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kentuck

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1. "So why did miners cling to a dying industry when railroaders did not?"

Reply to cyclonefence (Original post)

Mon Apr 30, 2018, 09:24 AM

Apr 2018

My Dad was a mule driver in a mine before anything was mechanized.

It was hard and dangerous work, with slate falling around them every day. They were too exhausted to get an education or to look for another job. They had just enough energy to get out of bed and make it to the mines for one more day. They were conditioned to do that every day and it permitted them to survive and feed their children.

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Anthony Bourdain in WV [View all] cyclonefence Apr 2018 OP

"So why did miners cling to a dying industry when railroaders did not?" kentuck Apr 2018 #1

My great grandfather was a gandy dancer on the old Pennsylvania RR, my grandfather got educated.... marble falls Apr 2018 #3

This is a good question and merits further study FakeNoose Apr 2018 #2