The abandonded Williamstown Tunnel (part 2) and the abandoned coal mining village of Bear Valley

[@nrgltwrkr2225]

It's amazing to me how fast mother nature reclaims/destroys/covers up that many buildings.

[@sandraplonka5225]

Pa has great history and I agree they need to preserve what they build. It's history

[@davezimmerman6253]

Game commission ruins a lot and makes everything inaccessible They lease land, lock it up ,and steal any motorized vehicle of someone exploring Lock it up so you can't see how much timbering they do. Leave junk trees and branches lay everywhere that hunters can't walk thru. It's not about hunting Land it's controlling recourses and people

[@Jason_Phillips3679]

It's always interesting to find old foundations, and old long forgotten structures. I agree, be cautious when exploring alone, always be careful.

[@katiefyock9607]

There's a Bear Valley Rd. in Ft. Loudon, PA too. My father and I walked his dogs there once and saw a coyote.

[@davezimmerman6253]

Is the fence to keep deer in or out ? Or people ? I enjoy your exploring videos

[@doctordeath.5716]

That piece you picked up with all the nuts and bolts on it in your hand is where they wired up to Telegraph lines to

[@stevesinclair8667]

Saw your previous video. Thank you for your effort. Get brighter lights. Please pan more slowly. Thanks again for your videos. Gave it a thumbs up.

[@doctordeath.5716]

Those line of concrete block things were for the telegraph wires for the towers that they put behind a building

[@doctordeath.5716]

If I remember correctly those concrete blocks are for the old Telegraph wires and power that went to the buildings my friends uncle is from Bear Valley and around Higgins they closed up the tunnel from Higgins to Bear Valley because it was collapsing

[@richardscott1397]

A tunnel in bear valley. What could go wrong?

[@doctordeath.5716]

Those towers are the old Telegraph towers for the railroad and the buildings that were there to send out telegraph's back in the old days

[@kristenscott9438]

I agree with some of the other comments....looks like a telegraph line and or very old power line towers!

[@RichieNY69]

The towers are from the Pennsylvania Railroad. The tunnel is also from the railroad.

[@lindafarner9755]

Does anyone know who lives in the area. Those foundations are they from old homes. Was there a small town up there where the mine was

[@doctordeath.5716]

What you are walking through and 9 minutes and 34 seconds looks like an old Blast Furnace or something like that with the way those pipes are coming out of the wall

[@fire22pa]

The towers were remaining from and old PP&l power line that ran from Lykens to Frailey not from the railroad as stated in another posting.

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[@samash1704]

Just a recommendation to move your camera more slowly. Starting to get dizzy. Thanks for the vids!

[@doctordeath.5716]

You're in cold country there buddy I've been up in Bear Valley hunting before with my dad and hiking

[@RimfireRat]

where's the Bear Valley side of the big Lick Tunnel

[@Dan-n-Butters]

they don't want people to get injured that's why they destroy the tunnel, there may be gas leaks that you cannot detect, plus cave ins, it's for your safety

[@thewanderingwoodsman7227]

They could have put up a gate or a block wall a little ways inside. History should be preserved.

[@killercatapiller]

Dan S yup the government knows best, always do what big daddy says. Always give up freedom for a false sence of saftey

[@davezimmerman6253]

I perfectly able to asses and take my own risks. I don't need any Non voted for government agency to do that for me. Or a non voted for agency that locks the land up from the people to hide profiting from timber , destroy historic ruins make a a days hike just to hunt or fish or see what they are doing while they can drive anywhere they want with a any type of vehicle

[@ohioyodertoter6827]

history should always be preserved

[@DDExplores]

Where is this? In what state?

[@thewanderingwoodsman7227]

+deepdishpies Pennsylvania, Dauphin county.

[@Porty1119]

+The Wandering Woodsman Southern anthracite field, then?

[@thewanderingwoodsman7227]

+Porty1119 Yes

[@RimfireRat]

most of those tunnels were blasted shut maybe 25-30 yds inside yrs ago

[@kevinjames9716]

Pretty sure a lot of those buildings were for making black powder explosives that's why the buildings are so far apart and where those pipes came out of the wall it had 120 degree hot air that came out and dried the mix of coal, sulfur and saltpeter. thats my guess anyways cause i've been to an old powder mill before.

[@thewanderingwoodsman7227]

It was a coal mining town. They didn't make black powder there.

[@kevinjames9716]

oh so they didnt use explosives in the mines and train tunnels?

[@thewanderingwoodsman7227]

Sorry, wasn't looking for an argument. Maybe they did make black powder here, I've talked with someone who used to live there, but he never mentioned making the powder. But that doesn't mean they didn't.

[@Lalunabreeze]

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[@brianwatson3705]

If this was Indiana, you wouldn't even be allowed on the property. Even wgen they turn it over to the state.

[@susangamble6888]

well your up there you should do some metal detecting

[@susangamble6888]

no I think it was for TNT was stored

[@thewanderingwoodsman7227]

It's an old RR tunnel through the mountain

[@doctordeath.5716]

Those are insulators yes

[@JanetWilham]

you go way to fast--please slow that camera down.

[@doctordeath.5716]

Janet Wilham you're right he does move the camera way too fast it seems like he wants to get in and get out and see what he wants to see

[@808TheDuck]

the brick house...not a shitter. It is the powder shed.

[@RobD-jq7ry]

Charles Harris ever hear the term built like a brick shit house? I'd never seen one and thought I finally had. You dashed my dreams.

[@porkturtle8321]

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[@gunnyu.s.m.c8606]

yes those are insulators

[@johnnytarponds9292]

Built like a “brick shithouse”.

[@debbiethompson9029]

You move the camera too fast

[@porkturtle8321]

Relax. Look at the date of the video posting - this is one of his earliest ones. The Woodsman has come a looooooong way since then. 😉

[@douglasfreebirdphotography8473]

Come back with a shovel and dig out just enough to get in the tunnel, and bring an oxygen meter with you too...

[@RimfireRat]

With a shovel? you don't understand what Blasted shut means

[@577buttfan]

@@RimfireRat gotts blast it open then.

[@577buttfan]

The hole is big enough to get in there anyway.

[@swervsplatt9672]

Need a machine for that, chief.

[@davestrang8585]

Telegraph towers

[@davestrang8585]

Fish and game jerks

[@paulpenyak]

Waste of time