I recently was able to take an underground tour of Kentucky's currently most productive coal mine, River View Coal, in Union County, Kentucky. Sadly I couldn't film any (drone or handheld) underground, but they were happy to let me film the operation above ground. River View Coal is, as you might have guessed, near the Ohio River and uses miles of conveyor belts to transport the coal from underground to a cleaning station (using specific gravity to remove the non-coal soil and minerals from what was mined) then directly onto barges and into the marketplace.
Coal mining is sophisticated, costly, & heavily regulated, but gives Kentucky some of the cheapest power in the US, and a competitive edge other states envy. Too often we take our reliable power for granted, but it’s made possible by incredibly hardworking men and women in the mines.
Music from Epidemic Sound: "Coal Miners Heartache" by Peter Crosby
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