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I can understand never going back.
posted by
Kabu
on December 15, 2018 at 1:42 PM
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I don't blame him , I should not think there was much compensation if a miner was injured or was driven crazy by the stress and confinement.
posted by
C_C_T
on December 15, 2018 at 9:24 AM
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He lasted longer than I would have down there. I probably would have been begging to come up to fresh air as soon as I was underground.
posted by
FormerStudentIntern
on December 15, 2018 at 5:46 AM
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I don't blame him!
posted by
Corbin_Dallas
on December 15, 2018 at 4:00 AM
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Re: RPresta
My Uncle Jim was killed in the mine a few years later leaving a widow and three little children. He fell down a mineshaft and broke his neck. And my grandfather died of black lung in 1944.
posted by
TAPS.
on December 14, 2018 at 10:21 PM
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TAPS
A wise decision. Probably saved his life; explosions, Black Lung, cave-ins...
posted by
Sea_Gypsy
on December 14, 2018 at 8:57 PM
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Re: That would have been my exact reaction to being in a coal mine.
Yes! They really celebrate weddings.
posted by
TAPS.
on December 14, 2018 at 1:32 PM
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That would have been my exact reaction to being in a coal mine.
I'm amazed anyone could do it. A lot of people in this area came from Bohemia, Bulgaria and the Czech Republic - Poles, too. Wonderful people. They really know how to throw a wedding celebration.
posted by
Pat_B
on December 14, 2018 at 1:21 PM
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