I visit a few abandoned Harlan County Kentucky coal mining sites in this video. Harlan county was where the Eastern Kentucky coalfield opened up in the early 1900's. I begin my journey in the city of Lynch, which at one point was the largest coal town in America. Afterwards I stop in the community of Totz, KY, where there is still a coal mining operation and quite a bit of old infrastructure. Following that, I drive to the Loyall railyard near Harlan. The Loyall train yard is really something to see from above with a drone. The yard is still in operation, but at a fraction of the scale that it used to be. I finish up my trip in the community of Ages, Kentucky at the abandoned mine site there. Coal hasn't been mined there in years, but all of the machinery still sits there just as it was left. All in all coal is an important part of our heritage in Eastern Kentucky, and I think this video shoes just how reliant our economy became on "black gold." I would encourage everyone to watch the exceptional documentary Harlan County USA for more on this heritage.
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