The coal industry is a very importaint in eastern Kentucky and West Virginia where do you think you get the power to your house when you turn on that light switch ill bet it comes from a coal powered power station
the people that don't like this song just don't know how hard and fearful it is to have a loved one in them coal mine's but they should thank the LORD that men now and bebore them went into thoes mine's alot never came out and all for you too have electric
the next time you see a coal minor takeyour time to say hello and thank you for the job u done
I love the songs and videos of the miners in eastern ky.... I've had many family members work and some killed in the coal mines. These take me down memory lane. thanks for sharing
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Proud Western KY Coal Miner. Fourth Generation miner,( hopefully I will have a son to continue my proud family tradition). This song brings it home because I've got family from Appalacia and Harlan area during the 60's. Any that believes this country can make it without coal needs a reality check.
I was born & raised in Harlan & I still live here. I'm proud to say "I'm the daughter, granddaughter, niece,cousin & sister-in-law of Haulers, Blaster, Miner, & Stripper.
The ones who don't support them must NOT have family that does this.
My dad,pappaw and uncle are coal miners and many things have happended to them in the coal mines like once my dad had watched a friend of his die he dis not kill him nor did he cause it but everyone started running and the next thing he new a rock fell on his friend and he had to set there and watch that happen to him so y'all that didn't like this video need to stop being so fucking stubborn and go to hell I love my papaw,dad and uncle for what they do and many more reason but what these coal
@Scarface8434 Yeah, it gets brutal. Not many people knows that better then our miners. So many accidents have happened, but they keep pushing on and we push right with them.
@SilverBerenznoff23 Yeah i support them with everything in me i have tried to get my dad to stop working in the mines but he wont he said that its bout the only good job you can find around here. So i support him on everything he does just to let him know that he's not alone.
I was born in Harlan County, Ky my Dad was a coal miner all of his life. I currently live in Western,KY now, Our underground mines are almost a thing of the past (in W. KY.)
I am very proud of my Dad. You can say what you want but back in the early 60's UMWA did make sure working conditions were better. My Dad worked without a union back when some considered "Union" to be a bad word. And then had the priviledge of working under the union. As different as daylight and dark.
Both my papaws were coal miners with black lung. And my Dad worked at the coal mines for 25 years. I'm very proud of them and glad to have been born and raised in Harlan KY. I also lost a very close friend in the mines "Jimmy Lee". I think of him often and still carry a picture of him in my Bible. 18 years ago Jimmy and I drove to the top of Creech mountain (Wallins Creek) late one night and had a prayer meeting. Wow what a time we had in the Lord that night. I'll never forget it.
My brother-in-law is a coal miner, my dad drives a coal truck, my brother drives a coal truck. In case you haven't noticed all of their jobs involve one word "COAL"! This is just to show how many people that coal provides jobs for! Coal, It Keeps The Lights On!!
I ride down in Harlan county in Ky and they are the nicest people you will ever find. They are the true backbone of this country not the politicians who dont have a clue what it takes. I wish there were more people like them throughout the USA we would be better off as a country then.
i think these miners should be paid the kind of money that the dumb ass sports people get paid. they risk their lives every day in these mines. it pisses me off that we have to die in the mines while the overpaid niggers get to spend more on a car or a chain than we make in a year!!
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my dad work in a cold mines for 45 year he work very very hard that all the work you could get down so don,t put harlan down if you take the hillbilly out tno one would in ind ha /ha
In very proud to have coal miners in my family and. This song is a song to remind me how lucky i am to have them so when I feel sad I listen to this song to make me happy agin
I am from Harlan County, KY and part of my family are working and did work in the mines in Harlan. When I first heard this it made me proud to be from there and have coal miners in my family!
Most people don't have to be asked to do their jobs they don't do it for fun they do it to provide for their familes and my dad pappaw and uncle are coal miners and I love and miss them more than anything in the world even when I'm with them I miss them and love them more everytime I see them but that's because I care bout all them people that risk their lives to keep their familes safe unlike u
Mist coal miners don't have to be told to do their jobs they don't do it for fun they do it to provide for their familes my dad pappaw and uncle are coal miners and I miss and love them more than anything in my life even when I'm with them I miss them cuz I love them for what they do
I was working on the same section with Rick the day he died,, he was running a bolt machine when it happened. He was a very good man trying to make a living.. God bless him.
4:17 is my Brother. Him, My dad, My uncles, Cousins, My Pap And my Brother-in-law have spent their lives making a living here in Eastern Kentucky!..All Coal Miners are special People who don't get enough credit!...These men are all Heroes in my eyes. =)
Good song. I think the miner's in Harlan, KY should be running the mining business democratically in their area along with fellow miners. They have the intelligence and they are more than capable.
They risk life and limb for their families and for the masses of people who rely on them for energy resources and the companies treat them like expendable robots. It's time for a change.
As the wife of an underground miner I say Thanks to all you guys lookin out for each other. The kids I sing and watch vids like these while our miner is 6 inches from hell. This hits close cause he is on 2nd and the chorus reminds us of the hours he keeps. He wakes around 10 and goes underground at 3. We are thankful every night he comes home to us!
Great song, great pictures I hope people can see the trust and love that these men have for each other. When you work between two rocks that's all a man has. He can try to look out for himself but you have to have buddies watchin' out to let you know to watch out for the things you didn't see. May God bless us, the world or our families don't realize the hard work and the sacrifices that we make for them. minersince1971, I will have worked between two rocks for 40 years this coming May.
@minersince1971 God bless you minersince 1971!!!! My brother now works in the coal mines, it takes a brave man to do this line of work. I am from a coal mining town)Hyden, Kentucky) I saw the hard work and the haggarded faces each day, listened to their stories of having to use the buddy system inside the mines. That is a very dangerous profession, many people to not realize this. May God keep you safe.
HELL YEAH!!! DAMN GOOD SONG!!!! I am a huge friend of coal, trucking, and logging its how real men and women in America make there money and I would like to say FUCK that damn Monkey ass so called President that wants to rob my family of there paychecks and take my job just to create jobs for his people. Bless the American miner,trucker, and Logger you are always in my prayers and keep on keeping on!!!!!
Thanks fopr posting this. My dad and my uncles and grandfathers were all coal miners here in north east England. I would have been a miner too if the awful Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher hadn't waged a war against the miners and closed our great coal industry. Miners here have never been given the respect they deserve. Bless all you guys underground.
it's terrible how the coal miners of this country don't get the respect that they so rightfully deserve. If the US Postal service does come out with that coal miner stamp, I would be proud to purchase one.
You can never know the cold hard life of a coal miner or their family unless you lived it. I lived it. My father, Earnest Caudill was a coal miner, and it was rough, but we survived it by the Grace of God.
I'm not a coal miner, I from Western Carolina, my family has farmed the same land for 100 years almost, i think this song speaks for all people who do traditional blue collar work. We (my Dad and I) also run a log'n company, all three(coal mining, log'n and farm'n) are jobs no one wants anymore, Helluva video Arturner07 helluva video
@1972porkchop everyone is allways talking about there being shit loads of jobs in coal , nope i dont think so , there are for exp. people but not new ones so in other words i would not take that rout and waist time like i did if i were you. they dont want to spend money waiting for anyone to learn what to do, same in trucking for the most part
This is a very great video, I live on the Harlan/Bell line and mining is in my blood, Dad,Papaw,Uncles,Cousins, and more Papaws Which i will be following in about 2 years im just a sophmore in highschool but i will be following my blood line, this is the job i dream of its hard work but i know it will play off in the long run.
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GREAT VIDEO!! Born in Whitesburg KY, my ENTIRE family works in the mines currently, or has retired. It makes you an old man way before your time, thanks for such a beautiful video!
Beautiful thanks for sharing. My grandfather worked in the mines for 20 years, in eastern Ky. My husband works in Martin County, Ky. I am proud of him and all the other men who are brave enough to go were few men can. I proudly send him to work in his stripes and pray each night for all those who spend their time in the mines.
id love to get into one of the new strip pits going up in Ohio county. not a whole lot of underground mines out here in western KY. its hard to get a job in the mines around here though, once a mine opens they are flooded with applications, the only way in is to know people.
i just wish they had built the ThoroughBread Plant, that would have been a whole lot of jobs, not just in the plant but also from the increased mining.
i lived in harlan 4 a long time and my dad workd in the coal mines 4 a long time now my bother works in the coal mines now i did work in them now a at abel to i wish go back in them and work
If anyone should have/come across ANY pics or info about the THACKER family please share . They worked in the coal mines , i had an uncle that was beheaded in a cave in . my grandma went in the mines as a small child to pick up coal . I would love to find a pic of her .her name was Nina may Thacker.
The Thacker family from Kentucky and West Virginia is a large family. From old Virginia to Kentucky to West Virginia. Several branches to that family now. My father was killed in the mines, roof fall. If you try to find Thacker family members by just who was killed in the mines you will be chasing a lot of Thacker family lines.
@tasha2tashie unfortunately Obama and his drones are trying to destroy the mines and the miners.bless you all and just remember most of us are behind you 100%.
@tasha2tashie what does obama have to do with this video? quit making everything politics and blaming everything on one man...its the american gov. as a whole not obama...get real lady..the politics were corrupt before obama came into office
it is awsome to have brave rednecks like us to go in that hole in the side of a moutain a mines an our daddys and papaws uncles any one u love to risk there lives every day u coal miners deserve a hand u got the hole moutain on the top of ur heads my dad is a coal miner he works for joe bennet at the c2 mines in dione and my papaw worked for ever in the coal mines it is a scary thought about it but we are tough enough to handle it just keep the coal miners in your prayers they need it
Big coal has been makin' promises for prosperity for 100 years and West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky is about as poor as it gets as far as standard of living, am I wrong?
@larob24 If they stopped mining, where would they be? They'd be even poorer - as poor as the areas in appalachia where there is no mining. If you think think there's no difference between making $50+K as a miner and doing odd jobs off and on and trying to support a family doing odd jobs in a dead area, re-examine. The planned destruction of the coal industry is going to make the poor poorer. A shame now that in terms of relative safety, the miners have better rights and safety than ever before.
Obama wants coal done away with which is like i think 75% of our energy in the US. My dad works at ICG in Hazard Ky. We depend on coal for survival in Ky and Virginia remember to always support the coal industry. Global warming is crap so don't let them screw us out of a great industry!
yeah @countryboy890 global warming is a scam to make money and create a global governance. Kinda sounds like something i have read in a book before, oh the bible yeah where the world is destroyed by a global government. But yeah you're correct my friend.
You are so right, my husband also works for ICG in Hazard.Eastern Kentucky might as well die, because that is just what is going to happen if Obama has his way. Wake up America he is a Communist! That is his change for America that he promised. You won't have a say in anything that happens in your life if he gets his way!
My grandfather was a miner at Cabin Creek WV during the mine wars there. My great grandfather went back to check a shot that didn't go off and lost his life. I have had a lot of shitty jobs but in those jobs I met the best men I ever worked with. I never mined but I guess it's safe to say it's a shitty job. I bet men of men are in those mines working hard, kidding around and keeping the new guys safe. I'd just like to say thanks to all who are mining and all those before them.
Born and raised Boone county WV. Dad moved us to keep me from the mines then I moved back went to work in mines for 3years. I still love this videos miss it a little. I miss all my mine buddies and the ones past on. God bless all you others keep it safe and get in the coal
my dads from letcher county.. doesnt talk about home too much but im proud of having mining in my blood. it takes a tough breed to do that.. and apparently my grandfather was one tough guy
Like the video, ive been minin for 4 years now fallowing my father, uncle, cousin, grandfather, great grandfather. They werent liein when they said its in your blood
This is great, both my grandpa's were miners in Harlan. One an electrician and the other a ran a continuous miner. Many family members worked the mines. Great tribute to all their hard work.
Im from Eastern Ky, i love going under with my crew, they are like brothers to me. i always pray before we go under that all of us will come back out to our families. I love the job, God Bless All Who Works In The Mines. it is a hard job, but i love doing it. Love The Video.. God Bless, Thanks for the Support
I'm from Eastern KY, about all my family works in the mines. I love it down here. This vid give me chills. Coal is what makes this country run, and its because of these fine men we just witnessed. Thanks miners, and to all those who support them. God Bless you all.
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yeah they want to shut us down in canada too... they tell us that yes while you might be out of a job, there will be "green jobs" to replace them. i told my member of parliment i make 6 figures a year mining coal, does a green job pay that well? he never had an answer for me. coal may not be the best answer... but right now its the only answer if we want to keep the lights on...
I have been a underground coal miner for 9 years I have run buggies and pinners It is a hard job but I love my job. But everyday before i go threw the drift mouth I pray to myself for me and all other miner to come back out to there family. Its not just a job its a way of life. GOD BLESS ALL MINERS. And for all the people who say its a dirty energy turn your damn computer OFF.
I had a long drawnout discussion with a guy on this subject, he said miners chose a substandard life, and it was a choice. I argued that it wasn't just a job to the people who did it, it became a way of life. My family is from eastern ky, but ive never been there. they all worked mines, and many did die down there. I want to go see what it's like, maybe get some land. I would work the mine just to say i was beside all of you men. Thanks for your iron will, and contribution.
i was going to go to the mines if i didnt get the job i git now, i respect miners and any man that is willing to go and face a job like that to feed his family and pay the bills, so his family has a roof over they're head, food in their bellys, and clothes on their back. Thank you
I'm a detention officer and I thought my job was tough; it ain't nothing compared to what these guys in the mines do. You guys are true working class heroes. God bless you and please stay safe!
My Grandfather grew up working those mines and making moonshine. I still have a lot of family in Harlan, but don't get to see them often. I know that several of my family members died of Black Lung disease from those mines. We really need to give them the respect they deserve. It is a thankless Job.
im from harlan ky, and this shit hits hard. you got people working three days straight, half addicted to cocaone jus to stay awake and stay off food stamps. its harsh.
My uncle lost his life in a Harlan Co Coal Mines. My dad was disabled when a rock fell on his back. My husband worked in Harlan Co mines for 11 yrs until we moved to Fl. I lost schoolmates to the mines and relatives. To me, every miner is a hero. The possibilities of disaster they face every work shift, and the environment in which they work makes them a whole different breed of men. God bless em all and their especially their wives.
As a former Harlanian,so well spoken and I hope Fla has been a much better life and surely so!....Although the beauty of those mountains and the people there cannot be matched in my book!...I left also,but deep down that's always home!
@iprazhm I am sorry for your loss iprazhm, I am from Hyden, Kentucky where many coal miners dwell. We lost 38 miners at one time in a terrible mining cave in years ago. It was unforgetable, many country singers came to bring aid to the miners families. You are so correct in saying each coal miner is a hero, To me it takes a mighty man to choose that line of work. God bless the coal miners and their families.
The coal miner is to be respected, but not certain coal companies that want to blow the mountaintops off! Screw them bitch coal companies and go back to conventional coal mining.
Thank all of you for your labors. My relatives were miners in Eastern Ky. Iam not. I'm such a jerk when it comes to turning on the lights. My uncle was a bomb throwing UMW organizer.He died of black lung complications(congestive heart failure).
my great grandfather name was Tom Hicks the story be told he took the blame for the killings at Evarts. Of course he was a coal miner they worked him day and night in those mines. but greatgrandfather tom was never at evarts when the killings happen he was out robbing the commissary for the people. now great grandfather brother was at evarts when the killings happen his name was Sam Hicks they say he had the machines gun.. any info about this can someone please message me
great video i will never forget my roots im a grandson and great grandson of a coal miner. my mother came from harlan she was born in molus, ky. my grandpa was a coal miner his name was Alonzo Wilson. i have read storys in a book call HillBilly Women by Kathy Kahn my mother and my grandma and mama are in the book title blue ridge mountain refugee..my grandma was a hick from in the story the hicks seemed famous back in the miner strike gun thug days...
The coal industry is a very importaint in eastern Kentucky and West Virginia where do you think you get the power to your house when you turn on that light switch ill bet it comes from a coal powered power station
MegaChevyMan79 6 days ago
Where do you poop down there?
dsnizal 1 week ago
the 3 people the dis liked this video don't know how much much coal mean's to us like this if you think im wright
70joshratliff 3 weeks ago
the people that don't like this song just don't know how hard and fearful it is to have a loved one in them coal mine's but they should thank the LORD that men now and bebore them went into thoes mine's alot never came out and all for you too have electric
the next time you see a coal minor takeyour time to say hello and thank you for the job u done
WCCWKY 2 months ago
I love the songs and videos of the miners in eastern ky.... I've had many family members work and some killed in the coal mines. These take me down memory lane. thanks for sharing
LovettaQuinn 3 months ago
A very heart felt "thank you" to all coal miners from all over the USA.... That's not much but it is sincere.
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Stocktonqtu 5 months ago
MAN I LOVE COAL, IF U DONT LIKE COAL DONT TURN ON THE LIGHTS. NICE SLIDE SHOW LOVE COAL. BUT NEED A JOB LOL DONT KNOW ANYONE HIRE ATM DO YA LOL
TYLERXISXKOOL 6 months ago
Proud Western KY Coal Miner. Fourth Generation miner,( hopefully I will have a son to continue my proud family tradition). This song brings it home because I've got family from Appalacia and Harlan area during the 60's. Any that believes this country can make it without coal needs a reality check.
nightstalkr42420 7 months ago
I was born & raised in Harlan & I still live here. I'm proud to say "I'm the daughter, granddaughter, niece,cousin & sister-in-law of Haulers, Blaster, Miner, & Stripper.
The ones who don't support them must NOT have family that does this.
twilightobessed40873 7 months ago
1:54 is my uncle david
PaiGE8930 7 months ago
My dad,pappaw and uncle are coal miners and many things have happended to them in the coal mines like once my dad had watched a friend of his die he dis not kill him nor did he cause it but everyone started running and the next thing he new a rock fell on his friend and he had to set there and watch that happen to him so y'all that didn't like this video need to stop being so fucking stubborn and go to hell I love my papaw,dad and uncle for what they do and many more reason but what these coal
Scarface8434 8 months ago
@Scarface8434 Yeah, it gets brutal. Not many people knows that better then our miners. So many accidents have happened, but they keep pushing on and we push right with them.
SilverBerenznoff23 5 months ago
@SilverBerenznoff23 Yeah i support them with everything in me i have tried to get my dad to stop working in the mines but he wont he said that its bout the only good job you can find around here. So i support him on everything he does just to let him know that he's not alone.
Scarface8434 4 months ago
the two people that didnt like this video dont know the meaning of hard work
pud12343 8 months ago 5
I was born in Harlan County, Ky my Dad was a coal miner all of his life. I currently live in Western,KY now, Our underground mines are almost a thing of the past (in W. KY.)
I am very proud of my Dad. You can say what you want but back in the early 60's UMWA did make sure working conditions were better. My Dad worked without a union back when some considered "Union" to be a bad word. And then had the priviledge of working under the union. As different as daylight and dark.
AmericanTaxPayer48 8 months ago
Both my papaws were coal miners with black lung. And my Dad worked at the coal mines for 25 years. I'm very proud of them and glad to have been born and raised in Harlan KY. I also lost a very close friend in the mines "Jimmy Lee". I think of him often and still carry a picture of him in my Bible. 18 years ago Jimmy and I drove to the top of Creech mountain (Wallins Creek) late one night and had a prayer meeting. Wow what a time we had in the Lord that night. I'll never forget it.
pastorwendell1 8 months ago
My brother-in-law is a coal miner, my dad drives a coal truck, my brother drives a coal truck. In case you haven't noticed all of their jobs involve one word "COAL"! This is just to show how many people that coal provides jobs for! Coal, It Keeps The Lights On!!
peterbilt266 8 months ago
I ride down in Harlan county in Ky and they are the nicest people you will ever find. They are the true backbone of this country not the politicians who dont have a clue what it takes. I wish there were more people like them throughout the USA we would be better off as a country then.
marc5599 8 months ago
i am a WV coal miner and this video sends chill's up my back and the hair stands up on my neck, may US coal miners live and prosper forever
dsampson001 9 months ago
i think these miners should be paid the kind of money that the dumb ass sports people get paid. they risk their lives every day in these mines. it pisses me off that we have to die in the mines while the overpaid niggers get to spend more on a car or a chain than we make in a year!!
SuperFrankypanky 9 months ago
@SuperFrankypanky damn it boy do i ever agree with you i'll belive that till i die
billybadazz11 9 months ago
Lost my husband in the Ky Darby explosion and this song will never mean anything but the truth to me. God love our miners.
mommatofiveboys 9 months ago
My husband, Pucker works underground and I am thankful every day I see his dirty face come home. God Bless the coal miners.
coalminer40828 9 months ago
theres a picture of my brother(travis) 2:55 in to the vid
TeverzaL 9 months ago
take only what you need
AlkebulanBC 10 months ago
Miners, Loggers and Farmers are the back bone of our nation; and the fact Obama doesn't understand, or doesn't care about this means we must change things up a bit... so please vote in 2012 if you feel this way.
NatureGnome 10 months ago
My whole family has worked in the mines and now my husband works for ICG. I can't thank them enough for what they do. They are greatly appreciated!
harleygurl2009 11 months ago
my dad work in a cold mines for 45 year he work very very hard that all the work you could get down so don,t put harlan down if you take the hillbilly out tno one would in ind ha /ha
eMFlipSoSick 11 months ago
In very proud to have coal miners in my family and. This song is a song to remind me how lucky i am to have them so when I feel sad I listen to this song to make me happy agin
Scarface8434 11 months ago
I am from Harlan County, KY and part of my family are working and did work in the mines in Harlan. When I first heard this it made me proud to be from there and have coal miners in my family!
ChristProducer 11 months ago
@ChristProducer i live in barbourville but im from pineville and proud of it
bajebus44 10 months ago
@bajebus44 : Awesome! :)
ChristProducer 10 months ago
Most people don't have to be asked to do their jobs they don't do it for fun they do it to provide for their familes and my dad pappaw and uncle are coal miners and I love and miss them more than anything in the world even when I'm with them I miss them and love them more everytime I see them but that's because I care bout all them people that risk their lives to keep their familes safe unlike u
Scarface8434 11 months ago
Mist coal miners don't have to be told to do their jobs they don't do it for fun they do it to provide for their familes my dad pappaw and uncle are coal miners and I miss and love them more than anything in my life even when I'm with them I miss them cuz I love them for what they do
Scarface8434 11 months ago
you couldn't pay me enough money to do what these guys do.
alderaforall 1 year ago
I was working on the same section with Rick the day he died,, he was running a bolt machine when it happened. He was a very good man trying to make a living.. God bless him.
squealersg 1 year ago
i agree coal is our lives.
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timshwartz08 1 year ago
4:17 is my Brother. Him, My dad, My uncles, Cousins, My Pap And my Brother-in-law have spent their lives making a living here in Eastern Kentucky!..All Coal Miners are special People who don't get enough credit!...These men are all Heroes in my eyes. =)
CROBERTS0102 1 year ago
this the ending to the show, justified. my grand pa work these coal mine. and it killed him. i love you paw paw.
TheTrigger900 1 year ago
2:28 brings tears to my eyes
tyler72495 1 year ago
Good song. I think the miner's in Harlan, KY should be running the mining business democratically in their area along with fellow miners. They have the intelligence and they are more than capable.
They risk life and limb for their families and for the masses of people who rely on them for energy resources and the companies treat them like expendable robots. It's time for a change.
FraidoCat 1 year ago
As the wife of an underground miner I say Thanks to all you guys lookin out for each other. The kids I sing and watch vids like these while our miner is 6 inches from hell. This hits close cause he is on 2nd and the chorus reminds us of the hours he keeps. He wakes around 10 and goes underground at 3. We are thankful every night he comes home to us!
queenpunkr 1 year ago
you can see the face of god over the frunt of the mine
hardone1100 1 year ago
the picks at 0:38 and 0:29 in the vid are my uncle. its cool to see him at work. we miss you uncle j.
magicmatt31 1 year ago
at .31 and .38 in the vid they show my uncle
magicmatt31 1 year ago
coal miner's daughter here & proud of it
Rachella38 1 year ago
aussie coal miner here
71linkin 1 year ago
R.I.P my friiend (Roy Middleton) May Jesus welcome you with open arms.
Sandman101974 1 year ago
Great song, great pictures I hope people can see the trust and love that these men have for each other. When you work between two rocks that's all a man has. He can try to look out for himself but you have to have buddies watchin' out to let you know to watch out for the things you didn't see. May God bless us, the world or our families don't realize the hard work and the sacrifices that we make for them. minersince1971, I will have worked between two rocks for 40 years this coming May.
minersince1971 1 year ago 2
@minersince1971 God bless you minersince 1971!!!! My brother now works in the coal mines, it takes a brave man to do this line of work. I am from a coal mining town)Hyden, Kentucky) I saw the hard work and the haggarded faces each day, listened to their stories of having to use the buddy system inside the mines. That is a very dangerous profession, many people to not realize this. May God keep you safe.
gretaguro1 1 year ago
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HELL YEAH!!! DAMN GOOD SONG!!!! I am a huge friend of coal, trucking, and logging its how real men and women in America make there money and I would like to say FUCK that damn Monkey ass so called President that wants to rob my family of there paychecks and take my job just to create jobs for his people. Bless the American miner,trucker, and Logger you are always in my prayers and keep on keeping on!!!!!
jcartermtrsport 1 year ago
2:15 pizza lol
JNeel798 1 year ago 2
I'm proud to be from Harlan Ky. My Dad and both my grand fathers were coal miners. We should all honor these hard working Americans.
pastorwendell1 1 year ago
Thanks fopr posting this. My dad and my uncles and grandfathers were all coal miners here in north east England. I would have been a miner too if the awful Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher hadn't waged a war against the miners and closed our great coal industry. Miners here have never been given the respect they deserve. Bless all you guys underground.
bigloadafishing 1 year ago
it's terrible how the coal miners of this country don't get the respect that they so rightfully deserve. If the US Postal service does come out with that coal miner stamp, I would be proud to purchase one.
ma6743 1 year ago
Ciężka i niebezpieczna jest praca górnika. Szanujmy ich trud! Let us remember those who departed!
256JB 1 year ago
You can never know the cold hard life of a coal miner or their family unless you lived it. I lived it. My father, Earnest Caudill was a coal miner, and it was rough, but we survived it by the Grace of God.
Mona Caudill
Harlan County
JoynerMona 1 year ago
do coal miners use pickaxes anymore? great song
thegasmask1 1 year ago
ima coal miner at teco if liv inky u kno whre that is. i lost my best friend and brother in the mines last yer and this was his favorite song. thx
redneckrancher350 1 year ago 2
coal... more than just what most think
vapuzzler 1 year ago
I'm not a coal miner, I from Western Carolina, my family has farmed the same land for 100 years almost, i think this song speaks for all people who do traditional blue collar work. We (my Dad and I) also run a log'n company, all three(coal mining, log'n and farm'n) are jobs no one wants anymore, Helluva video Arturner07 helluva video
EGrdneck 1 year ago
I really like your video, well done, sitting on a 8 and a half meter seam in NZ. trying to decide what to do with it. God bless
YeshuaGodmanifest 1 year ago
I really like your video! I heard this song at the end of the series Justified!
I love the words to the song and I really love your video..
beretta1342000 1 year ago
this is a great video. i've worked with bout 90% of the men in it. all of them great men. miss workin withem.
MrBigbadjohn81 1 year ago
@MrBigbadjohn81 are there many coal jobs now Ive never been in a mine but I would like to try it thank you
1972porkchop 1 year ago
@1972porkchop everyone is allways talking about there being shit loads of jobs in coal , nope i dont think so , there are for exp. people but not new ones so in other words i would not take that rout and waist time like i did if i were you. they dont want to spend money waiting for anyone to learn what to do, same in trucking for the most part
RichardF41230 1 year ago
It takes a Brave person to go in that hole day in day out. Better person than me. Coal built this country like it or not.
NSCOALDRAG 1 year ago
This is a very great video, I live on the Harlan/Bell line and mining is in my blood, Dad,Papaw,Uncles,Cousins, and more Papaws Which i will be following in about 2 years im just a sophmore in highschool but i will be following my blood line, this is the job i dream of its hard work but i know it will play off in the long run.
bellhighballer1 1 year ago
Obama is NOT a progressive. Don't let the sugar coating on his health "care" reform legislation fool you. Believe me, you don't want "Obama's America" or Palin's either.
Vote independent. More importantly, don't hope for change. DEMAND what Americans want.
halg2 1 year ago
GREAT VIDEO!! Born in Whitesburg KY, my ENTIRE family works in the mines currently, or has retired. It makes you an old man way before your time, thanks for such a beautiful video!
millerfamily03 1 year ago
Beautiful thanks for sharing. My grandfather worked in the mines for 20 years, in eastern Ky. My husband works in Martin County, Ky. I am proud of him and all the other men who are brave enough to go were few men can. I proudly send him to work in his stripes and pray each night for all those who spend their time in the mines.
PamelaPinkerman 1 year ago
A beautiful tribute. Thank you for sharing it.
catsfan2112 1 year ago
Prayin for the family's over there in Raliegh. We're thinkin about ya alot over here in Lawrence co. KY.
shotgunwalter 1 year ago
Thank you for posting this.....good tribute.
donttouchmystomach 1 year ago
id love to get into one of the new strip pits going up in Ohio county. not a whole lot of underground mines out here in western KY. its hard to get a job in the mines around here though, once a mine opens they are flooded with applications, the only way in is to know people.
i just wish they had built the ThoroughBread Plant, that would have been a whole lot of jobs, not just in the plant but also from the increased mining.
Kenruckyheadhunter 1 year ago
i lived in harlan 4 a long time and my dad workd in the coal mines 4 a long time now my bother works in the coal mines now i did work in them now a at abel to i wish go back in them and work
TheNoahadams 1 year ago
If anyone should have/come across ANY pics or info about the THACKER family please share . They worked in the coal mines , i had an uncle that was beheaded in a cave in . my grandma went in the mines as a small child to pick up coal . I would love to find a pic of her .her name was Nina may Thacker.
1987bmansfield 1 year ago
@1987bmansfield
The Thacker family from Kentucky and West Virginia is a large family. From old Virginia to Kentucky to West Virginia. Several branches to that family now. My father was killed in the mines, roof fall. If you try to find Thacker family members by just who was killed in the mines you will be chasing a lot of Thacker family lines.
pompeyroad 1 year ago
Thank you all for supporting coal.. Coal is our lives.. I just want to know one thing
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tasha2tashie 1 year ago 36
@tasha2tashie unfortunately Obama and his drones are trying to destroy the mines and the miners.bless you all and just remember most of us are behind you 100%.
trink968 1 year ago
@tasha2tashie what does obama have to do with this video? quit making everything politics and blaming everything on one man...its the american gov. as a whole not obama...get real lady..the politics were corrupt before obama came into office
SuperJeremy25 1 year ago
@tasha2tashie reply if you agree with NObama
23695WRES 10 months ago
it is awsome to have brave rednecks like us to go in that hole in the side of a moutain a mines an our daddys and papaws uncles any one u love to risk there lives every day u coal miners deserve a hand u got the hole moutain on the top of ur heads my dad is a coal miner he works for joe bennet at the c2 mines in dione and my papaw worked for ever in the coal mines it is a scary thought about it but we are tough enough to handle it just keep the coal miners in your prayers they need it
jacobdylanwatts1211 2 years ago
Big coal has been makin' promises for prosperity for 100 years and West Virginia and Eastern Kentucky is about as poor as it gets as far as standard of living, am I wrong?
larob24 2 years ago
@larob24 If they stopped mining, where would they be? They'd be even poorer - as poor as the areas in appalachia where there is no mining. If you think think there's no difference between making $50+K as a miner and doing odd jobs off and on and trying to support a family doing odd jobs in a dead area, re-examine. The planned destruction of the coal industry is going to make the poor poorer. A shame now that in terms of relative safety, the miners have better rights and safety than ever before.
daw162 2 years ago
I probably shouldn't even be comenting,I don't even live in coal country and I use my share of energy.
larob24 2 years ago
@larob24 we're doin just fine.
MrBigbadjohn81 1 year ago
this is savanah i love that video my dad was in there but he had to get out about what happened in the war..
tsfaulkner2 2 years ago
i come from england and our coal is still there but we get it from bloody poland
MrBaloo4 2 years ago
Obama wants coal done away with which is like i think 75% of our energy in the US. My dad works at ICG in Hazard Ky. We depend on coal for survival in Ky and Virginia remember to always support the coal industry. Global warming is crap so don't let them screw us out of a great industry!
Kelthuzad126 2 years ago 2
i work for massey at sydney and have friends at icg.damn right bout global warming it aint nothing but a scam
countryboy890 2 years ago 9
yeah @countryboy890 global warming is a scam to make money and create a global governance. Kinda sounds like something i have read in a book before, oh the bible yeah where the world is destroyed by a global government. But yeah you're correct my friend.
Kelthuzad126 2 years ago 2
You are so right, my husband also works for ICG in Hazard.Eastern Kentucky might as well die, because that is just what is going to happen if Obama has his way. Wake up America he is a Communist! That is his change for America that he promised. You won't have a say in anything that happens in your life if he gets his way!
rbekka7 2 years ago 3
My grandfather was a miner at Cabin Creek WV during the mine wars there. My great grandfather went back to check a shot that didn't go off and lost his life. I have had a lot of shitty jobs but in those jobs I met the best men I ever worked with. I never mined but I guess it's safe to say it's a shitty job. I bet men of men are in those mines working hard, kidding around and keeping the new guys safe. I'd just like to say thanks to all who are mining and all those before them.
Bill0254 2 years ago
Born and raised Boone county WV. Dad moved us to keep me from the mines then I moved back went to work in mines for 3years. I still love this videos miss it a little. I miss all my mine buddies and the ones past on. God bless all you others keep it safe and get in the coal
abnerrose 2 years ago
booth energy sucks....bunch of cut throats i loved workin there in the matrix but you cant trust your soul called buddies
coryiroks 2 years ago
my dads from letcher county.. doesnt talk about home too much but im proud of having mining in my blood. it takes a tough breed to do that.. and apparently my grandfather was one tough guy
surfswimva 2 years ago
so long as it ain't MTR
ecnal30 2 years ago
Im a WV coal miner. Heres to the brotherhood of coal. Stay safe and run coal.
TheZweihander 2 years ago 4
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TheZweihander 2 years ago
yeah its in your blood alright both my grand dads, my dad, my uncles and cousins work in the mines and now im workin
hunterguy18 2 years ago 2
same here man.thats the way it is and hopefully stays
countryboy890 2 years ago
Like the video, ive been minin for 4 years now fallowing my father, uncle, cousin, grandfather, great grandfather. They werent liein when they said its in your blood
Joy7LS 2 years ago
This is great, both my grandpa's were miners in Harlan. One an electrician and the other a ran a continuous miner. Many family members worked the mines. Great tribute to all their hard work.
JonB82 2 years ago
My family is from Harlan and My family members were coal miners!
3greenproductions 2 years ago 2
Gold Price @ $1043/Oz!!!!!!!!!! Good time to be an underground Aussie hardrock miner
MrMarcus51559 2 years ago
Im from Eastern Ky, i love going under with my crew, they are like brothers to me. i always pray before we go under that all of us will come back out to our families. I love the job, God Bless All Who Works In The Mines. it is a hard job, but i love doing it. Love The Video.. God Bless, Thanks for the Support
KyCoalMiner1 2 years ago 4
I <333 coal miners. I wanna marry a coal miner someday, so attractive :)
redpenny100 2 years ago
I'm from Eastern KY, about all my family works in the mines. I love it down here. This vid give me chills. Coal is what makes this country run, and its because of these fine men we just witnessed. Thanks miners, and to all those who support them. God Bless you all.
nerb03 2 years ago 4
ive been to almost all of those mines with papaw. this vid gives me chills. god bless coal miners!!!
CvilleTigers11 2 years ago 2
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leroymoorejr 2 years ago 3
yeah they want to shut us down in canada too... they tell us that yes while you might be out of a job, there will be "green jobs" to replace them. i told my member of parliment i make 6 figures a year mining coal, does a green job pay that well? he never had an answer for me. coal may not be the best answer... but right now its the only answer if we want to keep the lights on...
snowbiker111 2 years ago 2
greatings from Silesia in Poland
Perun90 2 years ago
Great video and a great song (surprising in that he's a pop country star).
hughhill 2 years ago
a pop country singer who is from the coal fields of west by god, guarantee his daddy and daddy before him dug coal.
burn0utinc 2 years ago
I have been a underground coal miner for 9 years I have run buggies and pinners It is a hard job but I love my job. But everyday before i go threw the drift mouth I pray to myself for me and all other miner to come back out to there family. Its not just a job its a way of life. GOD BLESS ALL MINERS. And for all the people who say its a dirty energy turn your damn computer OFF.
hoss319 2 years ago 3
i was a miner for 7 months before i got layed off i loved runnin that shuttle and scoop but now i cant git on nowhere
countryboy890 2 years ago
I had a long drawnout discussion with a guy on this subject, he said miners chose a substandard life, and it was a choice. I argued that it wasn't just a job to the people who did it, it became a way of life. My family is from eastern ky, but ive never been there. they all worked mines, and many did die down there. I want to go see what it's like, maybe get some land. I would work the mine just to say i was beside all of you men. Thanks for your iron will, and contribution.
TheLittleritchie 2 years ago
i was going to go to the mines if i didnt get the job i git now, i respect miners and any man that is willing to go and face a job like that to feed his family and pay the bills, so his family has a roof over they're head, food in their bellys, and clothes on their back. Thank you
bob101266 2 years ago
I'm a detention officer and I thought my job was tough; it ain't nothing compared to what these guys in the mines do. You guys are true working class heroes. God bless you and please stay safe!
Skyflite 2 years ago
My Grandfather grew up working those mines and making moonshine. I still have a lot of family in Harlan, but don't get to see them often. I know that several of my family members died of Black Lung disease from those mines. We really need to give them the respect they deserve. It is a thankless Job.
lawdog008 2 years ago
Love yer video!!!...That one roof bolter is perdy cute!!!...lol
tsfaulkner2 2 years ago 2
my father worked in an underground coal mine for 42 years,,, God Bless u Daddy,for all the hard work you did for your family
stellastacy 2 years ago 2
Wouldn't be electricity to do ANYTHING without our coal miners. Thank you men!
piasillo 2 years ago
coal miners heroes all thanks for posting amazing men
buzz
bluetoad2001 2 years ago
im from harlan ky, and this shit hits hard. you got people working three days straight, half addicted to cocaone jus to stay awake and stay off food stamps. its harsh.
ozzyfanatic92 2 years ago
My uncle lost his life in a Harlan Co Coal Mines. My dad was disabled when a rock fell on his back. My husband worked in Harlan Co mines for 11 yrs until we moved to Fl. I lost schoolmates to the mines and relatives. To me, every miner is a hero. The possibilities of disaster they face every work shift, and the environment in which they work makes them a whole different breed of men. God bless em all and their especially their wives.
iprazhm 2 years ago 19
Thanks for the kind words....
WRLOCK2008 2 years ago
As a former Harlanian,so well spoken and I hope Fla has been a much better life and surely so!....Although the beauty of those mountains and the people there cannot be matched in my book!...I left also,but deep down that's always home!
Petie1 2 years ago 2
@iprazhm I am sorry for your loss iprazhm, I am from Hyden, Kentucky where many coal miners dwell. We lost 38 miners at one time in a terrible mining cave in years ago. It was unforgetable, many country singers came to bring aid to the miners families. You are so correct in saying each coal miner is a hero, To me it takes a mighty man to choose that line of work. God bless the coal miners and their families.
gretaguro1 1 year ago
i know how it is my brother just moved from floirda to kentucky he just past his test for the mines my mom lives in kentucky
harlan228 1 year ago
i work at a surface mine.. its a hell of alot different
texasdisciple74 2 years ago
you wud never leave harlan alive.
oldskoolwcwfan 2 years ago
i would love to be a coal miner
SpartonDan 2 years ago
SpartonDan its a hard life, but its not a bad one.
shady6363 2 years ago
I have never been in coal that big,i've been crawling on my belly in 22-24 inch blue gem for the last 20 yrs. Be nice to sit upright and eat lunch.
honkytonk1971 2 years ago
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does any one know of any mines that is hiring green horns.
MrSacdaddy 2 years ago
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MrSacdaddy 2 years ago
The coal miner is to be respected, but not certain coal companies that want to blow the mountaintops off! Screw them bitch coal companies and go back to conventional coal mining.
And for the record..
This song mentioned coal as a 'mineral'
Coal is not a mineral by geologic standards.
From West Virginia University, Morgantown
marcusvwvuspa 2 years ago
Superb - Gene
GenericGene 2 years ago
Fine song!
Greetings from miners of Russia!
beard1960 2 years ago
the best coal mining video on youtube! Coal mining is real, and it is dangerous, but I can't see myself doing anything else..
mvthecoaldog 2 years ago
I love this song...my husband sings it all the time. He is a coal miner in southern West Virginia. God Bless our miners!
JessyJo05 2 years ago
do you mind telling me if you live in mcdowel county ,mingo ,or one close by .
cowbubbles 2 years ago
My cuz works in the virginia mines its really tough.
coonhunter1994 2 years ago
where abouts in virginia?
coonhntr9932 2 years ago
Thank all of you for your labors. My relatives were miners in Eastern Ky. Iam not. I'm such a jerk when it comes to turning on the lights. My uncle was a bomb throwing UMW organizer.He died of black lung complications(congestive heart failure).
erlycuyler 2 years ago
im the 7th coal miner in my family
boomhair5566 2 years ago
coal mining is a dangerous thing. my cousin lives in ky an so do i but he works in the virginia mines, i pray for him everyday.
coonhunter1994 2 years ago
what song is this
cwazybooboo 2 years ago
the song is Never Leave Harlan Alive sang by brad paisley
burn0utinc 2 years ago
i meant those people died
kandice4 2 years ago
when thoes people died at harlen my dad freddie lewis had to tell the famillys at the church...
kandice4 2 years ago
wasn't long I was over there.
constructioncartoons 2 years ago
my grandpa mined coal in 22in .
cowbubbles 2 years ago
My daughter sings this song. Her name is Ginny McAfee. Check her out. Thanks for a comment or rating...a very proud mom...
SONGMKR 2 years ago
my great grandfather name was Tom Hicks the story be told he took the blame for the killings at Evarts. Of course he was a coal miner they worked him day and night in those mines. but greatgrandfather tom was never at evarts when the killings happen he was out robbing the commissary for the people. now great grandfather brother was at evarts when the killings happen his name was Sam Hicks they say he had the machines gun.. any info about this can someone please message me
jeffchandler28 2 years ago
great video i will never forget my roots im a grandson and great grandson of a coal miner. my mother came from harlan she was born in molus, ky. my grandpa was a coal miner his name was Alonzo Wilson. i have read storys in a book call HillBilly Women by Kathy Kahn my mother and my grandma and mama are in the book title blue ridge mountain refugee..my grandma was a hick from in the story the hicks seemed famous back in the miner strike gun thug days...
jeffchandler28 2 years ago