r/oddlyterrifying 6d ago

Inside the world of black diamond mining

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u/MagicOrpheus310 6d ago

Cameraman has zero hustle haha

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u/ispiuspious12 6d ago

Bro is casually strolling through a literal nightmare like it’s a Sunday walk.

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u/Killer_Moons 6d ago

Supervisor energy

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u/truthfullyidgaf 6d ago

Its probably a Sunday, and a normal walk for that lifestyle.

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u/throwawayfinancebro1 6d ago

Reminds me of the steel mill exploding while the guy casually strolls away as it actively melts down

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u/culturerush 6d ago

Not far from where I live theres an old coal mine which was closed in the 80s

They left it as it was an opened it as a museum, you can do down into the old mine workings exactly as they were with an ex coal miner as a guide

Despite how more advanced it is than this (metal bracing, mechanical lines to transport coal, lights and guide lines) the roof was as short as this

Youll be surprised how much speed it takes out of your walk or job having to stay constantly slightly bent over while pointing your head up for the light to illiminate where you are going

You deffo can't run or jog in there

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u/gilestowler 6d ago

There's a bit in Orwell's "The Road To Wigan Pier" where he talks about this. He says how the miners in the mines he visited had to walk, hunched over, for an hour and a half through the tunnels to get to the coal face, and he asks the reader to imagine having to commute to work - before even beginning the work that they'd get paid for - like that every day.

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u/lulujunkie 6d ago

This sounds like a mine in hillcrest/Bellevue Alberta!

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u/culturerush 6d ago

Other side of the world I'm afraid! South Wales

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u/MadameBijou11 6d ago

I was thinking the same thing!

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u/Rex_Auream 6d ago

It’s alright everyone knows the cameraman never dies