I’ve done coal, trona , and hard rock . Coal mining is Fanatical . If you slow down then you are considered to be quitting . If you hesitate to work ? You are a total POS….if you get hurt or can’t keep up anymore . You are expected to leave . Underground Coal is survival of the fittest
Harlan County Kentucky possesses the Hottest coal in the United States ; at one point Henry Ford thought about moving his production facilities to the county but the Coal Mining companies ran Ford out of town not wanting to compete for labor . Ford wanted to control the energy source, control the steel foundries and finally vehicle production
The people that truly built our world..we don't appreciate them enough, if at all… Basically everything that we can't grow comes from mines
I’ve done coal, trona , and hard rock .
Coal mining is Fanatical .
If you slow down then you are considered to be quitting .
If you hesitate to work ? You are a total POS….if you get hurt or can’t keep up anymore .
You are expected to leave .
Underground Coal is survival of the fittest
For video on underground mining, here's a promo from Komatsu that shows a lot of their machinery being used in a coal mine.
https://youtu.be/39sCsT_OHfk?si=L311bL9d1RXCSjC-
Both my grandads, their fathers and their fathers fathers were coal miners. All but one lived to their mid eighties.
Harlan County Kentucky possesses the Hottest coal in the United States ; at one point Henry Ford thought about moving his production facilities to the county but the Coal Mining companies ran Ford out of town not wanting to compete for labor . Ford wanted to control the energy source, control the steel foundries and finally vehicle production