A Historical Mockumentary! "Vintage" Retro Historical Footage of a Pennsylvania Anthracite Coal Mine

This is a historical satire mockumentary that I created. I made my coal mine footage look "old" & vintage.
Thanks "Big Mike" for the Vulcan hoist photos! You're the best photographer to ever explore the Anthracite Mines...no joke!
Hello. Thanks for taking the time to check out this video. Please share this video with anyone you think may be interested in Pennsylvania's rich Anthracite Coal Mining heritage.
This is not an active mine! This is me merely walking down an abandoned anthracite coal mine slope (a very STEEP one) & then walking back up it. I simply sped up the footage, added video color filters & obviously sound effects! I wanted to recreate to a degree what it would have sounded & looked like while riding down the slope on a "mantrip car" being lowered into the depths via a Vulcan Ironworks Hoist. What makes this Anthracite Coal Mine Slope even more special is the fact that the rail is totally intact! This is such an unbelievably rare treat to see. This is a decent representation as to what a slope mantrip car experience would have been like. Hopefully I achieved this simulation/recreation for you! Adding the audio was an extremely time consuming process, so be sure to like the video & subscribe.
YOU WILL NEVER SEE ME POST A LOCATION, A PICTURE OF A MINE ENTRANCE (BOTH UNSEALED OR EVEN BAT GATED ONES) OR GIVE DIRECTIONS TO ANYONE & I MEAN ANYONE. I will not post the mine operation name, the CITY where it is, I will not mention the COUNTY NOR will I post what particular Anthracite Coal Field this is in (ex. Northern or Southern, etc.) With this also said, I formerly explored abandoned mines, I no longer do, everything you see here is "past tense" with old clips. When I took these videos, I had no forethought to think they'd be on RUclips, so if they don't meet your expectations, this may be why. I didn't plan on these being professional grade, as I am a photographer, not a videographer. ALSO, NO ONE POST LOCATIONS OF THIS MINE (if it is recognized) OR ANY OTHER MINE. IF YOU KNOW OF ANOTHER MINE, PLEASE DO NOT POST IT ON HERE, CHANCES ARE I ALREADY HAVE SEEN IT TO BE HONEST! I will have to DELETE any comments mentioning locations or even if you ask for locations, these too will be deleted. I'm sorry for all of this to be honest. I can write a novel and produce a miniseries on the drama that comes from attempting to be a historian, crawling into a hole in the ground that is abandoned & sharing the history with those that want to learn. It's ridiculous. Scroll down for FULL DISCLAIMER, PLEASE:
DISCLAIMER: Stay Out & Stay Alive!! As you can see from this video, abandoned mines are treacherous. I've worked with the Pa. DEP/Pa. Game Commission (civilian non-employee reporting dangerous mines) over the last 10 plus years to bat gate mines, backfill open vertical shafts that were threats to people & animals, etc.
STAY OUT & STAY ALIVE! I NO LONGER ACTIVELY EXPLORE ABANDONED ANTHRACITE COAL MINES. I HAVE NEARLY 2 DECADES OF EXPERIENCE AND AM TRAINED, HAVE OXYGEN, FLAME SAFETY LAMPS, MAPS, MEDICAL TRAINING FROM THE MILITARY, ETC. YOU CAN EASILY GET HURT OR WORSE IN OLD MINES! Black damp can kill you in mere moments & it is something you cannot smell or see, without training & proper equipment, you will succumb to this. No locations will be given or discussed anywhere on my channel; I will delete them if comments as such arise. I always carried a closed-circuit oxygen self-rescuing apparatus that miners carry. I always had a ridiculous number of batteries & multiples of flashlights themselves, glow sticks, hard hat, tourniquet, maps of the specific mine, a safety party on standby should I not come out at a predetermined time, etc. I kept my explorations as professional as one possibly could. I also had an extensive knowledge as to how & why miners did what they did underground. I knew what could possibly happen to the roof/walls before it happened in a sense. My geology knowledge was something I worked hard at & most people could miss what I often saw thus resulting in collapses, etc.
THANKS FOR WATCHING & ENJOY!
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