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Safety has greatly improved and needs to be maintained. So when you see new problems cropping up...especially in younger miners they should be looked into and possobly be revised.Seam mining has always been a dangerous profession. Uranium mines were the worst and gold mines were little better. but it is the image coal has gotten as a result of the environmentalist and labor movements which has led to its being singled-out as the source of such derision. Certainly, coal mines were dangerous places to work, but with advanced technology, it is a resource which can be relatively safely be exploited today. This is no longer the early 20th century.My Dad's family is from Shenandoah and Pottsville areas. That is pretty cool Pismoe---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- yeah sunken city Scranton eh [maybe] , 'hilarys' home town . My DAD worked a day in the coal mines after he got out of the military after ww2 . He told me about the blind horses that had lost their sight after being deep in the mines for lots of years . Anyway , he worked 1 day then went to work on the Lackawanna R.R.. My Grandfather a coalminer as a young man died of black lung at about 70 and is buried in the big , old Welsh Cemetery . --------------- if you know Scranton did you ever checkout the coal mine fire thats been going on for , must be at least a hundred years now Coyote . --------------------- pretty much off topic , just being friendly Coyote .I live in a coal state. My father's family is from Pennsylvania mining towns. They worked for the mines. So I am not an expert and i doubt you are either, but I am not entirely unconnected.as if YOU are a coal mining expert . But that being said i value letting people work in legal industry that they decide to work in Coyote .
Industry should be accountable for maintaining the safety of working conditions. This has been fought for long and hard in my state. Especially blacklung. Why do you want to go backwards?
Also it is a constant fight keeping mine owners accountable.
Agree with what you say though