It's about a teenage boy who goes to visit his father in a remote wooded area. When he arrives, his father isn't there. He then sets out into the wild. I believe there are two bad guys chasing him, and at one point he falls down a mine shaft. Late 80's I'm thinking. Does this sound familiar to anyone?"

Sounds like Kid Colter (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0217603/)