the mines of Western PA. It was only for a few years and your vid showed what a miners life was like. Thank you

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks for watching

[@highatruthart]

Coal miners to me were a special breed of Person.💜.I am so glad you made this video👍 JP.I really appreciate everything you do.Thank you Mike👑✌💜🐢💜

[@JPVideos81]

It truly makes you appreciate what our ancestors had to go through.

[@Cat-ik1wo]

Went on that tour. Once was enough! I did not know i was claustrophobic till I was actually down there. I had to work on my control of my fear. No one knew how scared I was. I kept my reason and wits about me the entire time. I remember thinking, well, at least I won't die alone.

[@tomttopp]

I think this is great. We all have friends and family, that are shut ins. For them, they can go on trips, this is it.

[@rustyguts133]

Thank you. I will likely never get there, so you offered me a chance to see another part of this world...

[@cruikshank]

Thank you for an informative and well shot video. There is another great mine tour in Central PA the Panther Valley #9 Anthracite Mine Tour in Lansford PA Carbon County. I’ve been there 2-3 times, the same with the Pioneer Tunnel. I haven’t been to the Lackawanna 190 Slope but I have seen several abandoned sites in that area in the early 2000’s. Most now are likely sealed. Thanks Again for sharing the wonderful heritage of the Anthracite Region.

[@JPVideos81]

I've also filmed #9 & pioneer

[@sharene411]

Very enjoyable!! Thank you.

[@bascia3125]

My grandfather and Uncle were miners! Never met my Grandfather he died 3 days before I was born. Wish I had met him, Mom had some great stories! I went down a mine at some park, my Uncle took us too, no clue where it was, but it was a beautiful place!

[@JPVideos81]

Sorry to hear the loss of not meeting him. I never met my grandfather either.

[@elnabjelland-hughes8172]

Fantastic video ! The tour guide was great - he gave a lot of interesting information and had a good sense of humor 😁 The mine is amazing - awesome! I love mines and this adventure was the best ever when it comes to mines - getting to ride thru the mines was a great experience too 👍💕💕 Thanks for taking me along on this awesome adventure 😁👍💕

[@JPVideos81]

My pleasure elna

[@brianbooher7318]

That was awesome I want to do that one day. Thanks for sharing

[@edithdavis2848]

Great tour. Very informative and interesting. Very quick hour.

[@carolynmarcattilio487]

This is the most amazing adventure I have been on. I love your video. Great information. My grandfather worked in the mines in PA.

[@JPVideos81]

Ty

[@Coalbucketlist]

Incredible pics!! Great photographer!!!!

[@CaptainRon542]

thanks for the tour I was born and raised in Scranton and my grandfather worked in the mines maybe this one

[@JPVideos81]

The tour is great and hope it entices more people to check it out in person.

[@curtvona4891]

Excellent vid. I'm a former coal miner and really appreciate this.

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks for checking it out

[@GYPS33]

Fascinating. I knew nothing about coal mining. In Virginia city Nevada we road mining train to that mine but there was no underground tour. Very interesting, thanks.

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks for watching

[@splithoof9567]

Great video, thank you for the education.

[@barbara-pigeonbray4579]

An amazing video , Jay. It was well done from beginning to end....informative and entertaining . Learned a lot . ...Unbelievable what miners had to endure. ...thank you for sharing their story . ( I am claustrophobic...don't think I could have made the tour ) btw...Because I've watched all of your mine tours , I was able to answer a question on Jeopardy last week ..the answer was " anthracite coal " ....felt so smart : )

[@JPVideos81]

Thats great! Good to see my videos do some good from time to time.

[@suehinze1566]

Very interesting. We dont have coal mines here in Wisconsin that I know of at least not enough to make big revenue from. I think our big mines here are lead and metallic mines. Great video.

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks sue

[@jaykozokas2983]

Finally a video of somewhere I've seen in person. I can't wait to have the opportunity to visit again.

[@JPVideos81]

I love this place

[@serena1785]

My grandparents worked in the Scranton Coal Mines in the very early 20th century. That is where the uneducated immigrates found work to feed their families they died from black lung disease. I grew up in a house that was built in 1905 we had a coal furnace when I was a kid and I remember the coal bin in the basement and my dad going down into the basement and shoveling coal into it. I also have memories of the coal truck coming to the house and putting coal into the the basement window and the coal shoot. Eventually my dad converted to a gas furnace. I lived in upstate N. Y. right near the Pa. border. So I found this video fascinating.

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks for watching and sharing

[@aimeemurphy8611]

My great grandfather and his father worked in the Scranton coal mines as well. Both immigrants from Poland. Both died of black lung.

[@skatasdroneview5574]

Again, loving the history. I grew up in York, PA, and have family and friends all over the area. I really appreciate these videos! Thank you!

[@Ty-tie_FTW]

Another great video! Thanks for bringing us along with you for the ride. I always like coming home from work and seeing that you posted a new video. Great way to unwind.

[@JPVideos81]

Glad you enjoy them

[@bethshadid2087]

Very interesting tour, love the guide but.....so sad what those men and young boys went through 😪, especially so a few can become very wealthy at the expense of many 🤨. Thanks for the explore, blessings and safe travels 🌬️🤴🌈💞

[@ambrosiata]

Very intresting! Thanks for taking us with you.

[@rogieru8796]

That piece of equipment is called a shovel , The first ones were ran by steam . Great video thanks man !

[@alphonsotate2982]

I never complain about going to work after going on this tour.

[@misslottieish]

Good memories added to a very interesting tour. I was not brought up by coal mines country but always heard how dangerous and how hard they worked risk their lives daily for not much money. I remember old photos the miners were always so dirty like a thin layer of black soot on their faces and hands. God Bless those miners who did not make it and those who did make it only to get sick later in life. God Bless to all.

[@kellyhoulton2998]

Awesome. I love mine tours. Being originally from Michigan I am more used to iron and copper mines so this was very interesting. Your tour guide was great! Also, you shared some great stories above ground before you descended, JP. Yet another fascinating video, and as always, thanks so much for bringing us along!

[@JPVideos81]

Glad you enjoyed it kelly

[@motor_head55]

Im a 3rd generation coal miner, grandpas were coal miners and my dad still is (actually work with him) out here in the west. Coal has been apart of my family and communities around me was built around coal. Love the videos of these tours as im a coal history buff myself, im intrigued by the history of the industry that I grew up with, whether it be from the east (anthracite) or west (bituminous). These older mines really intrigue me and are very cool, even though i work in conditions far better than those in the early and mid 1900s. May take a trip to Pennsylvania haha. Also on that bucket the name is pronounced Bu-cy-rus. Caterpillar actually bought that company back in like 2011 or sometime around then.

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks for watching and sharing

[@topherloverjones8449]

This was absolutely amazing!!! Thanks guys! Exciting! The photo montage is stunning as always! Loved the squirrel digging his own mine! 😁🐿️. Thanks JP and Mike! I will be watching this over and over again for sure!!! Especially to hear about the Mayors making the axle break! (All that hot air)😉 Take care, guys. Be safe. Can't wait to see you in the next one!!! 👍🏽🙋🏽‍♀️💙💙💙

[@JPVideos81]

Haha, you gave me a good laugh.

[@mikerietz1877]

Hello my friend I enjoy your show keep good work I love to explore mine I've been in mine many time not like this one I never been in coal mine

[@yeapsystar]

Hi JP! I really LOVE this video! My granddad used to work in the mines in Belgium when he was in his 20s, but soon he had to find another job due to health issues and became a truck driver. Quite some useful and nice information too ... And that guide was a funny one, haha! I wished I would live around you or that I can visit it once 'cause it's very interesting!

[@JPVideos81]

Its my favorite one

[@amospancake2586]

Awesome video I would love to do the tour sometime soon. Thanks

[@SandraPinkParanormal]

thanks for the awesome video the tour guide really knew his stuff and keep it interesting all the way it was great :)

[@JPVideos81]

He was great

[@susanorr7535]

Every interesting, extreme hardship for men under these conditions

[@whitefox5155]

Nice Video. My Great Grandfather was a "Fire Boss" in a mine in Scranton around 1870 to 1910. I don't know which mine he worked in but I am sure it was similar to this one. When they did repairs to the elevator he was required to ride on the test run because of his position. The family used to say he was bow legged from having his legs broken so many times on the elevator.

[@carolyns9687]

This is SO interesting!!! Thank you for sharing! Perhaps a summer trip for my husband & myself!!!

[@JPVideos81]

I definitely recommend it

[@Rebecca_Wilson_in_Texas]

That was really cool! Thank you for taking us along!

[@JPVideos81]

My pleasure rebecca

[@melissahale346]

My hubby and I did the tour in May and it was awesome! We even had the same tour guide!

[@JPVideos81]

He's a great guide. Thanks for watching

[@nelsonminingandabandonedplaces]

Love the video and the channel. I am a coal miner and this is awesome.

[@leonawarren7641]

The best video ever I love you so much you're the best thanks for the knowledge

[@annebell7274]

We visited a Coalmine many years ago. My hubby and Son went down the mine, like you did, but I couldn't. Clustrophobic. Now, thanks to you I've been down the Mine. So interesting. Frightening for the kids I would imagine. Did you see how many views you had ? 10k. Woaw !!!! Job well done 👍👍👍👍🌿❤🌿

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks anne. I love showing these kinds of places

[@annebell7274]

@@JPVideos81 and I love seeing them ☺💟💗💟☺

[@sandramason1987]

This video is amazing. If I didn't live so far away I'd definitely take a tour. Thanks for taking me along.

[@SingleStacked]

Thanks for the tour, very interesting!

[@cornjobb]

made me claustrophobic, even watching the video, just like it did in real life.

[@JPVideos81]

Its much more spacious than it appears on video.

[@EddieBracco]

Very nice video, I used to be a miner (black coal) Germany myself. I missed the camaraderie and buddies that you can't find anywhere else in a job. We closed the last mine for 10 years.

[@hannabazeltoff6000]

Thanks I dont have too much money to travel so with your video I travel

[@karenmann1887]

Its pretty cool. I really enjoyed it

[@ldcam21]

Nice . I went on the ride in the mine In dec :2003. Love it ,learn a lot . They give a nice tour . They say you want to see how dark it is then he shut all the lights off in the mine that’s dark then they turn the lights back on pretty cool. it’s 300 feet down in . like you said . They give you a jacket which is nice because it’s cool down there. I had a blast it was good for you to

[@fredmoller1675]

I'd like to see it, I'm a retired hardrock miner who worker in Timmins Ontario gold and base metal mines here for 43 years.

[@JPVideos81]

Its a fantastic tour

[@peterprice8446]

I love the coal miners. Total respect

[@nateshon3eastbroadtoprailr448]

I love old historic cars, trucks, and machinery and US history in general!

[@JPVideos81]

Me too

[@nateshon3eastbroadtoprailr448]

@@JPVideos81 and WWII planes!

[@daniellysohirka4258]

It's an auxillary cage, all shaft mines have one to the side that fit like five people. I've been in old mines that have underground hoist rooms, that's something to see. At the end of shift we'd get to the bottom cage then hook the b-line to the Mine Cat tractor battery to set off the blasts. Then quickly get everyone up D Shaft which only is supposed to fit 4 people, but 7-8 usually squeeze on, then we all get to 2800 level and have to tram across all the way to A Shaft. By the time it takes 4 cages to get everyone up, the blast smoke is starting to catch up to us in the shaft station. Pretty haywire mine. Old school, lot's of history there. The place was originally sunk in 1907, and shutdown and reopened 4 times because of gold prices. We were drilling with 9 meter tubes, that's how good the ground was. The core would come out in one piece and we'd have to break it, because you have to take the tubes apart.

[@richpayton7162]

Yes, mines are amazing. And can be dangerous. Prior to its closure due to insurance costs, I was fortunate in going on a tour of the Tropico Gold Mine, located just west of Highway 14 near Edwards Air Force Base in California. The tour began at the railing that surrounded the main vertical shaft where the ore elevator sat. Looking down, at the bottom was a barely visible light fixture. It was 2,000 feet below where we stood. Pretty wild stuff. The whole tour was very interesting. Too bad it is no longer open.

[@doreenbabcock5186]

Loved the Lackawanna coal mine tour..👍👍👍

[@JPVideos81]

Its an amazing tour

[@coreybabcock2023]

I would enjoy that capsule ride without a doubt

[@heatherlawson8300]

That is so awesome. Thank you for showing us. 😊 I appreciate it. I am from that area and never was able to go.

[@JPVideos81]

My pleasure. Appreciate you watching.

[@pointingdog7235]

I enjoyed the video very much. I went on the tour back in 2000 and have wanted to see it again. I liked the twin stick B-Model Mack dump truck, it looked like some of the engine is missing. I couldn't see if it was a Quad Box ( 5 speed main gear box with a 4 speed auxiliary) or not. It may have been a gasoline engine judging by the parts that were not in the engine compartment.