Reopening a 120 Year Old Coal Mine in Scranton PA!

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2 жыл бұрын

Today, after several months of meeting with the Scranton Municipal Recreational Authority, and Pennsylvania Deep Mine Saftey, the UGM team is excited to announce that we have taken the first steps in reopening the 120 year old Historic Brooks Drift Mine, located at Nay Aug Park, to the public!
The Brooks Mine was driven in 1902, as part of the Scranton School of Mines, and later was used as a tourist attraction within Nay Aug Park. After being closed for nearly 50 years, the UGM crew had the honor of opening the mine to complete an inspection of the drift. We are now compiling a feasibility study, compliant with state anthracite mining law, to determine the next steps toward rehabilitating the mine.
We have significant plans for this special piece of local anthracite history. The entire UGM crew is excited to share the rehabilitation of this exhibition coal mine with you. Also, Scranton taxpayers not to worry, UGM is planning to use private donations, sponsors and grants to fund this passion project.

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@AniskaEnt86 2 жыл бұрын

we were lucky enough to go in the mine back around 2005, as part of my brothers Eagle scout project, we took the old rotted doors off the entrance and i built and installed the current gates as one of my first ever welding projects in high school, cool to still see them there

@undergroundminers 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! We can say your welds are still holding up. Would love to have you back inside soon enough.

@tammyhall1008 Жыл бұрын

That’s awesome 👏 😊

@CJ-222 Жыл бұрын

That has to be one of the coolest Eagle Scout projects I've ever heard of as an Eagle Scout myself

@SJM6791 Жыл бұрын

Outstanding!

@577buttfan 2 жыл бұрын

A loaded car so close to the entrance nice.Beautiful portal. God Bless coal country USA.

@johntellmewhy 3 ай бұрын

We loved the tour last Saturday, well done!

@cessna54tango 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for coming up and enjoying the tour! the place cleaned up pretty well! fun going back and watching this!

@charlielaudico3523 Жыл бұрын

My greal uncle worked in the coal mines in Scranton Pa at 14 years old to support his family

@user-db2fb1db1m Ай бұрын

Ya me too Mining ⛏️ ya / 1958 Knox was intentionally done They want us to use mid east oil They still trying to stop coal , natural gas and oil in pa . My opinion- 1920-60 was better than now They destroyed and erased all the breakers I lived right where the port Griffith breaker was Makes me mad all that gone The west pittston breaker and Exeter and sweyersville Makes me mad Steam town gone too All them trains junked Even the junk yards are illegal Ya - it all went bad I guess we got used and liquidated

@themashugana9440 Жыл бұрын

I grew up in east scranton & always wondered what it looked like behind those steel bars & doors. this is a cool & worthwhile project.

@ECAxeThrowing Жыл бұрын

I wondered the same thing

@binsk9276 2 жыл бұрын

Outstanding! I was in there in 1975. Remember it well. Looking forward to seeing it open again.

@ronstrulic4388 Жыл бұрын

This is so awesome. I grew up in the hill section and spent my childhood at Nay Aug park. The mine was always closed off and I never had the opportunity to get inside. Thanks for doing this.

@ECAxeThrowing Жыл бұрын

We’re not too far from there either!

@samgarofalo2461 2 жыл бұрын

Great job men

@folday6169 9 ай бұрын

Exciting! I grew up in the ‘Hill Section’ and attended the John James Audubon school, only a block from Nay Aug Park. I loved to visit the Everhart Museum and always visited the portal of the Brooks Mine where I loved to peer inside and wished I could go in and explore. I subsequently worked as a laborer in my late teens in the Moffat Coal Company’s Pyne Mine in Taylor before deciding I had better return to college! The work was exhausting...it was all hand work, loading cars shovelful by shovelful! It seemed all I did was eat, sleep, and work, so my hat’s off to the generations of miners who preceded me. Now, at 89 years of age, I look back with fondness at those days and to have shared in Scranton’s heritage in a very real way. Warm memories!

@cessna54tango 5 ай бұрын

thank you for sharing your story!

@drufuss1981 2 жыл бұрын

Fellas as a former Eastern Kentucky underground coal miner, I would like to get the chance your getting by being able to go back in time and hopefully try to bring this mines back to life. Looking forward to your next video. Stay safe and God bless Gentlemen. Have a great day.

@sciwaymart 9 ай бұрын

The mine was always a destination on a hot summer day.

@TheRealBuckFiden Жыл бұрын

Brooks was here So was Red

@Gypsypriestess Жыл бұрын

Sometimes I look up KZfaq videos of my hometown Scranton. I live in North Carolina I’ve been living down here off and on since 2004 when I moved down here for my parents bought a house when I was in high school in North Carolina. I miss Scranton. I do have some family that live up there. We always used to go to Nat Aug Park and we used to go play around in the rocks at this old mine. If I’m not mistaken there’s a sign somewhere and it has my great great grandfather‘s name on it he was a coalminer in there. I think his last name was Davis? My great great grandmother came over in the titanic and she survived. She was buried in a welsh cemetery somewhere in the area in Lackawanna County. I just don’t recall where. But her fathers last name and her surname was Davis. I’ll have to ask my grandma or my mother.

@lvc420 2 жыл бұрын

Great work, guys! I had no idea the mine went back that far. I always assumed that since it was a 'model mine' it just went straight back a little ways and ended. VERY cool!

@SleepyLizard 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for doing this. I'm very excited about this project.

@DDExplores 2 жыл бұрын

That drift is so well preserved. Hope you accomplish your goals. Would love to see it in person.

@mrsmithnet 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome 👏 😎 I love mine history and exploring them!

@coalcrackerchris 2 жыл бұрын

Glad you are preserving our heritage and history. I share your excitement!!

@bobbymckinney1264 Жыл бұрын

Retired east ky underground miner/roof bolter,can't wait see what you doing with it,thanks for the video

@erin19030 Жыл бұрын

Good luck. My dad was a miner at the greenwood mines, Tamaqua.

@dirtydiesels3110 2 жыл бұрын

We used to look into there as kids to try to see what was in there. I enjoy learning about the mining heritage in nepa. Glad to see this opened going to definitely check it out!!

@ECAxeThrowing Жыл бұрын

Is it open to the public now?

@Gancanna 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for taking on this restoration project! I remember going into that mine in my youth. My ancestors were Welsh coal miners and getting a feel for where they had worked was a profound experience. Back then there were mannequins dressed in miner's gear toward the back of the mine.

@andrewgruden732 2 жыл бұрын

I grew up 2 blocks from there and used to run the park everyday. I’ve always wanted to see inside. Thank you for this! I own my childhood home but live in Florida now. Next time I’m home I’m visiting the mine.

@ECAxeThrowing Жыл бұрын

Feel free to visit us too 😁

@Bob_V 2 жыл бұрын

Very COOL !!!!

@tobymontoya35 Жыл бұрын

Love this cold miner stuff, lot of people knew what we did, it was dangerous but it was the way of life, you kids got a good life this is what the coal miner father gave to their kids, shit we didn't have be thankful for what you OG Coal miner.

@TheDamageinc81 2 жыл бұрын

That title of the video is enough to get you a million subs ... keep this up sirs!!!

@stevebenner7580 2 жыл бұрын

That's cool! Thanks for sharing that experience.

@MikeOrkid 2 жыл бұрын

It's cool how tall the vein is there. I'm used to seeing a 24"-36" vein in Coxton. Stoked to see those doors open and what's to come!

@farmworkMi 2 жыл бұрын

Very cool can't wate to see more on this keep it up

@pointingdog7235 Жыл бұрын

I had gone to the Mine in McDade Park back in 2000. It was very interesting to get an idea of what it was like to work in a mine. My Father worked with several men that were from the Scranton-Wilks Barre area and had worked in the mines, one that used to go into the mines with his Uncle when he was around 12 years old and remove the pillars from the old mines.

@deckerjr 11 ай бұрын

I remember that the mine was open sometime in the 1950's when my family lived in Kingston, PA. There were nice paths and mannequins dressed like miners. I remember the buggy filled with coal.

@knowlesmineco. Жыл бұрын

Awesome mine I would love to see it in person. I have a mine I am thinking about opening to the public one day. Good luck on your venture and be safe out there.

@dccurt 2 жыл бұрын

Looked so much taller when I toured that mine at 5yrs old about1950.

@dccurt 2 жыл бұрын

Or is this the mine/museum that was in Nay Aug park?

@CheapestGamer 2 жыл бұрын

That spot right by the gates used to be the go to bathroom spot for many people (including myself) when walking around the park, especially since there's no public bathrooms there. 😆

@zoswizard Жыл бұрын

I remember going in that mine when I was visiting my grandparents in the 60's. My age was on the order of 10 years old at the time.

@AmericanRustWorker3369 Жыл бұрын

I wish I could explore these cool places

@JivinJoe1984 Жыл бұрын

My great grandfather was a underground coal miner in walker county Alabama, this is the first video I've seen from this channel, between this channel and underground Birmingham, I can see what it would've been like working underground, thanks.

@crusader777 Жыл бұрын

I single handedly dug all of that and started it 125yrs ago so I win

@brokentoe1510 Жыл бұрын

I was in the mine, back in 1973 or 75 in the 5th grade as a tour.

@bobruder6392 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your work and for posting this video. Growing up in Scranton, I was a frequent visitor to the Brooks Mine. The caged mannequin miners were spooky to me as a kid but nonetheless fascinating! As you continue your exploration two memories, in my opinion, are worth sharing. The first is the mine shaft or perhaps ventilation shaft on Gibson Sr. between N. Washington Ave. and Wyoming Ave. on the north side off the street. It was secured by a steel gate but the rush of cold damp air was present. The second, according to my late mother , was the existence of a mine tunnel entrance on the west side of the 700 block of Monroe ave . . . maybe in the back yard of the third or fourth house in or south of Pine Street. My mom recalled a mine owner living in his residence and being able to be chauffeured by mine car to the working mine or mine headquarters.In the early sixties the shaft was covered with a cinder block shed but visible from the 600 of McKenna court. Thanks again!

@cessna54tango 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic! thanks for the stories! hope youll get to come visit the mine once we get it open!

@richardp6178 Жыл бұрын

Damn Murley you've put on a bit of weight!

@tammyhall1008 Жыл бұрын

I wish that you would of showed us the debris on the ground that was left behind I’m sure you would find some very interesting items 😊

@Bobtowngarden Жыл бұрын

Where’s Boyd Dowler when we need her?

@lunablackheart855 Жыл бұрын

Can we get an update?? This was neat to see.

@undergroundminers Жыл бұрын

Check out our newest video!!

@RailFanRob 2 жыл бұрын

wow i've been wanting to explore that since i was a teenager...could it be they will have tours???

@undergroundminers 2 жыл бұрын

Our goal is to rehabilitate it for public access again!

@ryangeisel7960 2 жыл бұрын

Who are the guys taking on this project? I was a lifelong underground coal miner from Greene County, PA. I’d love to visit. I’m not far away in Morgantown, WV.

@thomasdykstra100 Ай бұрын

Would've been nice to see some of the fossils you were noting...

@tammyhall1008 Жыл бұрын

I’m watching A ghost show called MINE SEEN ON YOU TUBE.. since they are doing their investigation here in PA and in this mine.. I had to check this mine out 😮that’s why I’m watching this video right now and if you like ghost watching watch MINDSEED ON YOU TUBE 😊

@brianthomson6105 3 ай бұрын

I have followed the UGM since 2006 or so, back when, IIRC, the original Iron Miners site appeared. I recall you guys would chase subsidence. Where there pics from the air as well? Chris was/is a pilot and worked as an aircraft mechanic?

@cessna54tango 2 ай бұрын

Hi Brian, Chris here! thanks for following along all these years! I have a shop up at skyhaven airport in Tunkhannock now. still playing airplane haha. the ironminers forum kinda went away with social media. we have a pretty successful FB page now. if you are local stop up the Brooks Mine in Scranton some time! We are also having an open house at our shop May 11. check the website. thanks for the note.......

@gfr2023 Жыл бұрын

how do you test the presence of gas in that old mine ? I'm born in a mining area,I ear a story of an ispection in an old mine and the miners just fall asleep going down the tunnell.. fortunately there were other miners ready to save them.

@user-db2fb1db1m Ай бұрын

I’m from Scranton… what ever became of this project and are there any abandoned or ghost towns near Wilkes Barre Scranton area - somewhere to … ah camp , ya camp I live right on the site of Knox mine disaster , I’m thinking about taking over the old Pittston hospital- it’s got a boiler / generator Vandals got too it last year It was in good condition Vandalism sucks . I’m thinking there should be at least 2 miles underground of 7-10 layer stories of mines that go about 20-30 mines under this place- should be enough space to store some old cars and tap into natural gas for energy. Know if any oil wells or deposits in pa ? I need sweet crude oil for refining purposes Thanks

@mikewinings4120 2 жыл бұрын

The air flow smokers,where do you get them,that would be invaluable in my mine exploration kit?

@cessna54tango 2 жыл бұрын

A mine supply store should be able to get them for you. try United Central Industrial Supply

@mikewinings4120 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the info

@johnwhorton3683 Жыл бұрын

I always roll my own.

@ITsLifePOSITIVE 2 жыл бұрын

Hey I just want to let you know I'm going to shout out your channel and your donation page on my KZfaq channel if that's okay to reopen this mine, I support everything you're doing and I love helping our local community!

@TechTokOffical Жыл бұрын

Would u guys say this in the Scranton branch of the brooks mine?

@darkstormy1545 Жыл бұрын

The way things are headed in this country you may need to open this mine to heat peoples homes...Thanks Brandon!

@MrYfz45005 Жыл бұрын

"FJB" !!💩💩💩!!!

@patriot6350 Жыл бұрын

Wow is this the mine China jo worked in as a child 😂😂 👉🇺🇸👈

@daveluke 2 жыл бұрын

Guess they took out the two life sized mannequins of coal miners when they closed it, they stood near the coal car...

@cessna54tango 2 жыл бұрын

They are in the lackawanna mine tour now.

@stevenfetzer4911 Жыл бұрын

So was coal mining unprofitable in this area? Or was there not enough rock to extract?

@Idellphany Жыл бұрын

Coal mining was VERY profitable in this area, (NEPA). My 4th Great Grandfather was hired from Scotland to come be a mine engineer in 1800s in Carbondale. I've even had multiple school trips to tour mines as a child lol.

@Helpingeachother-vx4is 8 күн бұрын

what does ugm stand for?

@ryangeisel7960 2 жыл бұрын

Are there any active anthracite mines near there now?

@cessna54tango 2 жыл бұрын

Not near Scranton, there are a few south of Wilkesbarre. We are involved in opening up a new one near Minersville.

@tiberius3413 2 жыл бұрын

Hi, I'm from the Scranton area and I was interested in holding an event in a public park where we display one of the three documentaries you have uploaded. Would you offer authorization for the public display? I attempted to contact you via email but that information is not available on your page.

@cessna54tango Жыл бұрын

Hi! Please contact us at ugmanthracite@gmail.com and we can discuss this further, thanks for the interest!!

@mg-id1rq 7 ай бұрын

are you guys gonna mine that hole

@user-db2fb1db1m Ай бұрын

Make a garage and house out of that

@mg-id1rq Жыл бұрын

nice mine. keep digging coal

@beverlyjackson3089 Жыл бұрын

WHERE IS THIS ?

@themashugana9440 Жыл бұрын

east scranton, in the small wooded area between the nay aug park pool & the everhart museum.

@mg-id1rq Жыл бұрын

do you guys actually mine coal?

@cessna54tango Жыл бұрын

2 of us currently do. in 2 underground anthracite mines. one is a new slope being sunk. several of the rest of the group have in the past.

@kellyperles6244 2 жыл бұрын

I swore when I was little we went inside, and they had dummies there, made up to look like workers...???

@undergroundminers 2 жыл бұрын

Yes they did! They were no longer there.

@LoganJamesMusic Жыл бұрын

Enjoy the mercury and uranium

@jamesdavis5096 Жыл бұрын

For $120 a ton I will come join you

@tobymontoya35 Жыл бұрын

Bullshit! I did 20 passes in a 12hr shift 400 hundred thousand tons, At Peabody coal, Twentymile,Co Colorado. UT.

@trirail812productions8 2 жыл бұрын

if they wainted to go back in full real work service

@cessna54tango 2 жыл бұрын

Huh?

@trirail812productions8 2 жыл бұрын

@@cessna54tangocoal mine

@isaacl2727 Жыл бұрын

super gay!

@Nogoodramblinman Жыл бұрын

It’s a mine