More views than likes people please give this man the thumbs up he puts a lot of time and energy into his videos.

Folks don’t even know how comfortable life is today, so many folks take so much for granted. Thank you for bringing our culture to light

Thanks again Donnie, for keeping the history alive

History and ghost, the best kind of stories by the best storyteller on you tube. Love it. Thank you.

My wife was born and raised in Coalfield Tennessee, in Morgan County. The Coal Camp was right beside their home, but all the old houses have been torn down,where the miners and their families lived.A good story Donnie, some things are hard to explain. Thanks Friend and God Bless and Take Care 🙂.

I love listening to you tell these stories. It feels like I'm sitting by the fire with my grandpa, snug and warm inside a house built by hand a hundred years ago. Thank you for letting me hear your memories and tales.

great story my friend, thanks for sharing Appalachias history

Thanks Mr Donnie 😊 Feel better soon. I am watching your older ones while you are healing. God bless you and thanks for all you do for us all.

I LOVE your stories and your respect for the South. Thanks for telling the history of these people. Blessings from Michigan.

Thank you Mr Laws for this very reflective video on how hard our ancestors work and lived to help provide us for the lives we have now. We should never forget this.

It's always a blessing to listen to your awesome stories . God bless.

Mr Donny I just want to thank you so much for all your beautiful videos. And all your hard work on them. God Bless you

These are my Favorite! Thank you and God Bless you and your family

new subscriber here. just wanted to say thanks for doing this, donnie. i love every bit about your videos, especially your narration....as a german i have no problems understanding you with your accent, and i really enjoy the unbridled authenticity of it all. i came to love the mountain people and their mountain talk via, you name it, popcorn sutton. what a down to earth peculiar authentic guy. its true, i guess, that your kinda talk and culture is declining, so youre doing actually historical work here.

Amazing video loved it very interesting thank you

Great stories and great Memories thank you for your time

God bless you ❤️🙏 Thank you for sharing your stories.

Yes. I love talking about Haints from the south even in the houses and land

Hi Donnie, wow, I am going to say it to you again, you ARE the best story teller of these stories! I always tear up from these old stories! I came from a poor background so I know what it’s like as being a child and living poor and missing a few meals! Thank you so much for showing a true heart when telling these, I feel it well! June

Greetings Donnie, watching your playlist & praying for you every day. Your videos remind me of my fish technician days working for Indiana Dept of Natural Resources. Boss said he hired me because I identified all fish correctly! Hiking on private property was awesome like your videos. God bless you & heal you 🙏🙏🙏

GOD BLESS YOU AND YOURS. THANK YOU,

I really enjoyed this video. I'm 62, my first husband was a coal miner in West Virginia.... Love my Appalachian roots dearly! ❤ Thank you Donnie! 🙏👍💪❤️

So true Donnie. Thanks for sharing the memories and history of those old mining camps. We have the old mining camp houses scattered throughout southeast Ohio and across the river in Mason County WV. A lot of the these little houses have been patched up and still lived in today. I remember Grandma telling us kids about life in the mining camp. She told of the immigrants and people of all races living there. Even though it was hard work I could tell she had fond memories. Grandpa worked for the Pittsburgh coal company. They had a small farm too. He worked from the time he was fifteen until retirement and didn't even get a busted finger but lost two of his brothers to a cave in. I appreciate your stories of the Appalachians. God bless you.

@Donnie Law I want to thank you for keeping the spirit of the Appalachian people alive. My Mom was born on Black Mtn, and later moved by wagon to Forest City. I was born and raised here in NC and I’ve always made a Fall trip back to the these hills to walk the backroads that my Mom walked as a young girl. And I’m proud to call NC home. I love your videos. I hope you continue to bring light to this beautiful area of our country through your wonderful and interesting stories. Much Love & Light to you sir.

Good story! Thanks😊 have a good one !

Thank you for sharing your stories and history with us!

We would leave early Sunday mornings, for a 2 hour drive to visit with my Dad's parents on Sandy Ridge. He'd make a right turn at Coeburn and drive up Tom's Creek to The Ridge. That dark, narrow valley managed to hold a good size creek, a railroad, a paved road and a mine with the biggest slag pile I've ever seen. The smoke and fumes off the slag and the creek fog would swirl around creating a scene out of a horror movie but we could men stop working at the tipple to watch us pass. The only problem was the mine had closed after the war and no one was there. Tom's Creek was haunted. Thanks for another piece of our mountain history.

Thanks Donnie for sharing another great story of the past.

Thanks Donnie God bless🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

Thank you very much for sharing your talent and these wonderful historic stories with us. I found your channel today and I’m totally captivated. Wishing you and yours a great weekend. I’m sending y’all big thanks from Texas.

Love your videos!

Wow, this video is amazing, thank you so much.

Love these stories!! Love n Bless you ❤️

You give such a great perspective and make the history lesson so fun. Thank you for continuing to give us the great video's.

Every one of these stories takes me back to my childhood. Thanks again Donnie!

Thank you Donna do enjoy your stories

I love your respect for the mountains and people and your voice is so soothing.wonderful job you do sir.

Thanks for these history lessons Donnie. So informative and so interesting and educational.

Thank you Mr. Laws get all your do. God Bless you and yours sir.

Very interesting History! These folks were true Hero’s! Thank you for sharing this! God Bless! 🙏🤗🙏

Donnie, You are an Appalachian treasure. 🙏🏻❤️🕊🐾🦌🌲

Some of your stories remind me of my dad and the stories he would tell thank you for all the you put into the stories

I love this Appalachia history, thanks for sharing

Thank you so much for the stories if it weren’t for you all of this history would probably die thank you for keeping it alive.

Donnie, you shed more light on the minors than I've ever heard. Thanks for the education you've shared.

Hey Donnie. Love the video. Thanks friend and have a great evening!

I believe I believe I believe, dang DONNIE , what a video ! Fixing to watch again !!!

I love those ghost stories...keep'em coming!

Hi there catching up on some great channels and you are one of them thanks for sharing your tales with us.👻💀👻

My grandparents in the 50’s bought a very nice 2 story home that was in a area of a coal camp, that house was insanely haunted. Everyone in the family had experiences in that place all the way up to the day it was torn down.

Another great story. TY

Love your stories Sir.

DONNIE GOD BLESS YOU AND YOUR FAMILY... thankyou for shairing these videos.

Haints haven't heard that word in many a year.. ty Donnie for so many great old words/stories..

A lot of hard work and coal came out of these mountains. Many risks were taken and some never made it out. They men deserve to be remembered for their commitment to their families and putting food on the table. God bless them all and may they rest in peace until we all meet again in the mighty Kingdom of God. thank you for sharing these stories. Your friend, Louise

Nice to see this video a second time. I Like to keep these stories alive in my memory. Thanks again for sharing, your friend, Louise

Great stories and Great Video.

Simply excellent my friend

Great Story. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ The figure in the door, must have been the woman who formerly resided there. The ball of light was her spirit, taking a last look at her home. Sidenote. I had a friend who used to dig for Indian relics. Once Tommy was digging a grave in the Wytheville, Va. area. Tommy told me that a blue light came up out of the grave. He covered the grave up and left. Tommy had dug all sorts of Indian relics for years in Chilhowie, Va. area Chilothe, Ohio many other places. He was still scared when he told me this story. May ❤️🕊️❤️ Tommy ❤️🕊️❤️ 🌹🌹 Rest in Peace 🌹🌹

Thank you for another great video Donnie and God bless you brother and all reading this 🙏

I love these kinds of stories! 👍🏻

thank you donnie. i love and appreciate your work

Donnie your ghost stories are the best! Keep them coming.

God bless you Donnie another fine story God bless them people that suffered so hard in that time

Please please do another spooky video like this, again.i love this video and I will watch it over and over again, thank you so much...

Thanks again Donnie for another great video 👍!God bless.

The Lady's soul was finally free.. free from the only life she ever knew.. even though it was filled with poverty.. it still was her home.. but in the end she was finally set free from herself.. Great Video

Way back in my child hood 50 yrs ago , we lived in Kingsport Tennessee for a few years and we burned coal up in the attic ?!?! I’ve seen those camps with my own eyes , might be one reason I’m a big Loretta Lynn fan , really good video

Here in NC we've had mine disasters also. In 1904, a flood swept through the old Barringer mine in Stanley Co., NC flooding the shafts and killing eight people. Many of the mine accidents in NC were in the old gold, mica and feldspar mines but allot of folks don't realized that NC was also a coal producer. There is still considerable reserves in Chatham Co., NC southwest of Raleigh. On May 27th, 1925 a mine explosion killed 53 people. The coal formed along a fault that dips sharply adding to the difficulty in removing the coal seams which go down to considerable depth. The surface coal was mined off and on from 1850 till the 1930's but is mostly inactive today. I went down in an old abandoned gold mine one time many years ago and swore I can hear whispering in the shaft and the occasional sound of pick axes hitting rock. Really eerie place. The state has barricades up there now and you can't get inside it anymore. Thanks again Donnie for a great informative video.

My Momma told me about you. She's who got me to listening to you. She was always enjoying your videos. She's passed away now and I want to thank you for keeping her entertained. Thank you and God Bless.

Great video Donnie ❤️Those miners had a hard life….Thanks for keeping them relevant and a part of our history….God Bless You 🙏🏻☦️❤️🙏🏻🇮🇱 Lord willing I will see you next time 👍

There is nothing like good, true ghost stories. Thank you.

This video was very interesting such a very hard life those people having lived through I love listening to your stories at night they relax me love all the information in history they don't teach you everything like that in school I was in school long time ago but they still don't tell you the stories of individuals who work the land to make everything better for other people can't wait till your next video take care and have a good evening

Dear Mr. Laws: PLEASE tell us more stories....We love listening to you. More Ghosts, Witches, Bigfoot, Unsolved mysteries, murders, missing, Whatever you can come up with from those mountains....Thank you so much for your time and knowledge.

Think of all the spirits there.. not just miners but all the Native Americans and all those in between.. stories lost in time.. perhaps never to be told.. except! Except for you Mr. Donnie.. thank you for taking us on this journey.. it was AWESOME 😎🥰

Love your video’s Donnie , well done with your stories. Your voice is amazing ✌🏼💚

Never get tired of your stories, Mr Donnie.

Thank you Donnie much respect ! My Daddy worked the mines in SE Oklahoma and SW Arkansas when he was young!

What a great story teller, thank you, from New Zealand

Thanks for sharing your very informative. From your friend from Wyoming keep up your good amazing story telling. Thanks again always looking forward to see your videos.

thanx, another wonderful video

Thanks for the video brother Donnie, there's definitely things that you can't explain in this old world God bless you old man. Choose Jesus Christ today folks!!!

Love the hear about ghost and spooks haints at this time yr be safe my friend

I believe you Donnie. So many things are just unexplainable. Awesome tale. God bless you friend.

Great story! Thank you sir!

My best friends Dad is from Harlan, I'll have to ask if He familiar with that coal camp. My Dad only spent a couple years in the mines ( up by Stone, KY before a 900 pound chunk fell on him and broke his back, He came up here to Michigan and became a taxi driver/dispatcher. That's how I became a misplaced southerner, I feel like I'm home when I hit Kentucky/West Virginia and sleep great when visiting. I never felt at home here in Michigan. Thanks for the story and history.

Thank you so much Mr. Donnie loved the story and have been looking forward to another one. Take care and stay safe. ❤️🍀 Blessings, Teresa

I believe and have seen unexplained visions with my own eyes. I grew up in the coal country of SE Kentucky. There are many stories and I enjoy them all!

Great story, Donnie. Thank you 🙏🏼

I believe! I love these stories... thanks Donnie 🤗❤️

Thanks Donnie for another story. God Bless you my friend.

Thanks Donnie I love your stories 🥰❤️

Thank you for keeping the stories and the people alive.my grandpa was a coal miner and my uncle's and cousins to.thats all they had .rock lick is where my mamaw was born and raised.she married papaw and she was 15.they lived hard lives but they were happy alot more. Then now and days.

Great story Donnie. Thanks for sharing.

Hey Donnie Tommy from Jonesboro I love these old ghost stories living in Jonesboro it's one of the most haunted places in Tennessee it's full of story's to and they are having the storytelling this week to it's fun time inviting Averyone that's never been

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I didn't come from the coal fields. But my dad and grandpa both worked for springs cotton mill. And those coal field house sure makes me think of the mill house where my pop grew up at. Great videos!! Keep up the good work!

Great story Donnie! ...Thanks

I enjoy this story that you told us .

Thank you Donnie. Always love ghost stories. I grew up in a haunted house.