“Here, are the stiffening hills, here, the rich cargo Congealed in the dark arteries, Old veins That hold Glamorgan's blood. The midnight miner in the secret seams, Limb, life, and bread. - Rhondda Valley” BloodHillsCoalWalesMiningMinersCoal MinerThe LandGlamorganRhondda Book:Collected Poems Source: Collected Poems
“Miners were like insignificant carpenter ants; their entire life and purpose was simply to bore through hard substances, whereby destroying nature and themselves in the grueling process. Meanwhile, men like Huxley,, Carnegie and Frick were the very select few who were reaping the gargantuan rewards of gold, or in this case, coal and steel.” LaborAmerican HistoryClass WarfareChild LaborGilded AgeCoal MinerSteel And Coal Book:A Blazing Gilded Age Source: A Blazing Gilded Age
“If a coal miner has a nightmare in his dream, he will not be afraid because he is living the worst of that nightmare in the real world!” Mehmet Murat Ildan QuotesMinersCoal MinersNightmare QuotesNightmare QuotationsCoal MinerMiners Quotes Author:Mehmet Murat Ildan
“And I said, 'A coal miner? Why did she want a coal miner if she could've had you?' And he said, 'Because when he sings ... even the birds stop to listen.” BirdsListenSingsCoal Miner Book:The Hunger Games Source: The Hunger Games
“They are closing the mine in two weeks, they say. Six days a week bumping down in the gondola, pecking out the rocks and hauling them back up, doing it again the next day for twenty-seven years, one cave-in, three thin raises, and a failed strike. Where am I going to go every day, what am I going to do with all that sunshine?” SunshineUnemploymentMineCoal Miner Book:420 Characters Source: 420 Characters