My grandfather was a coal miner in Uniontown Pennsylvania in the 1940 and 50's and would come home covered in coal dust. The company had the workers breath in aluminum dust to cure the black lung. He raised a family of four kids but died at 56 years old. RIP grandpap.
That was a moving tribute that Ricky Skaggs sang
great photos
WOW that apple fell pretty far away from the coal fields, yes I guess there are other jobs that get into a mans blood. Coal mining, well I figured the kids will chuck me in the clay with some coal in the box