Comments on: miners ladies http://www.buffyholt.com/blog/2006/01/04/miners-ladies/ plain simple english Thu, 02 Sep 2010 01:03:55 -0500 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mari http://www.buffyholt.com/blog/2006/01/04/miners-ladies/comment-page-1/#comment-232033 Mari Sun, 25 Nov 2007 17:34:36 +0000 http://www.buffyholt.com/blog/?p=64#comment-232033 I lost an uncle to a wildcat mine in October 1980. He was 19. I was 11. I miss him so much it hurts, still. I named my oldest boy for him; he just turned 18 and thankfully lives away from the coalfields and mountains. Every time there's any kind of mining incident, regardless where, I just fall to pieces. What you said about the dust, the rock, and the mountain is so very true. People who've never been around that just don't understand, have no way to. I lost an uncle to a wildcat mine in October 1980. He was 19. I was 11. I miss him so much it hurts, still. I named my oldest boy for him; he just turned 18 and thankfully lives away from the coalfields and mountains.

Every time there’s any kind of mining incident, regardless where, I just fall to pieces. What you said about the dust, the rock, and the mountain is so very true. People who’ve never been around that just don’t understand, have no way to.

]]> By: L.D. Wright http://www.buffyholt.com/blog/2006/01/04/miners-ladies/comment-page-1/#comment-221368 L.D. Wright Wed, 14 Nov 2007 03:11:28 +0000 http://www.buffyholt.com/blog/?p=64#comment-221368 My dad's life was shortened by the black lung disease, from working in the mines. He said the worst days was during the depression he worked in Kentucky and Virginia. May God bless the American coal miners My dad’s life was shortened by the black lung disease, from working in the mines. He said the worst days was during the depression he worked in Kentucky and Virginia. May God bless the American coal miners

]]> By: Kerri http://www.buffyholt.com/blog/2006/01/04/miners-ladies/comment-page-1/#comment-10621 Kerri Wed, 18 Oct 2006 01:05:30 +0000 http://www.buffyholt.com/blog/?p=64#comment-10621 It is hard being a miner's lady, staying up, waiting on him to be home. That isn't a very good pic of my hubby. It is hard being a miner’s lady, staying up, waiting on him to be home. That isn’t a very good pic of my hubby.

]]> By: sage http://www.buffyholt.com/blog/2006/01/04/miners-ladies/comment-page-1/#comment-2139 sage Tue, 30 May 2006 14:59:28 +0000 http://www.buffyholt.com/blog/?p=64#comment-2139 I like this post. My favorite short story by Harry Caudill (from the mining region of Kentucky) is "The Mountain, the Miner and the Lord." I like this post. My favorite short story by Harry Caudill (from the mining region of Kentucky) is “The Mountain, the Miner and the Lord.”

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