Some Coal Links

"It's many a man I have seen in my day,
Who lived just to labour his whole life away.
Like a fiend for his dope, or a drunk for his wine,
A man can have lust for the lure of the mine."

-Travis

I met Wm. Johnstone, who is cited as a source. He was a miner at Victory Coal in the 1930's. Crowsnest coal mining towns

Cape Breton Coal: 1861-1999. R.I.P. Nova Scotia

Excellent pictures. Great stories and links. (American): Coal mining in the Gilded Age and Progressive Era.

Good pictures and glossary: Coal Mining in Illinois

Kentucky Mining

Good links, Pennsylvania Anthracite Mining: Coal Was King

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Music
"Coal Tattoo- Joan Baez
"Sixteen Tons"- Tennesse Ernie Ford
"Springhill Mine Disaster"- Ewan MacColl
"Coal Miners Daughter"- Loretta Lynn,

Movies
"The Molly McGuires"
"Matewan"

Citations
"Coal Dust in My Blood" - William Johnstone
"A Treatise on Coal Mining" - The Colliery Engineer Company- Scranton, Pa.- 1900.
"Hills of Hope" - (excerpt), Wm. Foster,