It’s a shame those monsters made of steels are just left out for scrap…but what we can think about is just how beautiful and strong they are back in their days. Keep up the good work Mining Shorts!!!
Thank you for your comment 🙂 It's indeed sad to see these machines left for dead but they got the job done. Most of these have paid themselves off several times over. Thanks for watching buddy!
Also, I love those coal bucket big rigs, the main favorites are definitely the Peterbilt’s and Kenworth’s. Especially that caterpillar front loader that looks like it’s still in good shape despite how old it is. But the dozers are absolutely legendary in the video along with the articulated dump trucks.
Schuylkill Co. Pa (anthracite region) here. I'm 58 and grew up with various mining equipment laying dormant for 30-50+ years while coal faded. In the 90s, when I started working in the solid fuel and cogen power industry, I witnessed several presumably dead pieces awakened (quite easily) from their hibernation. They literally changed fluids, filters put fresh fuel in and started them up. Some dozers got new tracks, etc, but a couple small draglines when right to work at designing ponds and they remain in service. Some machined will be parted out, and some will be srapped, but many will continue on for decades. These straightforward machines, with older analog control systems, will retain a toe hold if the mining industry is anything like what's going on with big Ag tractors and right to repair. Any decent mechanic and electrician can fix these, and there's nothing that can't be made by a good fab shop or rebuilt by electrical shops. Peace
@ that depends on the maintenance. Machines that are well maintained will definitely run longer in between rebuilds. Cat has guidelines for the amount of hours that they want components rebuilt at. The shop I work at has technicians dedicated to doing certified rebuilds.
Worked on a mountain in VA with a 992B, 988B, couple of D9s and D8s and a bunch of 50 ton Eucs. I’m from WV and love the mining industry. My uncles were miners and my father sold mine tools and managed mines. Great video!
Well said and well done! Love old yellow stuff too! I was born in Humboldt County in Nor Cal and very similar situation but timber industry. Place ROARED in 60-80s! Hell Komatsu entered the North American market in Eureka Ca to give Cat a challenge! I am addicted to machines and ya have a great channel! Thx fer posting. Cheers from Santa Cruz Ca
Luzenac talc mine in southern France. I'm going back next spring when they reopen (they close for the winter) to shoot a video like this one. The scenery is unmatched. Look it up if you don't know about it - so cool 🙂
I can remember when the company my uncle worked for in Eastern Kentucky got it's new 992G and they sent training VHS tapes home with my uncle to show him about the joystick control because he had only ran the 992 B and C model up to that point
What was the company? I worked for Coal Mac in Eastern KY and I remember when we beta-tested the first G models. I remember thinking how awesome they looked.
@willthornsbury2913 I'm not 100% but I think he was working for Nally& Hamilton back then. On their Big Run job on the Harlan and Bell county line off hwy 221
Been to every job in WV at one point in time working on equipment. It was really good until it wasn't, moved out of state like a lot of other people. 92G's were the best thing they ever made 👌
I haul gravel all over va and wv grew up in the passenger seat of my dads truck it’s sad to see what our little areas are would love to go back to the old days
Second generation underground electrician here in eastern ky we have 2 working 797's here and a two 992,several 980's,988's, 777's four artics, four D11's one for parts two straight track D9's, several hoes ranging from 305.5-374 some running some parts
This is an awesome peak into some amazing history as well as some gorgeous old iron.. Wish i lived closer, I'd love to check out (with permission) the old shovels before they are gone.
Thank you for the video. It is amazing how much goes into a region equipment and infrastructure wise and then when coal goes down, everything changes in an instant. A similar situation happed in Western Kentucky. Was booming and I made the move to work in the region. Countless D11s within a 20 mile radius, and then seemed like overnight they started laying off workers and everything plummeted.
Amazing machine, i ran a D6 and D8 for most of my time in the oilsands but was lucky one day got to take a spin in a D10 what a phenomenal piece of equipment
I worked in McDowell up pinnacle creek on the keystone side thats where all the old macks are at no much going on up there now we mostly hauled in rd 800s.
That ain’t coal mac is it..? I steamed over there kinda near delbarton..they had a ton of Mack’s..pc5500..830s…994..and 1 of if not biggest jobs I was on..I’m from Floyd co. Ky
@@miningshorts hit me up I can take you there when you come back I'm in oceana wyoming County I still haul I'm only 25 my dad had his own trucks I can get you up there and show you around love the vids
I’m from Buchanan County, Virginia, just southwest of McDowell County. It really is saddening how a lot of Appalachia has a whole has become due to the decline of the coal industry. I do hope there is another industry to invest in, and just maybe, use the same machines once used in coal mines, though that’s really optimistic.
I hope another industry moves in there as well. Its sad tho that they have to deal with the pollution and destruction left behind by the mining companies tho. They have one of the highest cancer rates in the country for a reason.
Thank you for this. I wish I could show to my dad. He was coal miner He passed 4 years ago at 94 the stores he would tell. After the 2 nd cave in he came north & worked in the steel mill that is now Cleveland Cliffs.( republic steel ) LTV. 😎
"It's amazing to see how billions of matchsticks are made in this giant factory! From the wood processing, to the precise cutting of each stick, to the dipping of the match heads and packaging, every step is perfectly automated. It's not only a demonstration of modern technology, but also shows how humans have optimized the production process for maximum efficiency. A fascinating look into the world of industrial manufacturing!"
Made many trips to several mines in that area hauling mining parts for a company out of Norton Virginia that has since closed, Including that mine you were filming at. Between 2006 and 2010.
l would love if the same style video of my home county. i live in Campbell county Wyoming and we produce something like 40% of the United States coal production each year.
ALL of this is because of permits, several mine owned by my family in europe were closed do to this permits and a lot of people lost their jobs, they want to impose us to go green and no more coal mining, a lot of equipment it's getting abandoned and in the future would get scraped because no other mines want second hand equipment around the area and to transport it it's not worth the selling point. This is kinda the next industry revolution in my opinion..but we wait and see if we ever get permits to exploit into coal and steel mining in the future! Cool video love it sir!
That place could be great again. When the mines shut down everything shut down and went light speed downhill. The combination of everyone losing their jobs and the influx of oxytocin really delt west virginia a blow almost completely destroying the state. I hope to move back one day and get my house in the hills where I can disappear whenever I want.
When the 'Green' craze finally blows over, every last bit of coal will eventually be mined, up to the point of economic feasibility that is. These old machines can run practically forever because they have little to no electronics and software. I'd say it would be a good investment to hold on to them instead of scrapping.
As the grandson of a WV coal miner, it doesn't surprise me to see the WV Governor making millions on the backs of the working class. As romantic as some make it seem, and with all due respect to my grandfather, being a coal miner today is like being blacksmith in the 1900s, it's time to move on...
From what I've seen, Jim Justice is well respected in the area. While he's not perfect obviously, he's really trying to get the jobs back in the area but getting permits for surface mining is almost impossible now - it gets either denied or delayed, which leads to operations shutting down temporarly until permits clear, when they do. Jim Justice got permits in April 2024 hence the re-opening of the Bishop mine 👍
Do you not know coking coal also known as steel making coal is used for making steel? Please, before you make a radical liberal statement please do your research. You need coal to make green energy too, such as wind turbines and solar panels, or the metal in teslas or all vehicles. In British Colombia, the coal mining business is HUGE! I am a miner there myself. Think before you write!!
@@jackasdasd5143you need coking coal to produce steel. Do you think the internals of wind mills are all plastic? Nuts bolts gears generator components all steel.
I wonder if it is any poorer than Hardin County Illinois. They joined five other counties in Southern Illinois so they would have enough money to pay the sheriffs office!!! I live in Macon County Illinois home of CAT's Decatur, IL Plant. They build the full truck line, the the 620---- the 650 series tractor scrapers and the 855 series rubber tired loader/compactor units. About 3000 folk. I spent 33 yr at that second home..... LOL
Some are kept (like the 793B) for parts - in case they need some for another machine on another job site. Some are left there (like the shovels) because moving them, or even cutting them up, is too expensive. Not too long ago they would actually leave the machines in the pit and flood the pit later on. It happened! They even burried some shovels, like the 3850-B, which sounds insane these days.
Thank about report.I was myself coal mines fording coal elkford,bc 1980-88 i left due down turn japan deflation effect coal business.I move alberta oilfield work 30 years union job on pipelines no regret better pensions and benefit.The coal business change enormously last 40 years.The machine are biggers,more fuel efficiency,last longers too.Alberta close last coal mines for power plant this summer after near 100 years yup now huge reclamation underway.Yes, west Virginia go now tough and patch same england and rest.The coal still there hope steel business in usa get upgrade plant futures.Thank you expose tough and sad stories about coal business in west Virginia. 😮
Not much high grade iron ore left to feed a US investment in primary smelters - the early-mid 20th century was our hour in the sun. All our scrap gets sent to S Korea to their giant mill. We do have awesome specialty steel production from electric mini-mills, but once wall street cut us loose for cheaper steel in Asia, we lost the ability and workforce. With investors only going for the fast turnaround quick bucks, the only way we'll get a BIG steel industry back will be with government help, and nobody in the country wants that. It'll bite us in the ass one day soon though, mark my words.
@87mini thank you yes told I heard iron in michigan and Minnesota is not top grade.We still have in northshore quebec but cost.I got brother use work CSL in montreal on great lakes told me they mix up with iron ore from usa sad.I read and watch us and canada steel industries going down hill.When Bethlehem steel layoffs huge amount peoples I told William's president uswa steel in usa is big troubles they was pause on phone sad.Thank you reply.
Oh my! First of all, I don't just visit there - I stay for half a year at a time. I don't just shoot footage, I live there on and off. As a matter of fact I stay in Bishop where we all live a pretty decent life where no one feels "exploited". There's a market out there and you ride the profitable wave when market is great and you suffer when it tanks. That's how it's been for 2 centuries... No one here wants you to feel sorry!
Spent a lot of time and made a little money working on all that old equipment especially the 992g’s machined a bunch of A and B pins lineboring them with Mouldagraph corporation out of nitro wv
When I'm in the area I stay by the tracks (on VA side). I see between 3-4 trains per week on average. Friday night train always runs at the same time - around 11pm or so. The same tracks used to see 4-5 trains per day...
Short of environmental impact by land use and power plant emissions, coal is a great resource for power. It is economically supportive, cheap to burn, and right here on our soil. Fly ash from burning can be used in concrete to keep building up our cities. I wish the environmental movement would allow for positive change in this industry without destroying its image
Its not as cheap as natural gas or renewables now. Plus the mining pollutes groundwater as well, and working at a coal mine is terrible for your health. Kentucky and west Virginia have some of the highest cancer rates for a reason. Plus no one wants to breath emissions from burning coal. Coal powered the industrial revolution, but now we should move on from it for more cheaper and renewable power sources.
Is McDowell County in the shape it is in because they are running out of mineable (at reasonable cost) coal? It eventually runs out. All those big machines are on somebodies radar. They must be total junk that the owners have not “cashed in”, or the finance companies are still in court over bankruptcy and repossession.
McDowell still has a lot of coal left. WV has been heavily mined for a long time though so it's getting more and more expensive to go get it as it's getting deeper and deeper. But it will be mined eventually!
Long gone are the boom days of my childhood. If something doesnt give vefore too long west Virginia will be a dying state. My whole family worked in coal for generations. Great grandpa all the way down, mostly underground. Outside of met coal very little has value or can be sold. But by no means is jim justice a good guy, cant cash a check from him in the state because it would bounce.
You have no idea what you are talking about- just parroting tree-hugger rants. I started in the mining industry in 1976- coal. and yes back then there were bad things going on. I still work full-time in the mining industry. I see it every day- unlike you and most of your kind. You have no idea how many federal, state, and local regulating entities are on the mine property nearly every day watching for environmental abuse. Stick to something you know whatever that may be if anything. Because you don’t know mining.
@@Rickthefarmer-hj4wi they ain't watching sh*t, or if they do see anything, they don't do anything about it. Kentucky and West Virginia have some of the highest cancer rates in the county for a reason. You don't want to see a loved one battling cancer, especially if their young, or have cancer yourself, all for getting payed the same amount as someone who mows lawns or flips burgers.
It’s a shame those monsters made of steels are just left out for scrap…but what we can think about is just how beautiful and strong they are back in their days. Keep up the good work Mining Shorts!!!
Thank you for your comment 🙂 It's indeed sad to see these machines left for dead but they got the job done. Most of these have paid themselves off several times over. Thanks for watching buddy!
Also, I love those coal bucket big rigs, the main favorites are definitely the Peterbilt’s and Kenworth’s. Especially that caterpillar front loader that looks like it’s still in good shape despite how old it is. But the dozers are absolutely legendary in the video along with the articulated dump trucks.
Excellent film. Thanks🎉
@@garywhite2050 Appreciate your feedback, Gary 🙂 Thank you for watching!
Schuylkill Co. Pa (anthracite region) here.
I'm 58 and grew up with various mining equipment laying dormant for 30-50+ years while coal faded. In the 90s, when I started working in the solid fuel and cogen power industry, I witnessed several presumably dead pieces awakened (quite easily) from their hibernation. They literally changed fluids, filters put fresh fuel in and started them up. Some dozers got new tracks, etc, but a couple small draglines when right to work at designing ponds and they remain in service.
Some machined will be parted out, and some will be srapped, but many will continue on for decades.
These straightforward machines, with older analog control systems, will retain a toe hold if the mining industry is anything like what's going on with big Ag tractors and right to repair.
Any decent mechanic and electrician can fix these, and there's nothing that can't be made by a good fab shop or rebuilt by electrical shops. Peace
I work for a cat dealer as a technician. I’ve seen 992 loaders with 100k + frame hours on them. Cat machines are built to be rebuilt. 👍
Based on your experience, how long do you think a 992 loader can operate effectively before major parts need maintenance or replacement?
@ that depends on the maintenance. Machines that are well maintained will definitely run longer in between rebuilds. Cat has guidelines for the amount of hours that they want components rebuilt at. The shop I work at has technicians dedicated to doing certified rebuilds.
Empire Cat?@@nealk6387
They are still runnin 992 C’s at a quarry I visit frequently.
Worked on a mountain in VA with a 992B, 988B, couple of D9s and D8s and a bunch of 50 ton Eucs. I’m from WV and love the mining industry. My uncles were miners and my father sold mine tools and managed mines. Great video!
Thank you for watching 🙂👍
My Family was also miner's !
Well said and well done! Love old yellow stuff too! I was born in Humboldt County in Nor Cal and very similar situation but timber industry. Place ROARED in 60-80s! Hell Komatsu entered the North American market in Eureka Ca to give Cat a challenge! I am addicted to machines and ya have a great channel! Thx fer posting. Cheers from Santa Cruz Ca
I wouldn't write those shovels off. Ive see trees growing out of them and put back to work
Been working in quarries for a while now mining rock, but something about a coal mine just peaks my interest. Thanks for the great video!
Thank you for watching. Appreciate it 🙂👍
absolutely! What’s your favorite mine you’ve toured so far?
Luzenac talc mine in southern France. I'm going back next spring when they reopen (they close for the winter) to shoot a video like this one. The scenery is unmatched. Look it up if you don't know about it - so cool 🙂
@@miningshorts cool man, will do! Thanks for the reply, favorite content creator by far💪🏻👍🏻
@@evank9847 I sure appreciate your words man. Thank you 🙂
I can remember when the company my uncle worked for in Eastern Kentucky got it's new 992G and they sent training VHS tapes home with my uncle to show him about the joystick control because he had only ran the 992 B and C model up to that point
What was the company? I worked for Coal Mac in Eastern KY and I remember when we beta-tested the first G models. I remember thinking how awesome they looked.
@willthornsbury2913 I'm not 100% but I think he was working for Nally& Hamilton back then. On their Big Run job on the Harlan and Bell county line off hwy 221
Someone call Tony Beets
Been to every job in WV at one point in time working on equipment. It was really good until it wasn't, moved out of state like a lot of other people. 92G's were the best thing they ever made 👌
Liar
I am glad you were able to make this film.
Mines are not usually welcoming to visitors.
Mines owned by steel mills doubly so.
It's amazing seeing machines just abandoned the grader surely can't be beyond repair. 👍🇦🇺👍🇦🇺👍Good job on the vid
Remind me of Mighty Machines when I was a kid used to be some of my favorite videos
Thanks for the memories.
Thanks for watching 🙂
I haul gravel all over va and wv grew up in the passenger seat of my dads truck it’s sad to see what our little areas are would love to go back to the old days
Second generation underground electrician here in eastern ky we have 2 working 797's here and a two 992,several 980's,988's, 777's four artics, four D11's one for parts two straight track D9's, several hoes ranging from 305.5-374 some running some parts
This is an awesome peak into some amazing history as well as some gorgeous old iron.. Wish i lived closer, I'd love to check out (with permission) the old shovels before they are gone.
Thank you for the video. It is amazing how much goes into a region equipment and infrastructure wise and then when coal goes down, everything changes in an instant. A similar situation happed in Western Kentucky. Was booming and I made the move to work in the region. Countless D11s within a 20 mile radius, and then seemed like overnight they started laying off workers and everything plummeted.
These legendary all mighty Caterpillar D10N still Active
Amazing machine, i ran a D6 and D8 for most of my time in the oilsands but was lucky one day got to take a spin in a D10 what a phenomenal piece of equipment
I worked in McDowell up pinnacle creek on the keystone side thats where all the old macks are at no much going on up there now we mostly hauled in rd 800s.
That ain’t coal mac is it..? I steamed over there kinda near delbarton..they had a ton of Mack’s..pc5500..830s…994..and 1 of if not biggest jobs I was on..I’m from Floyd co. Ky
Might be man I was young back then we worked for butch puett Jim Justice had trucks up there as well this was back in 2011 through 2013
Sounds like Coal Mac. I actually asked to film some bits there to complete this video but was denied (understandable though). Maybe next year 👍
@@miningshorts hit me up I can take you there when you come back I'm in oceana wyoming County I still haul I'm only 25 my dad had his own trucks I can get you up there and show you around love the vids
@@Stoney9923 Will 100% do this man. Thank you... Make sure you send me an email later so we stay in touch. I'll be back in April 🙂
I’m from Buchanan County, Virginia, just southwest of McDowell County. It really is saddening how a lot of Appalachia has a whole has become due to the decline of the coal industry.
I do hope there is another industry to invest in, and just maybe, use the same machines once used in coal mines, though that’s really optimistic.
I hope another industry moves in there as well. Its sad tho that they have to deal with the pollution and destruction left behind by the mining companies tho. They have one of the highest cancer rates in the country for a reason.
i love this video bro,this is interesting and relaxing,keep up the good work and thanks for the information,love it
Thank you for this. I wish I could show to my dad. He was coal miner He passed 4 years ago at 94 the stores he would tell. After the 2 nd cave in he came north & worked in the steel mill that is now Cleveland Cliffs.( republic steel ) LTV. 😎
Respect to your dad 🙂 Thank you for watching!
Fun fact southern coal was mining down where I am in Tennessee however they stopped paying for the lease and got all there stuff repossessed.
I wonder if the lease payments were worth resale on equipment?
Love this type video great job man keep up the good work
Thank you buddy. Appreciate your comment a lot 🙂
Wasn’t sure if I would like this video. Just subscribed!
Appreciate that a lot! Thank you 🙂
I work for a Blasting company, that drill looks good those are expensive looked like a DM 45 or 50
Love that old Ford, short bed extended cab 😍
Thank you for making this. Awesome video, so interesting.
"It's amazing to see how billions of matchsticks are made in this giant factory! From the wood processing, to the precise cutting of each stick, to the dipping of the match heads and packaging, every step is perfectly automated. It's not only a demonstration of modern technology, but also shows how humans have optimized the production process for maximum efficiency. A fascinating look into the world of industrial manufacturing!"
Made many trips to several mines in that area hauling mining parts for a company out of Norton Virginia that has since closed, Including that mine you were filming at. Between 2006 and 2010.
That grader at 1:32 was sold by Whayne Cat, the Cat dealer in Kentucky i used to work for.
Thanks, I know where I'm going to visit next
992 G a real workhorse.. i personally like the 992C better.. i know i am old school. Just love the roar of the 3412 in the C and D models
Hopefully this will change with our swing to energy independence.
l would love if the same style video of my home county. i live in Campbell county Wyoming and we produce something like 40% of the United States coal production each year.
I'm 100% coming in spring/early summer 2025 🙂
ALL of this is because of permits, several mine owned by my family in europe were closed do to this permits and a lot of people lost their jobs, they want to impose us to go green and no more coal mining, a lot of equipment it's getting abandoned and in the future would get scraped because no other mines want second hand equipment around the area and to transport it it's not worth the selling point.
This is kinda the next industry revolution in my opinion..but we wait and see if we ever get permits to exploit into coal and steel mining in the future!
Cool video love it sir!
I didn’t know that it was mining machine season!
We get paid by the ton usually unless we are working in the stock pile around the temple I live in Grundy Va but I have a buddy that hauls in bishop
Great Video! I sell equipment so Cat 992's, Cat D11's, D10's I have sold a many of them.
My dad used to load coal he said his favorite loader was a 988 cat
Fantastic machine for sure! 🙂
You should have went on down 161, Cleveland Cliffs has 2 other surface mines with bigger equipment than the 992G.
That place could be great again. When the mines shut down everything shut down and went light speed downhill. The combination of everyone losing their jobs and the influx of oxytocin really delt west virginia a blow almost completely destroying the state. I hope to move back one day and get my house in the hills where I can disappear whenever I want.
OxyCONTIN....😂 Oxytocin is a nasal spray....
Very interesting video, thanks. Have subbed.
you say you didn't see many Macks but I see one right there at 8:30
looks like a Mack DMM to me (probably 1990s build?)
great vid btw!
well made!!!
Thank you 🙂
My old stomping grounds what memories
Some of the trucks headlights have a short in the wiring.
Song used at the end?
Ótimo vídeo !
Vendo aqui do Brasil!
What's the truck at 6:50?
I LOVE STRIP MINING!!!
You’ve gotta do something on our underground mining operations, wayyy more prevalent in the area!
I'd love to indeed. This is all very private though so if I'm not invited it's gonna be hard to get a pass I'm afraid, haha.
When the 'Green' craze finally blows over, every last bit of coal will eventually be mined, up to the point of economic feasibility that is. These old machines can run practically forever because they have little to no electronics and software. I'd say it would be a good investment to hold on to them instead of scrapping.
As the grandson of a WV coal miner, it doesn't surprise me to see the WV Governor making millions on the backs of the working class. As romantic as some make it seem, and with all due respect to my grandfather, being a coal miner today is like being blacksmith in the 1900s, it's time to move on...
From what I've seen, Jim Justice is well respected in the area. While he's not perfect obviously, he's really trying to get the jobs back in the area but getting permits for surface mining is almost impossible now - it gets either denied or delayed, which leads to operations shutting down temporarly until permits clear, when they do. Jim Justice got permits in April 2024 hence the re-opening of the Bishop mine 👍
Do you not know coking coal also known as steel making coal is used for making steel? Please, before you make a radical liberal statement please do your research. You need coal to make green energy too, such as wind turbines and solar panels, or the metal in teslas or all vehicles. In British Colombia, the coal mining business is HUGE! I am a miner there myself. Think before you write!!
@@ryanklassen24 You need little to no coal to make windmills or solar panels.
@ do some research
@@jackasdasd5143you need coking coal to produce steel. Do you think the internals of wind mills are all plastic? Nuts bolts gears generator components all steel.
did it look to anyone else like the road was cleaner before the sweeper went over it?
You don't need to worried about the moisture in the motors.thats not going to be the problem.
The real American spirit
I wonder if it is any poorer than Hardin County Illinois. They joined five other counties in Southern Illinois so they would have enough money to pay the sheriffs office!!! I live in Macon County Illinois home of CAT's Decatur, IL Plant. They build the full truck line, the the 620---- the 650 series tractor scrapers and the 855 series rubber tired loader/compactor units. About 3000 folk. I spent 33 yr at that second home..... LOL
Why would they just leave it?
Some are kept (like the 793B) for parts - in case they need some for another machine on another job site. Some are left there (like the shovels) because moving them, or even cutting them up, is too expensive.
Not too long ago they would actually leave the machines in the pit and flood the pit later on. It happened! They even burried some shovels, like the 3850-B, which sounds insane these days.
@miningshorts dang sounds like a waste
My grandfather was a Coal miner and knew some of the Justice's involved in oil.
Thank about report.I was myself coal mines fording coal elkford,bc 1980-88 i left due down turn japan deflation effect coal business.I move alberta oilfield work 30 years union job on pipelines no regret better pensions and benefit.The coal business change enormously last 40 years.The machine are biggers,more fuel efficiency,last longers too.Alberta close last coal mines for power plant this summer after near 100 years yup now huge reclamation underway.Yes, west Virginia go now tough and patch same england and rest.The coal still there hope steel business in usa get upgrade plant futures.Thank you expose tough and sad stories about coal business in west Virginia. 😮
Not much high grade iron ore left to feed a US investment in primary smelters - the early-mid 20th century was our hour in the sun. All our scrap gets sent to S Korea to their giant mill. We do have awesome specialty steel production from electric mini-mills, but once wall street cut us loose for cheaper steel in Asia, we lost the ability and workforce. With investors only going for the fast turnaround quick bucks, the only way we'll get a BIG steel industry back will be with government help, and nobody in the country wants that. It'll bite us in the ass one day soon though, mark my words.
@87mini thank you yes told I heard iron in michigan and Minnesota is not top grade.We still have in northshore quebec but cost.I got brother use work CSL in montreal on great lakes told me they mix up with iron ore from usa sad.I read and watch us and canada steel industries going down hill.When Bethlehem steel layoffs huge amount peoples I told William's president uswa steel in usa is big troubles they was pause on phone sad.Thank you reply.
Sweet
App-uh-latch-in. Sincerely every single person that lives in them.
I hope coal mining comes back in WV.
the irony in this is chefs kiss. you understand how exploited these people are and you go there for weeks to exploit them more.
Oh my! First of all, I don't just visit there - I stay for half a year at a time. I don't just shoot footage, I live there on and off. As a matter of fact I stay in Bishop where we all live a pretty decent life where no one feels "exploited". There's a market out there and you ride the profitable wave when market is great and you suffer when it tanks. That's how it's been for 2 centuries... No one here wants you to feel sorry!
Spent a lot of time and made a little money working on all that old equipment especially the 992g’s machined a bunch of A and B pins lineboring them with Mouldagraph corporation out of nitro wv
I like it when my vehicle contains offices.
For every person in WV their are 3 times as many opioid prescriptions
3 millions tons per year is about one train per day.
Yeh its actually fuck all
When I'm in the area I stay by the tracks (on VA side). I see between 3-4 trains per week on average. Friday night train always runs at the same time - around 11pm or so. The same tracks used to see 4-5 trains per day...
Bryon Duty?!
His mom
WVA can be so sad...................Jay
Go to the pikeville, ky area
You should see our trucks and shovels on the iron range mn there 50 times the size and our holes are 800 times deeper 😂
I’ve driven the 3202 789 in this videos lol
All that stuff will be sold to lesser developed countries for big bucks. Cobalt mining in Africa is about to skyrocket through the roof.
Friends of coal! Bring it back DJT! WV 💌you!
Short of environmental impact by land use and power plant emissions, coal is a great resource for power. It is economically supportive, cheap to burn, and right here on our soil. Fly ash from burning can be used in concrete to keep building up our cities. I wish the environmental movement would allow for positive change in this industry without destroying its image
Its not as cheap as natural gas or renewables now. Plus the mining pollutes groundwater as well, and working at a coal mine is terrible for your health. Kentucky and west Virginia have some of the highest cancer rates for a reason. Plus no one wants to breath emissions from burning coal. Coal powered the industrial revolution, but now we should move on from it for more cheaper and renewable power sources.
need a coal powered station to sell the coal to in order to reopen it
So happy to see the mine is closed !
Save the Environment!
Save the World!!!
But what was the reason of closing the mine in 2018 ?
Hauled fuel to those mines for years
Is McDowell County in the shape it is in because they are running out of mineable (at reasonable cost) coal? It eventually runs out. All those big machines are on somebodies radar. They must be total junk that the owners have not “cashed in”, or the finance companies are still in court over bankruptcy and repossession.
McDowell still has a lot of coal left. WV has been heavily mined for a long time though so it's getting more and more expensive to go get it as it's getting deeper and deeper. But it will be mined eventually!
They had to switch those big diggers do electric because of all the restrictions from the corrupt politicians
Really? They've been making electric mining shovels for a long time, probably 70 years at least.
Bet McDowell are pleased to see the return of Trump.
Don't they need to be covered by law?
Long gone are the boom days of my childhood. If something doesnt give vefore too long west Virginia will be a dying state. My whole family worked in coal for generations. Great grandpa all the way down, mostly underground. Outside of met coal very little has value or can be sold. But by no means is jim justice a good guy, cant cash a check from him in the state because it would bounce.
it should be illegal to cut up the old titans! they'll never make them like that again!
Why they call it poorest country.sounds rich to me pulling out billions in coal.
Ask ethiopia about the us government stealing all their oil
One of these days whern a lot of what people brag about using runs out, and it will, THIS place can come alive so fast it'll scare you. Wait for it.
100% 🙂
@@miningshorts It's on the way.
coal is going the way of the dodo.
👍🏻nice video.
All those machines are older than fuck😂
Hope trump gets coal mining back going i live in alabama in my area we have some of the highest grade coal in world for making steel
It has to make financial sense. Unfortunately it doesn’t.
can't really mine coal that ain't no longer there
Those white flashes between scenes 👎🏼. Why do people do that.
Thats mining in the Stone Age, I thought America was more advanced than that
All because of druggies.
You must be a Trumper....... Not one word about environmental damage
It is not what the video is about. Take your grumpy mindset elsewhere.
You have no idea what you are talking about- just parroting tree-hugger rants.
I started in the mining industry in 1976- coal. and yes back then there were bad things going on. I still work full-time in the mining industry. I see it every day- unlike you and most of your kind. You have no idea how many federal, state, and local regulating entities are on the mine property nearly every day watching for environmental abuse. Stick to something you know whatever that may be if anything. Because you don’t know mining.
You are a hypocrite.
Don't like heat, or power or electricity?
Turn off your computer and be quiet.
@@TheCowboylogic Only 10% of our power comes from coal in 2021, and it's probably lower now.
@@Rickthefarmer-hj4wi they ain't watching sh*t, or if they do see anything, they don't do anything about it. Kentucky and West Virginia have some of the highest cancer rates in the county for a reason. You don't want to see a loved one battling cancer, especially if their young, or have cancer yourself, all for getting payed the same amount as someone who mows lawns or flips burgers.
It's a Democrat Ran County