Coal Mining Men

[bagleyfire330]

Any advice for a future coal miner?

[Xziatrixx]

thats what my dad asked me and my brother to qiut doing is mining coal lol we told em thats all we know

[babycoaldust]

I LOVE THIS

[StarFishGiver]

I don't think it is right to live breathing that air...it is a horrible way to go when we could be just harvesting the endless sun. As desperate as I am for work, I'd rather be scrambling to survive that to die like that...plently of other worthy occupations to bring in pay to survive. I breathed that stuff in a school where it was thick on the windowsills no matter how much it was dusted every day. Now I have emphysema.

[Ms2blackcats]

where did you go to college?

[SuperJudith1]

This is so true we are coal mining people 

[35caddy]

coal mining isn't a job it a way of life. if it wasn't for the coal mines then i wouldn't have what i have today. i am blessed.... i thank the god lord above every day i wake up and every time i get to make it out to see the sun shine onece again..

[hemicrazyable]

my husband works in perrry county he is a deep miner loves his job makes a great living for me and his girls god bless all coal miners

[SuperJudith1]

GREAT VIDEO GREAT TRIBUTE TO THE MINERS LOVE IT WE ALSO HAVE COAL MINING IN OUR BLOOD

[bossmanuz2]

@SuperJudith1 i didnt know nothing about it till my hubby show me an he is in it bottle top an now he is a boss we meet each other in college an i got a job here an we moved an he loves it but he has been in a rock fall an that was bad because i was at work in the er an he come in an i didnt know wat to do i just stop for a min u just got to be there i guess........alot people thing there dont have a hard job

[Ms2blackcats]

@bossmanuz2 Are you nervous until you see him come through the door? I am from sunrise to sunset pins and needles

[wvmountyfan11]

Who sings the last song on this video? Great video!

[arturner07]

@wvmountyfan11 Larry Sparks

[getrealthen]

for the mining women too now.

[Mcphersongirl]

God Bless the Coal Miners

[71linkin]

aussie coal miner these guys rock

[bigallman86]

these guys are nutz. i work in a high seam mine i worked in low coal befor they can keep it. but i give credit where credit is due they r a special breed

[Punisher41554]

what is the name of song being sung at the start of the video

[Phildady13]

Do u ever get any off time?

[BanjoThomas]

Got great respect for the US miners, gotta be one of the roughest jobs around!

Thanks for great video!

[21Blitz]

taken my 80 hour mining class now, 40 hours left!

[mrsredneckpenguin]

love it

[bigdan45322]

i would like to thank all mineres that put there lives on the line to bring our pecious recorces out... without you guys i would not have a job making steel

[Attaurrehmanable]

becoming minnig engineer....:) pray for my success.....

[AlwaysWishing1983]

@Attaurrehmanable

I'll pray for your success and SAFETY!  :) ♥

[Attaurrehmanable]

@AlwaysWishing1983 thanx!!!!....remember me always...thanx for good omen...

[Attaurrehmanable]

@AlwaysWishing1983 thanx for the good omen....

[getrealthen]

@Attaurrehmanable

I will pray.

[TheQueenoftheDead]

I know a lot of people from the States don't know about it... But 18 years ago on Sunday it will be the anniversary of the worst mine disaster of Nova Scotia, in over 100 years. 26 men went down on Friday night, only to die at 5:18am on Saturday morning, due to a methane explosion. It was unsafe, and yet the company still let it stay open, after compliments had been made to the labor board... Justice is waiting to be had, but those men and their families will never have it... The Villians won.

[Joelthelobo]

Im doing a paper for a history class and i would like to interview a coal miner about the job and what they can say about it. I have questions and I was wondering if anyone would volunteer to help me out. My youtube channel is joelthelobo please just send me a private message it would be great thanks.

[wvserena]

LOVE THIS VIDEO!!

[Logan0047]

Coal miners owe a depth of gratitude to Don Bryan, a coal miner, whose tireless work helped established the the Black Lung Association.

[KyCoalMiner1]

nice video man. im a coal miner. i agree its a hard job pay's well but its never enough for what you do under there. but i love it. when you get to know everyone your like one big family

[coal60]

@wvgurl24x4 I just want you to know that I've spent a lifetime in coal mining, I'm a third generation miner and no one I know of has ever heard a coal company official say that the company made any money. Quite the opposite, it's always things are tight, the coal prices just got cut, the hauling rates went up, etc.. Of course they don't want us to know what the people that are leaning back in their chairs drinking coffee in a clean air conditioned office is being paid.

[Brandyevelynn]

My Dad is a coal miner worked above ground, and underground . Its a very dangerous Job. Not to mention HARD work. My grandpa was a miner for over 40 years and my great grandpa, uncles. Its wv way of life. We love our miners. They work hard for there families. I am PROUD OF THEM ALL. And proud to be a miners daughter..

[wvgurl24x4]

I agree with beatifuldisasterHS to some degree.  I normally do not say we need Union however being the grand daughter of one who faught for the Union when it was first formed I beleive that the Coal Miners do need it. My brother was a coal miner and now his son works in one as well as many family members and friends. I pray for them all. It's a hard and dangerous job but in these areas it is what takes care of the bills.

[assoonas1]

we need more nuclear power and less coal power.

[frbe0101]

Someday surface to mine telepresence will make mining dangers history.

[coal60]

First off I want to say rest in peace to the latest victims of corporate greed and pray for their families. Secondly, I want to say that it makes me damn mad that a man would even consider working in a mine without the union there to support him,and most importantly, his family. Wake the hell up man. Your lives at stake and people very close to you want to see you walking through that door everyday!

[wvgurl24x4]

@coal60 they try to tell the miners they won't be able to operate and it will cost jobs if the union comes in. Back when my grandfather worked in the mines you not only worked for the company but you rented your house from them and got money call script. You could only spend it at the company store. So not only did the company make money off of them, the got almost every dime the "paid" them back.

[bubbloo9]

just finished my WV cert.redhat, 4th gen.damn proud of it.

[beautifuldisasterHS]

you can tell that these are all non union mines cause nobody in this video is wearing safety glasses if the company cared about you they would make it madatory unions make the company care

[wcgems]

@beautifuldisasterHS **cough, cough** bullshit **cough, cough**

[EightCounts]

@beautifuldisasterHS

Here is a novel idea: How about people care for themselves? Are they not allowed to wear them or do they just not choose to wear them?

[wvgurl24x4]

@EightCounts They would get nothing done but wiping their safety glasses.

[1973frassrand]

@beautifuldisasterHS Dust and safety glasses dont mix.

[beautifuldisasterHS]

union is the only way

[whatnowpeople08]

3 gen coal miner, Harris 1 Madison WV

[coal60]

Hats off to the TRUE coal miners not the phonies destroying our mountains. Good work men/

[ctvanover]

OBAMA = One Big Ass Mistake America

[TheNoahadams]

obama need to get out of there be 4 he kill us all if not 4 the coalmines there wont be not a thing on the eath

[IronDerrickman]

DIG COAL!!

[tasha2tashie]

I LOVE COAL

Coal is in my blood

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[rmorris061]

the one thing you need to do is go to miners training call or look in local papers for a advertisment when you are complete put your resume into coal mines and hope you get hired on

[bituminousjunkie]

Great music and photography work. Throwing a shout out from Willow Lake Underground, Harrisburg, Il.

[MrRufus32]

good video gives you some idea how it is underground

[BurningUp99]

If anyone can help please msg me!

[RichardF41230]

first of to get into mining you have to signe up for a class usually 40 hours in ky but in west virginia its a 80 hr class and some places like the O.M.S.L(office of mine safety and liscensing) will do it for free , in ky i whent to one and grad. from it and it was all free , for underground, and in west v. i aint sure how there system works, but you need to get a hold of your local OMSL and they will give you all the info, when your done with training you are ready to apply for a job

[whatnowpeople08]

take ur 80hrs put u in a admission wait for tha call to to go to hell was my view but i cant see my self doing anything else

[BurningUp99]

How do you get into coal mining do you have to know someone or be related to someone? I would like to get into it but don't know how. I live in WV and don't know if I should just forget about mining and go to college.

[DeathDealer10333]

@BurningUp99 hey i live in Huntington WV you should tink about collage ether way But coal mining is good money but anyway Massey energy is hireing right now i think im thinkingabout applying just find there # and give them a call

[duffik]

good video!!, Greetings from polish coal mine KWK BUDRYK

[slangin72]

DM#26 paramont coal  best of the best

[hebintn]

Good video. Makes you really appreciate what REAL miners do. They dig coal. They're not truck drivers like those guys on mountaintop mine.

[aoclimber1]

jim walters no. 4 mine. alabama. love everyday i work.

[bubbloo9]

4th generation.loganWV

[695redneck]

my dad is in the mine right now and a plan to follow his tracks,love the video

[FiveDragonsDead]

I'm doing the same right now, he's retired but I'm working underground in ky, Check out Coal in our veins I'm in that video

[fordsforme1]

i know most of these fellas if they try to stop mining we will bootleg for the hell of it cause its so much fun

[emilywills100]

awsome vidio and music.hats of to all the coal minors in the country..

[530649]

was my first job after leaving school in nottinghamshire in 1984 , was an apprentice footballer at time but my dads words were "son you never make any money in football , got you a job down pit ya going there lol" wise words not , but loved my 3 years would go bk tomo no other job gives you the comradeship and trust like this job and the whole village worked there so you knew everyone .. miss it now

[littentree6]

Thank you for posting great video. Bless all miners worldwide they are brave men, I found on youtube a miners song called "its a working man I am" sung by Rita MacNeil about the Welsh miners which is worth watching. Most of the mines closed in Wales after the 1984-85 miners strike leaving thousands unemployed.

[jesselee20061]

My dad pulled 21 years, I've got almost 9 years in.love the video. Hats off to all miners!!

[nathanstiltner]

God bless you

[goharlan]

My Daddy worked in coal for years so low that it wasn't really even a crawl space. He crawled flat on his belly using his elbows to crawl or drag. In this type coal knee pads helped but his poor legs looked ragged most of the time. My Daddy is still my hero!! Almost 60 and still working.

[wellfuckitthen]

i agree....Joy.....i bitch about 5 ft top...i couldnt imagine shifting in low coal....met alot of good men down in these mines!

[Joy7LS]

Coal miners dont die they just dig there graves deeper. Like the video these guys got some balls workin in low coal i couldnt even imagine and i bitch about 5 ft top

[risbae1]

Supporting the WVA Coal Mining Men :) Daddy's my hero :)

[LESNCHRISSY]

Great video. I come from a long line of coal miners and now I'm married to one. He is a miner man. This is a good video for people to get an idea of how brave these guys really are. I tell people that my husband has two families. Us at home and his coal miner family. Because thats what they are. They take care and watch out for each other under the hill. From a WVa coal miners wife.

[carpetbarther]

How is the pay for US underground miners.

[arturner07]

Very good in this area, although I still say they can't pay a miner enough.

[countryboy890]

im a shuttle car operator and i get 25 an hr

[dthac1]

@carpetbarther

i wished it be alot more for there health and it also depends on ur postion and how long u have worked in the mines

[voonce]

@carpetbarther made 100,000 this year at rockhouse....

[coalminer71]

seeing them fellers bent over wears on me, I remember the days. In a seven foot seam now flat and black....wish we all could be that lucky... mine that coal fellers they say we're always behind...be safe

[redpenny100]

Ugh im gonna find a miner someday and marry him... I find it pretty damn attractive :P

[auttybrooke]

I love this video because im a coal miner to i run the miner i know what they go through evry day

[spaddad]

Set spads in eastern KY and WV for over 10 years , 24" to 15' where the falls occured LOL and worked a little production, miss the guys but not the conditions, glad I'm out. I appreciate you guys, keep your heads down and watch the top.

[coalmarine]

Left the mines 7 years ago for the Marines. Still dream about pull'n pillers. My war is almost done and I'll head back to the hole and find me a good 21SC somewhere. God I miss it.

[calebo28506]

im in mining in indiana ill tell you its tough work but to me well worth it got the best people i know right down there with me. lookin forward to goin to work everyday

[curtswife09]

My mom goes underground every day at dominion 30 for jewell smokeless in sw va

[tgxtulegit]

My dad and grandad were miners and i will be too. Consol Energy WV.

[lothbe]

my friend's husband is a coal miner in west virginia i think of him every time i hear this this song i love it a lot

[Edhallick]

Someone tol me once you cant give these guys a beer or you could be arrested for serving alcohol to a miner.

[thcthc]

REALLY??? in my country ,when the miners finish their job it is almost a SIN if u dont drink one beer with your worgroup

[RichardF41230]

your really joking right?, because i think your just missing the word that they actually used wich was minor , an underaged person

[southerner343]

@Edhallick son youre thinkin about a miner as in someone under 18

[jeninedials]

Can enyone tell me where i can get these songs please

[auttybrooke]

if you find out where to get them post it so i can find them

[jsgolfman]

My great grandpa died from black lung. He was a Kentucky coal miner.

[stud19801978]

god bless my dad died april 12 2001 at pine branch mines alvis mitchem

[minersince1971]

@stud19801978 I worked with your Dad the entire time he was at Massey. He was a very good man and a good coal miner. What a tragedy and loss I think of your Dad often. He didn't do anything wrong he was always such a safe miner. I feel your loss. I lost a good friend.

[stud19801978]

@minersince1971 do u have any pictures of him at work

[thcthc]

@stud19801978 dont worry all miners have a direct ticket to heaven! god bless you , your family and all miners!!

[WvMtnRacer]

I went to the mines 12 years ago right out of high school. My grandfather was a coal miner. my father hauls the coal from the same mine his father worked at and I currently work in WV. I couldn't see myself doing anything else.

[con1r0l]

est ce qu'il faut quelqun chose pour entrer dans ce métier genre un DEP ou d'koi de meme?

[beard1960]

Good fellows!! I too worked as the miner. And now I continue to keep in touch with miners. My friends have collected certificates of destruction of 982 miners which were lost from the beginning of operation of the Karaganda coal basin... It not all... Collect further... But they say that a part will not find as those perished also who sat in тюрмах at the very beginning of pool working out (look видеответ beard60) Eternal memory to our brothers...

[vovandecalo]

Уважаю Шахтеров!!! Сам там работаю.

[brmill63]

I work in colorado in a mine and I dont really think I would like that love seam coal mining..... I have talked to some guys that have came from back east to work over here and they say that they really dont like the high seam.

[boomhair5566]

hi if like workin in low seam coal coal east tennessee where im workin at now its a14 or 16 maybe 19in seam

[november2remember]

i love this song and this video puts faces and thoughts to what the song is really about god bless

[whatnowpeople08]

its my life and i love it, gets down in ur heart been in my blood for many generations makes me proud to be a west virginian miner

[SONGMKR]

I have never heard this song. It is great and well done by one of my favorites. My daughter sings a song written by Darrell Scott. You'll Never Leave Harlan Alive...check her out..Ginny McAfee..thanks a very proud mama...

[wfspwxy2009]

I'm a coal miner from China .I like this song.although I can't understand all.

[overheadcam32]

God Bless all the coal miners. You are a rare breed. Brave men.

[trv285]

i agree with you footstepside it does get in your blood

[8footstepside]

I just got laid off from the coal mines after 2 years. startin a new job thursday (not in the mines)It gets in your blood and im gonna miss it.

[thcthc]

ReSpEcT for Working there my grandpa worked for 30 years but across the atlantic in yogoslavia..

[josh5951821]

*This is a really good video[coal mining men].i love the song playing.who sings it?

Thanks

[shady6363]

Ricky Skaggs

[josh5951821]

This is a really great video.i live the song playing.who sings it?

thanks.

[shady6363]

Ricky Skaggs

[bobinbowmanville]

Great video, loved it!Who is singing the 1st song and whats it called?Wheres it available on cd?

thanks!

[badazzjeep]

The song is by Ricki Skaggs. The album is Ancient Tones.

[ckspears]

Martin County Kentucky

[TecoCoalMinerE3]

I Listen To This Song Ever Morning For I Go To Work Good Good Video

[bobinbowmanville]

Great video, loved it!Who is singing the 1st song and whats it called? Its a great song, I cant get it out my head! Wheres it available on cd?

thanks!

[ckspears]

Great Great Video, best pics. I have seen in a long time. I work in the Engineering department for a Coal Company and go underground quit a bit, these men are the hardest working men in the world, they come to work with a good attitude and a positive attitude, all they are worried about is supporting there family. Hats off to the Coal Miners

[dieselman1988]

so where do u work at ?

[pattywolford]

Thanks for the excellent video!

[skater7465]

good job

[whitbywv]

God bless you sir!

[misledbrandon]

I appreciate you showing everyone what we go through every day to give people power, I work for Massey Energy in southwestern va

[coalkid1]

dont let dave and scott kill ya, mining is hard but not massey hard p1 m2 s3, been there youll see. leave while you can

[Tubbie420]

my dad died in the mines on november 22 1996 at harlan cumberland coal in totz his name was randy lewis.

[KyCats07]

Love It! Thx!

[jmtraversa18]

My Dad was a coal miner he passed away,I really like this video.