[72c20customcamper]

Originally Posted by mr.mud1

that's awful interesting stuff,especially when you know the story.here where i live was once a booming coal mine town,this whole area for miles around.you can't walk anywhere in the woods without seeing bright orange signs posted on trees,warning of open holes in the ground,left over from the coal mines.the problem was,most of the men here worked in the mines,then came home and dug what they called a "bootleg pit" anywhere they figured there was coal.there's holes all over the place.i did just see a drawing of a commercial coal mine that wasn't far from the house,in about 1900,the drawing showed all the shafts,they went down 3300 feet and turned out and worked under the ocean floor??can't imagine?i thought truckin was tough?that's when men were men.

My in laws lived in Wilkes barre pa ,my first wifes grandfather worked the mines . One of the shafts went under his house (coal company owned the ground ) was great for him as he dig a small tunnel to the mine . He would go in the basement and go to work. He also never had to buy coal for the furnace.