Creepy Coal Mining Town I: Abandoned West America
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- Опубліковано 22 тра 2017
- On today's Abandoned America, the Pexped team heads to West Virginia in search of a lost coal mining town called Nuttallburg. Located in the New River Gorge, Nuttallburg is one of the many abandoned coal towns along the river. In this video we explore the Head-house located at the top of the gorge. A steep half-mile down cliffs and caves you will arrive at the mine entrance and Head-house. For more information including our source, please visit:
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My grandfather went to nuttall schools he just passed away at 93. There is a very rich history there. I now live in beckley w.v
I just want to point out that the reason for closing off the entrance is not just for the bats but also for human safety there are many hazards associated with mining and with years and conditions come deterioration
And nature and gasses and stuff like that can make even more dangers. I always think a Danger Possible Death and symble should be all we need.
So many people out west who have never been able to travel back east, that would love a decent half hour documentary on these abandoned mining towns. Ten minutes just isn't enough time to even tell the history of said towns. It would be great if you were to keep the camera steady and walk the entire town, keep your uninterested friends out of it and then go back, do some editing, after you learn as much as possible about your subject, write a script, then add music, a scripted voice over and then you can claim fame for doing something that you could be proud of, plus learning more about the country than you ever imagined possible.
A win, win situation.
Thanks.
You say check it out a dozen times but the camera is all over the place and constantly moving. Study up on the mining vocabulary and what the eq was used for like the man trip, it's not used for carrying coal but men to the workings of the mine. City kids
Stop watching reruns of superbowl sunday, a spend a little time studying the verbiage and history of your subject.
How nice of the state to turn that place into a park where people can see what life was like in those days.
+Lone Star I agree. Most states would close that off and make it private property. It's nice that West Virginia opens towns such as Nuttallburg and Thurmond, free to explore and learn.
Lone Star it appears to me pexped kids don't respect barriers. They climb over barricades without hesitation. Not good.
It’s maintained by the National Park Service instead of the state
That green "chemical water" would be algea my friend.
That cave would be awesome for preppers when SHTF. I love my home state of WV. TFS. That was probably an office, in the mines in the old days, they used locust posts to man the walls, for locust trees were hard wood and easy to come by. I come from a long line of miners. Looks like a big cave in. The water is safe, it's just algae. Those are man trips, which the miners practically laid down to go inside the mines. They didn't carry coal, they carried miners. That shaft that led to the river was for water run off, so the mines wouldn't flood.
Hi Brenda, not to change the subject, but I am a direct descendant of William Morris Jr. (Major) from the revolution. We could be cousins. I am from Amigo which is on the Wyoming and Raleigh county line.
Randy Hope, You may be kin to my husband's family
My dad is a fire boss In the coal mine and one thing he has always taught me is to stay away from abandoned mines for the lack of efficient air and gasses it can kill you or do serious harm to your body
Next tour please do a slow pan. There is so much to see and to show.
the stone building he showed was a bath house and little was a lamp house i use to up the hill from that mine and my granfather was a minner
Though everything is abandoned, it's not as run-down as one may think. The wooden boardwalks are solid, the steel bar thingy are all intact. Looks like someone is maintaining it
if you are interested in doing another mine video check in to some of the old abandoned mines along the ohio river on ohio state route 7.
some of them are 1800 era like quarto mine corp #1,2,4,and 6 which is still operational under murray energy corporation which is where I work
"This waters green, I'm sure that is some kind of chemical or... it doesn't seem safe!" same people that say, "Oh, the God, theres a UFO!, must be an alien life-form!"
Thank you for the mini history lesson! Definitely gives context to what you share. Love the channel👍🏼
+michelle bruan Thank you!
Thank you for this video. Both my grandads were coal miners in this area. I just want to see where they may have been and what they went through.
Great vid. Very interesting. Thanks from Massachusetts.
if your going to see history and talk about it get your facts straight with locals instead of guessing
Exactly I agree, my hubby is from Danese, born and raised in that holler, they needed to get all the right facts from the locals.
You know you guys never did look up, those huge rocks on the ground in front of the mine entrance fell off the roof.. you guys might want to be more careful so you don't get hurt.
Awesome video man keep them coming
+Marshall Peters Will do!
Yes. And following up on the last comment exploring an old mine is extremely dangerous not only because of the top not being stable but also due to no air ventilation and black damp. Those bats are just fine lol
The cold water is from a spring in the mountain. It's better than bottled water you have ever drank. The furnace is a powder magazine for the dynamite.
i would love to go exploring with you all someday, looks like fun!
hey man, you are showing some great stuff, but don't you think it would be more interesting if you actually knew what you are showing??? Go find a coalminer who can tell you what is what.
my parents moved from Ohio to McDowell county WV when I was 10 my dad worked in a coal mine and we lived in a coal camp he took me through the mine in a buggy one Sunday afternoon it wss awesome have lots of memories from living there wouldn't change a thing it was an experience of a lifetime I started school there and I had no idea what they were saying but a month later you would have thought I'd lived there my whole life
Get motion sickness from this camera work!🤢
Was the camera mounted on a flying insect?
Awful camera work.
I want to visit places in West Virginia like this one day
Amazing to me how impressed people are with abandoned houses in the woods living in wv surrounded by abandoned mines seen it all my life and become complacent the coal ripple was pretty cool tho
You should also have the link to "Part 2" in your description as well.
(I know you can edit it in there easily) You should do that if ya want peeps to watch it -:)
Thnks fer the vidio. Dad werkd coal mines round there in the 30 his paw andrew jackson smith and two sons john n Ballardl also Ballard killed in cave in bout 1940. Mom lena. Maiden name meadows. From winona wv her mom was a Gipson all coal miners n farmers. Still have some pictures. Moved to mich in 51. I was born. Relatives still down there i thnk. Hill top. .fed station . oakhill. Fayetteville. Grma smith was a wilson. Ill see them all when I see Jesus. What a wonderful day that will be. Bye D. Ray Smith.
that little cement shack was probably dynamite storage
This guy has never been close to a mine.
Thanks Sam
8:55 is probably an explosives shed.
Nut-all-berg. The structure going down hill was a conveyor system used to deliver the coal to the tipple
Obvious from the dialogue that you hadn't done your homework on coal mining and didn't know what you were looking for or at. This is really not fair for your viewers. This is the first posting of Abandoned America I have seen and hope others you have made are significantly better researched. The videographer needs some serious basic training to upgrade his/her skills. If not, stick to stills.
Thank you for the video. Did you film in the town?
There’s a portal that’s partially caved in but isn’t barred off a little ways down the trail to the left of the headhouse
Do you guys have the proper tools to explore a mine's remember there is a lot different types of gas in old mine's black damp it kill a person quick methane don't ever lite a match it blows up I use to work in mine's as a roof bolter
THIS WAS JUST ONE AWESOME PLACE.
I’ve been here before and honestly it was creepy, there was a guy who was there also we had no idea who it was and he was walking way in front of us one day and he all of a sudden disappeared and then he walked pass us and we left as soon as he did and there was no sign of him after that
Omg - stop moving the camera constantly!!!
Like your video but, dang, I'm gettin dizzy. The person on camera needs help. I think they are about to fall down...
The green stuff in algae.
8:57 "...some type of oven..." :) Yep, looks like most of the ovens I've explored.
That little building at the end is where the mines keep there dynamite stored.
It didn't claps when they block off a abandoned Cole mine they shove rock as far back as they can then but the bars up to seal off
View in support! Hope you’ll stop by!
You forgot to add the music dueling banjos🤠🎻🎶
Why didn’t you read the information plaques installed there??????
Hermoso lugar ,me gustaría visitarlo 🤙🤙
Perfect for underground Hydroponic Farming
Grow Grapes , instant Juice Plant/Winery
Technical note--slow down your panning! Some of this video is almost unwatchable.
that was a powder house where they kept dynamite
It's only creepy because of the music...
City slickers "explaining" things they know nothing about really annoy me. Go get a local old timer to explain what you're looking at. Also of note is that the national park service maintain those sites in safe condition. They even use aged lumber for the repairs keeping it LOOKING old.I grew up near there and my father was born and raised a couple miles from there and worked in that mine.
I'm a hard-rock miner in Kentucky, and even I know that these guys haven't got the foggiest idea what they're looking at with that mine.
i knew it was a bunch of slicks when they used the title creepy abandoned mining town whats creepy about it.
I think what you thought was a oven is a place to store dynamite. Move your camera slowly and it will be more professional.
Poor camera work
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Peter Ackerbauer new to this kind of stuff that's for sure.
@@PEXPED The resolution isn't the problem. The pan speed is high and nausea inducing. I got to the 3:37 mark when I had to pause to not become disoriented.
PEXPED should have bought a gimbal and steady camera man instead. Pic quality is fine. The man holding the camera is the problem.
that was a powder magazine not an oven and probably a blasting cap magazine judgeing from the size
Underground means temperature control year round
Beautiful country but you move the camera too fast! Made me dizzy😑
Don't know jack shart about mining operations.
The water isn't green from chemicals, its green from algae. All I'd offer in way of suggestions is that you need to spell-check your captions, and steadier camera-work. That said, good job, and keep it up! :)
Thank you! We also take feedback and will use it in the future!
Cool thank you heading down to Babcock State Park in a couple days I'll have to check out nuttallburg. Any good tips on places to stay in the area 🤔
Typical tourists. Please learn how to slowly move the camera. Verigo. Really a waste of time watching more than 3 minutes.
Chemical? That’s algae.
I live in pikeville ky they are a lot of abandon coal mine's here almost every were i kno of at least 25 if you are ever toward this way look me up
You need to learn a lot more about coal mining and safety around old mines before you attempt another one of these. The little building at the end is for powder storage.
Not much need to comment. Seems everyone else has kind of hit the nail on the head.
Don't spin so fast with the camera, as it blurs everything, just pan around slowly please.
The rock sandstone called cutstone that the building was constructed of Italians would chisel them out of mountain faces they'd bring Italians over to cut the cutstone now days they're worth about 40$ a stone sold many of them
Algae..the green stuff.
like!
The idea for this video is great, but you should have been more prepared for it not knowing what is what. And you need to be less jerky with the camera moving it around so fast. It makes your viewers get seasick. And it not an abandoned town, its an abandoned work-site.
Who else clicked on this video because of the avocado toast?
And it’s creepy why?....
Again, there's nothing of the residential part of town.
If you watch part 2, we explore where more of the town was located. Lot of the residential buildings have been torn down sadly. We plan on going back and better explaining the history.
Camera moves too much, can't watch. too bad.
A bit of advice, slow the camera motion down, you’re making people nauseous.
Nut
Great! Coal is going away the world over and it couldn't fonfast enough. Turning it to parks is one of doing it.
Hmnnn' building with the iron door was the powder magazine"probably was abandoned when good long wall mining equip. came along.Don't be tempted to go under ground,for obvious reasons.grumpy old geezer.Spent several years around mining both surface and underground as a consultant,just mind your manners around abandoned mines of any kind.
Your videos would be Much Better If you Kept the other People with you Out of the videos..
Everything is chemicals.
Wow riveting. 😪👎👎
3 mins in. And it’s all I can take. The camera man is horrible. Dislikedand reported. Hopefully this channel doesn’t show up in my feed again.
I’m from this area. It’s obvious you didn’t do your homework and have no clue what you are doing.
Nameless Droner, I like what you say. My mother was born in Fayette county, my Grandfather was president of the first local miner's union when it was still dangerous to be affiliated with unions. Two of my uncle's worked in the mines, and one of my aunts actually was a mine safety inspector for a while. Comments from someone who doesn't really know what he's looking at is hard listening to.