Exploring Famous Reading Outdoors (Part 2... South St. Kerin's Trail Head) with Tad
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- Опубликовано: 16 сен 2023
- Continuing from Part 1, • Exploring Famous Readi... , Tad and I cross Valley Road in the southern part of Hecksherville, Pa. into FRO St. Kerins' South Trailhead and stumble on the remains of the Pine Knot colliery located by the west branch of the Schuylkill river and the Mine Hill and Schuylkill Haven branch of the Reading Railroad.
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FRO St. Kerins Trailhead (North side) video link:
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Pine Knot Colliery Link:
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Just wanted to tell you how much I’ve been enjoying your channel. I’m too old, now, to hike in coal country and your videos have provided many hours of pleasure. My parents were both born in Mt. Carmel in 1912, living there all their lives until 1946, when they moved to the Philly suburbs, and I was born shortly thereafter. They were born into large families, so I had many cousins to help with adventures when we visited during the 1950s and early 60s before I left home. I remember the huge culm banks, the breakers (which my father could identify by name), and the long, long coal trains. We found fossils, crystals, and “caves.” The landscape was sure different in those days. So many of the towns you visit I recall being mentioned by adults around the dinner table but many are just names. I don’t know that any of my parents generation worked in the mines, but many worked in the collieries - Natalie and Richards and Sayer come to mind. My Dad picked his share of coal from the banks when he was young. My maternal grandfather worked for the Susquehanna Collieries company for 40 years and died from asthma and dropsy in 1946. I have some of my uncle’s pay stubs from the Natalie Colliery still with the coal dust from his pocket from 1932. He made $26.50 per week as an Engineer. There is a stub from 1944 (Colonial Colliery Corp.) for $101.52 for 16 days of work. My grandfather, according to his obit in the Mt. Carmel Item from 1916, was walking down the mountain from the Natalie Colliery after dark with a friend, and after losing their way, he fell down an air shaft. I plan to take my wife on a road trip this Fall sometime to see what I can see. I’ve not been back to Mt. Carmel for 40 years or so, but I still have a cousin there who may ride with us for a bit. He was a bricklayer for his working life. Your videos have helped me plan the trip. Thanks for all your hard work and great stories.
Your welcome!!
Great to here from ya, me and the cracker have alot more to find
Love watching your videos. Nearby this is the drainage tunnel to the oak hill colliery. It was reimbursed in the 90s due to its importance of mine pool drainage. Easy to get into and can explore it very far in
Can’t wait till March so I can start gettin up there every Saturday on my bike. 7:00 when u guys stop
And hang out along the creek. Duren muddfest 2023 I was watching machines drive right up the middle of that creek. To them that was there trail. Hahahaa😂
Thats an awesome find
You should check out the oak Hill colliery tunnel at pine knot
I'll do my research to find it..saw one on map by the breaker
If you wanna explore Ashland sometime let me know I know where some stuff is
Just went there today
@@coalcrackerchris find anything
Great video guys. I agree the workings looked like canal works. But maybe it was for flood control and to provide water for the colliery. Chris did you get a much better action camera and or gimbal. I was amazing how steady the video was while flying down the trail. Also good low light performance. What are you using now?
You may want to reach out to a guy named Ed Dougert formerly from Shenandoah area he lives near Philly. He’s a photographer who made a book called the Black Lands about the remains of the coal industry. He really knows that area where you are. He used to take the UGM guys on a tour of the Southern Anthracite Fields. He showed us some interesting stuff in the area where you are now. Good luck, I look forward to part 3. Dave formerly from Frackville now In Wyomissing.
Thankyou. Still using Samsung galaxy 10e phone
Ps I’d love to bring my metal detectors in around any old stone workings. Hopefully find more than old RR spikes.
Does he drive that thing in low gear all the time ? Its always screaming
2 wheel high. Then 4 wheel in tight spots. It's has a centrifugal clutch. I don't like how it's reving either. But that's how it is
That's how they are...I thought the same.