Patti Adamson·Aug 16Forgotten Foods Appalachian Coal Miners Carried in Their Lunch PailsThis is the story of eight foods that rode two thousand feet underground in a metal bucket every single day, foods built specifically to…
InNo TimebySteven David Justin Sills·May 30Man of CoalFrom the Collection of poetry, An American Papyrus You knew it was coming: Twenty-three years and the mine Would notice you one time…
Andrea Zuehlk·Sep 4, 2025The One About A Coal MinerMikita Hotra (1873–1937), also known as Michael or Mike, was my maternal great grandfather who worked in the bituminous coal mines of…
Scott Douglas Jacobsen·Apr 5, 20251067: Coal Miner’s VietnamBeing a coal miner during the Vietnam War was eventually more dangerous than being in the Vietnam War.
