Going 300ft Underground - Lackawanna Coal Mine Tour

[@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!

[@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

[@hootinouts]

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

[@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.

[@purpleserpent]

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

[@jeanne4679]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@splithoof9567]

Great video, thank you for the education.

[@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

[@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!

[@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.

[@jlindsayescher1843]

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

[@JPVideos81]

My pleasure

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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]

💙

[@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

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@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!

[@oldisgood2587]

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

[@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.

[@Coalbucketlist]

Incredible pics!! Great photographer!!!!

[@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.

[@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!

[@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

[@donnicholas7552]

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

[@alphonsotate2982]

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

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@brianbooher7318]

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

[@philliesphanatic6020]

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

[@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

[@edithdavis2848]

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

[@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.

[@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.

[@sharene411]

Very enjoyable!! Thank you.

[@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.

[@curtvona4891]

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

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks for checking it out

[@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

[@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

[@Rebecca_in_Texas]

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

[@JPVideos81]

My pleasure rebecca

[@ambrosiata]

Very intresting! Thanks for taking us with you.

[@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.

[@pmlugo3599]

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

[@JPVideos81]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@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

[@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

[@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!

[@amospancake2586]

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

[@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

[@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

[@sandramason1987]

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

[@rustyguts133]

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

[@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.

[@leonawarren7641]

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

[@caz7363]

Wow that was very interesting. Thank you for sharing with us 😀 Also (at the end) the photo of you both smiling away was great to see as we usually see your serious faces mostly.

[@JPVideos81]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@nateshon3eastbroadtoprailr448]

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

[@JPVideos81]

Me too

[@nateshon3eastbroadtoprailr448]

@@JPVideos81 and WWII planes!

[@mikefitchNYC1971]

This looks like an awesome tour JP! Awesome job on this video!

[@JPVideos81]

I love this tour and great group of knowledgeable tour guides that work there.

[@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

[@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.

[@doreenbabcock5186]

Loved the Lackawanna coal mine tour..👍👍👍

[@JPVideos81]

Its an amazing tour

[@TheTomar33]

Thanks for taking us along.- Great video.

[@SingleStacked]

Thanks for the tour, very interesting!

[@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.

[@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.

[@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.

[@1joshjosh1]

Me and my son are checking out your video. Very informative and good job I would like to check this place out one day when the coronavirus goes away!!!

[@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.

[@edwardemerick929]

Awesome video. Keep up the good work

[@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

[@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

[@beverlykennedy126]

Hi Jay , sorry to say I haven’t seen any of your videos for awhile, found this one and my love of mines lead me to watch . Not disappointed it was a very informing video . Lots of great stuff. I’ll be sure to keep you in mind a lot more often, be careful you and Mike .no matter where ya go.

[@jimkay703]

Very interesting i learned alot. Great video.

[@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.

[@nelsonminingandabandonedplaces]

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

[@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

[@lauradyke8717]

Enjoyed the video very fascinating💜💙💜💙

[@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 ☺💟💗💟☺

[@carolyns9687]

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

[@JPVideos81]

I definitely recommend it

[@jacquelinemorris981]

Grand video JP. I cannot believe I sat and watched the entire thing as I am not one for lectures lol. It was that interesting. Thanks for the share as I highly doubt I would be able to go down there.

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks for checking it out

[@jacquelinemorris981]

@@JPVideos81 always today is Jp video day

[@debigarland7313]

I am really enjoying this, I love mine exploring. 👌🏻

[@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

[@carlavision6143]

JP, I've only got 15 minutes of your awesome and cool video watched and will watch the rest throughout the day. Really very interesting so far.

[@JPVideos81]

Ty

[@LadyRickie]

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

[@teresahelms1709]

A very interesting and highly informative and educational tour of the mine. I knew about the canary and the open flame 🔥lamps being the cause of many explosions but much of what the tour guide talked about...I had no idea 😮👍👍 A wonderful experience and thanks for taking us all along 😊😀🙏 I love these mine trips. None of my relatives ever worked in the mines...they were farmers 😊❤ Take care, blessed be and stay safe 🙏🥰❤👍👍

[@JPVideos81]

As dangerous as they are, I find them equally as fascinating.

[@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.

[@giniwalters8401]

I sure did enjoyed this video!!! It's very interesting and informative. I really like this kinda videos along with the videos in the woods with the caves, the holes in the ground, the stone structures and all the other cool finds in the woods!!!

[@ej1797]

Great video!!! I’ve done the tour several times! You got lucky and had a good tour guide, some guides don’t into detail. I have my great grandfathers carbide lamp. He worked in the mine where the Wyoming Valley mall is now

[@JPVideos81]

Thanks for sharing

[@cynthiahamilton3232]

I really enjoyed this video. It's about 2 1/2 hrs. from me. TY. Great information also.

[@JPVideos81]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@lindajoy7208]

Really enjoyed the video and all the content. Love touring with you. A lot of my relations were coal miners here in the UK. Keep up the good work.