9 Centuries of Coal 

Brothers worked underground USA coal mines for a few yrs late 1970's early '80's, for adventure and good money, they lost a couple good men, friends and coworkers. Was far more dangerous back then in the US but interesting exciting place, dinosaur footprints in the shale overhead as though they just walked by, occasional beautiful fossil bone fragments and forest detritus common in the coal. Sometimes someone would extract a huge footprint, they were displayed outside homes in the area. Utah region.

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@@lozarok Thanks. Character building. ;-) I went different direction but no less challenging and "character building", also in heavy industry up to present w no plans to quit, tho I've slowed down considerably. :D

I loved the job ! A different challenge every day ..... dirty, dangerous, hot, and bloody hard work .... but all with a band of mates who had your back every minute of every shift. Now all the pits are gone and the tight knit communities around them are diminished. Even now, old and half crippled, I miss it still .... and always will.

Workers create value, NOT capitalists! ✊