Take A Ride Into A Mine (CBS News)

Web Exclusive: Bob Simon is reporting this Sunday on the coal industry and some of the hazards miners face. As part of the report, "60 Minutes" went deep into a mine. Come along for the ride! (CBSNews.com)

[@joemc111]

My friend in Maryland use to work in a deep mine in West Virginia. He told me that the most dangerous thing about working the mines was the drive to and from work.

[@charliepc56]

In the early 1970s, I worked in seems that were as low as 26 to 36 inches. We didn't have continuous miners that would cut the roof rock for more height. In some of the mines I worked, the coal was drilled and blasted then loaded into cars for the trip outside. I got my back broke in a roof fall in 1982 and was paralized. That ended my mining career, but I loved working in the mines and I would go back in a heartbeat if I could. Thanks..

[@chicagovigilante]

This is absolutely amazing. I have so much respect for these guys.

[@robbbaker6192]

I was an Underground & Surface Mining Surveyor for 15 years. Started at the outside where the first bit of Coal was taken-and mapped the progression for miles inside. I'd take a job doing that again in a heartbeat. God Bless our Coal Miners.

[@jasonwhitaker4836]

I do this everyday, I love mining coal

[@HillbillyRednecking]

Kinda nice being able to stand straight up in the mine, you can't stand straight up and down in all mines

[@tanookis_nookie2056]

These comments give me anxiety.

[@thatbasementband8122]

wow , a coal mine you can stand in!! my stepdad mined for 40 years in southwest va. and probably didn't stand one time.

[@joesalyers]

Different coal seams are different heights. If he worked in SW Virginia and in low coal he was likely working in the upper banner seam or the rolling Jawbone seam. Yea the names are weird but upper banner & Jawbone ranged from 34 inches to about 44 inches and in Norton, Wise, out to Abington Va those seems can be very low down to 28 inches. Closer to Grundy you will find the Pocahontas seam which is 6 to 8 feet high and the Low Banner seam in Coburn Va can be as high as 10 feet. It just depends on the seam. But I worked in SW Virginia for Paramont Coal for about 10 years while I was building my recording studio once it was built I quit and never looked back but I enjoyed my time mining. But it's a young mans game and I got out at 31. My Dad spent 46 years mining after leaving the military after Vietnam.

[@ladyhonor822]

Absolutely as a last resort. Money does not grow on trees🎉. Philadelphia USA 🇺🇲 AMEN ☦️🙏❤️🇺🇦 🎶 I'm proud to be a coal miner's granddaughter !!!

[@modellbau-zeche]

really great. Greetings from the Ruhr area of ​​Germany

[@krisscanlon4051]

I feel my job can be difficult working in the substance usage disorder field but this is a different type of treachery...respectable ppl doing this work

[@ryanrouse3154]

RIP Bob Simon...Aka Legend

[@carlhorn1791]

I worked underground for forty one years I ran a miner for 35 years.

[@hardcorehunter9155]

Do you have any lung issues now?

[@gareldkazeeii4510]

I worked at an underground mine in Pilgrim, Martin County, KY. worked in section that was about 50 inches high. there was a section that was about 10 foot high at one time. I rarely worked it.

[@kittkatt032]

A little more technology then back in the day when coal minors had to pretty much do it manualy. But i'm sure it's still not an easy task, and very dangerous as well. God Bless each of them!

[@iAMScootaG]

I went down a coal mine today, its really interesting and i think i might take it up as a career. Its a really hard job but its probably one of the best, the moneys great but not only that but you get to meet some great people and become good friends with them.

[@tvnewsbadge]

That's looks like a real luxury mine... you can acutally get to stand up. In my neck of the woods, Southwest Virgina, the roofs are so low that you almost have to crawl

[@tvnewsbadge]

I can't believe how spacious that mine is. In the ones I've visited in Southwest Virginia, you had almost that to crawl.

[@sllowery817]

I have the highest respect for the coalminer after I got to visit the face of the mine

[@sarahmarcum4522]

Can't wait. Just got my alabama miner card a couple weeks ago. Moved here about a year ago from wv. My husbands worked underground for over 10 years now. Hopefully I find a job soon.

[@LilMyMy]

It’s been 15 years have y’all ran out of coal yet?

[@ph11p3540]

I'll stick with open pit oil sand mining. Hard hats off to you guys who will work underground. That really takes guts. I would hate to be 20 miles from the nearest exit when a bump happens.

[@haterseg]

I'm a swickley seam roof bolter in pa..We run 8 ft supertwist bolts full resin. were a low coal mine and i see how dry they are and the fact they get to stand.. try using a fletcher dual head bolter with wetheads in a 20ft cutt merely 54 inches high. we bend our bolts into z's so we can get them into the top..by the way.. 1st glue is a 10 second quickset glue to hurry lol.. this video makes mining and bolting look so easy... come to swickley's seam and bring knee pads and a snorkel.

[@anthonygray356]

respect to the miners! some brave souls

[@laptopdroptop9457]

My boss almost took all the employees down a coal elevator thankfully we got ice cream sandwiches instead. Way more satisfying.....

[@dariusblood4919]

you couldnt pqy me enough to go down into that claustraphobic hell hole

[@toddwyndham7009]

Darius Blood me either.

[@PattyWV]

My dad was a roof bolter for Reliable Coal in Preston County WV. his name was Melvin Strahin or "Blue" as he was known in the mines. My son works at Jenmar in Preston County making mining bolts. .

[@vlasktom]

I'm on my way to joining the underground coal mining industry. @nikon47130 the commute really is the most dangerous part of the work day. underground mining is between farming, which is more dangerous, and cement mixing, which is less dangerous. more people died in farming accidents in 2010 then underground mines in the united states

[@Jtui]

Im glad to hear somebody finally say that...Im from northeastern Pa, and if you know your history, thats the heart of anthracite coal...and there is no room to walk in our mines even todayy. its just as dangerous...if you watched the news lately the the accident that happend at the harmony mine were one guy died. i live an hour away. and knows somebody that works there

[@GeeDurty]

I work in this mine everyday. it is mccoy # 15, pikeville kentucky.

[@Betsy440]

God Bless these coal miners and keep them safe...

[@DolittleMccoy]

I live in Eastern Ky. I Ran a Roofbolter in the very Mine. Pretty cool to see it on youtube.

[@stevena3333]

The Road to Wigan Pier brought me here.

[@andreacoane4891]

Curious what led you to read it? I'm currently reading it too and that's why I'm here! I know Orwell wrote it sometime in the 1930s, so I decided to see how much has changed since then.

[@stevena3333]

@@andreacoane4891 Jordan Peterson. But also because I read Animal Farm and 1984 and I loved them so much that I wanted to get a better idea of Orwell through his nonfiction.

[@stevena3333]

@@andreacoane4891 the division of workers and the rich who benefit from those workers is still the same imo. But I don’t think anything compares to the grueling work of the miners in that book. It is very humbling and inspiring to imagine how much more our human bodies can take and how hard we can push ourselves and how much we can take and keep moving forward. After you read that book you can pack up all your complaints about your job and your struggles and start living, because wherever you are now, it’s certainly better than what those people were living like.

[@andreacoane4891]

@@stevena3333 Indeed! 👍

[@andreacoane4891]

@@stevena3333 Yes! Me too! Read 1984 several times over the years, but never heard of Road to Wigan Pier until Jordan Peterson mentioned it. And, I'm embarrassed to say, I'm just starting The Gulag Archipelago. It should have been required reading in high school.

[@arktikgraywolf]

I cant imagine how all this was done by hand some 50 years ago.

[@fwoof8480]

Less coal more people

[@defnet]

using some old school gear in this video, most modern coal mines use auto bolter miners (ABM) which mine the roadways and bolt at the same time. Ive worked at an underground coal mine in Australia for 3 years, not the safest or most glamorous place to be, but with the right systems and people, coal mines are much safer today than they were 20 or even 10 years ago, and Australia has had some major mining disasters in the past.

[@JessicaLovesFoxes]

Looks incredibly dangerous, and quite scary..

[@Cristinarocks98]

Instant panic attack.

[@Vishnu-no9to]

Wow the end was kind of anticlimactic😕😕

[@joannsester7968]

Love. This.

[@tspiderkeeper]

nothing wrong with being a miner im a wv one

[@user-cx4gy3tc9r]

Very brave worker!!!

[@DolittleMccoy]

I worked at this mine

[@pedromaguina2120]

brave miners!

[@777fuzzypeach]

Real Americans. No FSA to found anywhere in this area.

[@carldadhorn7298]

I worked 42 years under ground , miner opr.

[@Renard380]

I'd love to do that 20min ride :D

[@supervascular]

They should go back now and see if they got their 15 years worth out of the mine. The train journey to the end of the line must take over an hour now

[@thepeach12345]

you need to were masks so you dont get the cough later in life. The new guy is fine he will go back to day side and breath fresh air H2o for his entire life but the rest of you need oxygen masks to give you clean air so you can dig deeper and pass the knowledge on to your offspring.

[@danielminton9226]

That's nothing compared to coal mines in southwest Virginia. They are so low.

[@AlpineRyan]

I work underground in Southwest Virginia. I'm a foreman/manager trainee while I'm in college. I love it.

[@danielminton9226]

which mine do you work at

[@RoseDGAF350]

Ryan Halsey Hell ya man! I work at B&B Coal Co. It is owned an operated by my family. We are a small strait pitch mine and we mine anthracite (hard coal). Mine has been in my family for generations and I am proud to be a coal miner.

[@danielminton9226]

Same here I have been apart of it for a long time, we owned 3 mines(bitoniminous) called apache coal company

[@commercials912]

Here I am 15 years later, is it still coal in there ??

[@jbark61]

haha i am from eastern ky and i totally agree with you

[@peterjaszczyk8056]

Das Hangende wird nur mit Stahlanker ohne Bogenausbau gesichert,wow 🙄🤔

[@haterseg]

i work in a pa mine..its low coal and there's so much air across the last open cross cutt black lung is a thing of the past... i dont wear a mask at all.. i try not to breathe much when i empty out my dust box.. other then that its fine....we use 6 or 8ft super twist bolts and bend them in half to get them in..our jloc glue sets up in 6 seconds. so you better hurry gettn them in.

[@hunterharrison9870]

Well it's been 15 years. Have they been bought out or run out of coal yet?

[@thenekom]

anybody happen to know what mine this is?

[@jmcnallyua]

Underground Coal Mining For Life

[@RC2222222222]

i'll go along with that

[@Trampula7]

you do what you gotta do.

[@vllam5454]

My family are mostly coal miners in SW Virginia. Black lung is a terrible consequence of working underground

[@spooln]

cheers bro

[@erin19030]

My dad was a hard coal miner, black lung took him from my family when I was five. Mom went to work to keep us out of the Catholic orphanage. Don't tell me how great coal is. I've been down the mine a few times , it's not for me. I'm not some subterranean rodent, of which the mine crawls with. Someone once said only convicts mine coal, even the slaves refused to go under.

[@slix1991]

nice , do they have emergency stuff there i mean if smth happened ( i wish nothing will happen )

[@vanessastafford9178]

No--the shaft only operates and the change of the shifts, unless there is an emergency--usually pockets of methane gas or some other explosion. My dad's journey down was 30 minutes,

[@tumbledon]

Im surprised their not wearing respirators.

[@BboyDirtyChopsticks]

crazy shit!

[@dieselman1988]

so where do u work at

[@ParRtyRockA]

Which james river coal mine is this

[@randallvarney9511]

McCoy Elkhorn Mine #15

[@danielmadera1144]

Do you guys get alot of health problems from working in the mines?

[@bretbench8688]

No not really

[@kfx400660]

@TheDocmhz come on down to logan co 29 to 31 thats low coal

[@NSTOHON]

No, its when you light your cigarette

[@kha0s616]

Please, repost it in HD!!! 👋

[@abdallahqasem6377]

If you see this tell Ms. hahm I said Hi

[@plasticfoodslol]

How many times I told you. Got my helmet on my head Figure out what that zombie said (What?) Lava all over the room Got a half-heart left, man, I am doomed Don't have any iron bars My pick just broke into some shards Scary noise, what should I do? Go left or right? I'll have to choose [Pre-Chorus 1] Visions of last time flash inside my mind I'm scared, oh well And I'm pretty sure there's a big creeper right there [Chorus] Don't mine at night I know you're lookin' at that cave And you're feelin' kinda' brave Go to bed, you'll be alright Don't mine at night There's nothing that is gonna change If you just wait until the day Zombies wanna eat your brains Don't mine at night I know it's me you're gonna thank Make a bed, it's not too late Three wool and three wooden planks Don't mine at night How many times I have to say Drop the pick and walk away-a, woah

[@SolarSavage]

I worked under ground for some time !!! i wish for one time people could see the truth about coal mining !! like in the face with no air can't see shit the mud and water to say a few, Like when there was no inspector around !! not this pretty stuff, the REAL shit !! not being rude at all just saying a lot goes on that some have no clue

[@BlackMan614]

SolarSavage I worked in the mines too, and what you say is an affront to any competent mining engineer. No air at the face. Get real, buddy.

[@SolarSavage]

BlackMan614 Hey you don't have to try and pick a fight, you have no ideal how it was where I worked buddy, I wish there was cameras back then like now, because I would get a OMG from you after seeing what work looks like in real dog holes

[@nepalihercules]

+SolarSavage ban coal

[@SolarSavage]

***** yea ban coal how about doing some research on coal then do some on nuclear power and its waste !!! lot of people get hurt playing sports lets ban it !!! OMG there is so many things that needs ban in a big way and you want to say ban coal !!!! hey I have a ideal lets have a hang out and talk all about things that need ban !!! do you think GMO need ban !!!! I can go on and on,, so what say you do a hang out live

[@SolarSavage]

stephen cristinzio Well to start with your afraid to show your self so I don't think you have any balls to do it, but any time you want to just come on down and ill put you down, but at the same time this sounds like a little kid that has no idea about any thing at all so I am not worried at all, but just in case your not read the 4th line again, old broke down minner from ky so think again with your head and not that mouth !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@nikon47130]

@joemc111 ur friend in maryland is wrong...its prob the safest part...

[@quedquis]

Minecraft: TOO MUCH COAL!

[@jb111082]

@GeeDurty are they hiring any green hats? Just got my underground card and need a job.

[@PlanTonto]

They should have a 7-11 or McDonalds down in the mines...

[@Lessinath]

@LeMaeNaDe Just ignore him. Idiots pick out when things go wrong and go ""THIS ISN'T SAFE!!!!@!!!@@!!!111!!!"" and ignore the thousands of times anything they don't like works just fine in a given day. Better yet, they call you an idiot when you point this out to them. Yes, stuff can go wrong when mining but it's actually slightly safer then driving down the road (looking at deaths per person who participates in it per year) and people drive every day and rarely complain.

[@Ju5TMarG]

a lot of this hasent changed for 50 years

[@TribalRacing30]

where is harry warden??

[@RC2222222222]

at 3:24 is the camera guy inby the ATRS?

[@bretbench8688]

😂😂😂😂😂 thanks for pointing that out I missed it

[@Blitz350]

This is a bituminous mine. This is where they mine the what is basically garbage coal. In the Anthracite Region we stack the stuff mined here on the "useless" pile.

[@hikerdude4000]

Are they goin to the face r somethin?

[@zakpowers3764]

this is bossly!!! sike!!!

[@berlymaiden]

oh yeah well i work at a burger joint

[@kittkatt032]

You would think they would have some kind of mask or somthing to keep from breathing in black caol dust.

[@chrisgoldbach4450]

Revisit

[@callybayss7751]

is this safe?!?!

[@hardcorehunter9155]

No

[@Jtui]

No its nick lmao

[@MegaCheeseMilk]

I thought this was a minecraft vid -.-

[@xXxmtdoomxXx]

fuckin scary

[@nickthepick120]

Harry Warden disliked the mines,

[@falconeddy254]

I heard that everyone is moving back to Kentucky and West Virginia because Trump has created thousands of mining industry jobs for America. I feel so bad that they will have to drink coal water just to work.

[@baron8107]

falcon Eddy Coal Water? Also, Coal is necessary for Steel production. Steel is necessary for building good houses, among other things.

[@baron8107]

Rcrby525 Steel houses would require less labor and time to build. They can also stand up to severe weather if the beams are thick enough, as well as being less of a fire hazard.

[@douglasminers5335]

Douglas miners is died

[@Sheauleung]

I'll just stick with minecraft

[@hikerdude4000]

That would be nice, especially when your food gets all covered in coal dust...

[@arias8ale]

Minecraft!!!! :D

[@jaycube5]

Coal is for chumps, am I right?

[@sketchups4672]

what?