Drawers dragged truckloads of coal to the surface. Older children operated the mine shaft pulleys. Pay and working conditions were poor and life expectancy short. Students could discuss the ...

Drawers dragged truckloads of coal to the surface. Older children operated the mine shaft pulleys. Pay and working conditions were poor and life expectancy short. Students could discuss the ...

In the Mine Wars that erupted in southern ... on Guard before her tent. Credit: Coal Age Magazine Women in the early 1900s were barred from working underground in the coalmines, but their work ...

After nearly four decades working in ... protects against mine safety risks and disasters, have delayed enforcement of a landmark rule limiting miners’ exposure to coal dust.