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My grandfather was a coal miner who lived in a one room log cabin with a wife and three children until the day he had miraculously saved enough pennies to get out of the mines and buy a dairy farm. The book discusses and illustrates the basics of mining methods and operations, the geology of the state, life in a coal town, the unrest in the coal fields and more. Anthracite coal mining region of northeastern pennsylvania. Compilation of coal mining material from the 1920s and 1930s. What really matters to emma, though, are the children, in particular the breaker boys, boys as young as 6 who work long hours doing extremely dangerous work. Choose your favorite coal mining photographs from millions of available designs. Vintage coal mining mine embossed tin sign when siren sounds conveyor will start. Books and some articles relating to coal mining, especially historical.

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