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Originally Posted by Bill O'Rights
I grew up in Pennsylvania mining country. In fact, I actually went to high school with one of the 9 miners from the Pennsylvania mine flood accident a few years ago.
Trust me. Those figures are very normal.
Right...no. Normal...most definately.
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I also grew up close to coal mining country and although I have never been in a mine I have several friends/aquaintances who lived and worked in those areas.
Safety is always a very important issue but one of the biggest concerns is the possibility that the mine(s) will be shut down due to heavy fines and regulation. In some of those small Appalachian towns the only work around is in the mines and the jobs pay very well for those areas.
It may be possible that in order to make the mines completely safe they will no longer be economically feasible. I know several miners who left their home towns and came north to southern Ohio to work in the auto plants, etc.