Do we have any coal miners on the forum?

Are you implying you want to be a coal miner???
There is no were near enough work for miners now let alone in the future
I worked in coal handling in the early seventies
My foreman was a miner, it’s not a nice job
We ran all the coal handling equipment and it was filthy beyond belief
I’d be covered in coal dust
My clothes were full of it
In the warmer months when I didn’t wear long underwear my ***** and testicles were black from coal dust
In the only two years I worked in the yard I sucked in a lot of coal dust
We fixed broken conveyor belts fifty feet up in ten degree weather
Hoppers would get plugged and I personal dug out several guys who got buried over their heads when the stuck coal caved in
I myself was buried up to my chin once
That’s my limited experience with coal
God bless those miners