Traveling out of a coal mine

Traveling out of coal mine on a mantrip of the Darby Fork Mine in Harlan County, Ky

[@djspatrick]

Anyone else getting Death Star vibes? "You're all clear, kid. Now let's blow this thing and go home!"

[@matthewspeegle1028]

Wakka wakka wakka 😂

[@jlz7762]

That is a beautiful mine.

[@stevenp8198]

Smoothest underground road ive ever seen!

[@jimamccracken5783]

How many miles is the trip from the face back to the outside? That vehicle was moving along great. I worked underground for about 9 years. Sure glad I got out but yes I do miss it. It gets in your life pretty quick. We were UMWA and my wages were most excellent. I was a roof bolter all my time in.

[@papabits5721]

Nine miles horizontal not deep,

[@jnp284]

Yeah, I guess they should change the names from “deep”’mines to horizontal mines.

[@larrymartin9620]

Another greenhorn film

[@CC-jj7ne]

Deep or horizontal, that’s a lot of dirt between the job site and sky. My hat is off for the ones that do it. You should get oilfield pay for sure. Hazard level just as high if not higher.

[@madaxe79]

I just drove out of the pit 13 hrs ago, why Am I watching someone drive out of a pit now, on my days off…

[@user-ko7fp8pk1s]

That's nuts

[@Imnotyourdoormat]

*Not me ... said McGee*

[@christinespencer406]

My uncle worked pennsylvania many years ago died Black lung

[@markbeale7390]

Nine miles deep NO WAY.

[@johnzubil2875]

You're that far underground, were their bathroom facilities, what about water and food. Are you expected to provide for yourself. And also first aid stations, are all these provided.

[@timtrainor9720]

You bring your food, dont get hurt and shit in the return

[@thelowlyengineer3325]

Depends on the mine/operator. Some have water, all should have a large first aid box. You pack your own food. Bathroom facilities are either a you use it you clean it, or use the return. Be careful not to step on previously deposited copperheads.

[@larrymartin9620]

The bathroom is located between your boots, always keep paper towels in your pockets...watch your step if you're walking in the old works

[@cindystrachan8566]

The stuff of nightmares. Surprised you’d be allowed to drive that fast.

[@madaxe79]

It looks fast, but it’s not really.

[@1qwerty-ru]

Фигасе нарыли сколько! Это что за рудник такой?

[@froshka82]

Че-нить случится и хрен выберешся.

[@speedsterwinston]

That’s the cleanest mine I’ve ever seen. Been in many but none that spotless.

[@jnp284]

Yeah, it was taken care of but that was the entry the inspectors rode down too lol we had some hard asses at times and if they could stand a pencil where the rib and bottom met and it not touch for the gob down the rib, violation.

[@observantservant2135]

​@jnp284 that is completely asinine. I can say that's the cleanest mine I've viewed also to date. It appears to had been wet dusted. I've never seen rock dust bond that nicely via a flinger alone what a ride.👋 From a fellow longwall/outby miner.

[@jnp284]

Thanks for watching! To be honest, all we ever used was fling dusters on our outby diesel scoops but the main line was dusted once a week or every other week. But, in the summer, the mine would get wet and it would stick and cake on. We had a small, hose wet duster that we used on the belt line to “dust/paint” what a fling wouldn’t catch on the offside. I hated that POS 😂. Never been on a working long wall but would have loved to seen one.

[@106pricey]

Grandson of a northeast Pennsylvania coal miner here. Thank you for your hard work. I probably would be a miner if I lived in that area where coal is still king. Our coal mines shut down in the early 1960's after the Susquehanna River broke through an illegal working, and flooded all the deep mines in the valley.

[@christinespencer406]

I worked at Ellington combine t was on development we were 8 miles out under the North Sea over 3 hundred miles of conveyor belts

[@_Ben4810]

I once worked with an ex-Easington Colliery man...To this day I still remember his tales of that mine's final 12 months...All that hard work, investment & equipment simply abandoned...💔

[@ЗамановЗаманов]

С какой скоростью передвигается машина?

[@Tom-i1u]

can you imagine being off work and still at work = miles from safety and fresh air and the boss didn't care about you one fig.

[@thelowlyengineer3325]

That is what all main travelways should look like. Nice to see a mine that understands the importance of using a grader. You would be amazed at how fast one can drive on well graded travelways.

[@rattybastard]

Floor heave makes the roads more fun

[@ShayHarrelll]

What holds that roof in place to keep it from collapsing?

[@jayc2469]

This was Before the roof collapse in 2022 I presume?! Horrifying! I read the news article After seeing this amazing trip!!

[@jnp284]

Yeah, definitely before that. That happened in some works that black jewel drove up, they knew the top wasn’t any good and the rope bolts wasn’t catching but they went on anyways.

[@jayc2469]

@@jnp284 Thanks for that! I presume you work there? Man you got some balls!! I'd feel claustrophobic the first 100 feet, let alone 9 miles down!

[@jnp284]

Use to work there. I gave it up back in 2019 due to the mine getting close to being worked out, mining economy destabilizing and the company. Ahh it’s no different than working outside, it’s just what you get used to. I miss some of the people

[@jayc2469]

@@jnp284 ah man I get you. I did 15year working for Philips in Britain, making 21" crt tubes for TVs in something like 0.2 Lux for 8-12 hours a day. That's the closest I am to compare! I miss the friendships and the banter only found in working teams like that and in factories. Great memories. Good move that you were out of there before 2022! The writing was on the wall for the factory I worked at too. Mainly because of Flat LCD screens. I quit in 2000 due to a severe back injury and both parents passing away just 3 months apart! Man I could write a book and I'm sure you could too

[@christinespencer406]

Standing well

[@akf6815]

Nice dusting job

[@larrymartin9620]

Now imagine that you're injured and you are on a stretcher riding outside to meet a lifeflight helicopter to take you to the nearest trama center a hundred miles away while you're bleeding out internally because you got crushed from a rock falling from the roof...long ride when you're not sure if you're going to see the outside again

[@leeturner1838]

what mine is this?

[@jnp284]

That would be the Darby Fork Mine at Lone Mountain that at the time was part of Arch Coal. It’s located in Holmes Mill, Ky in Harlan County.

[@conanruisi]

Damn they just let you say that? No nda?