Growth Process of A Miner in a Coal Mine.
It offered danger, excitement, and best of all, freedom to move about the mines.In the years gone by, in Pennsylvania’s anthracite coal industry, every fourth worker was a boy. One of the jobs these boys might do, and the most glorious of all, was that of a mule driver.
The mule driver, usually a boy in his early teens, traveled from one work chamber to the next, coupling the full cars and leaving an empty to be filled. A boy started out with one mule, and then worked his way up to a six-mule team. When he was able to drive six mules, he was given a man’s wage and earned the respect of all the workers and bosses.
Because of the narrow passageways, the mules were harnessed in tandom, one behind the other. The driver stood on the front car bumper, where he used only his commands to guild the mules. If the mules were stubborn and refused to move, he cracked a warning in the air with his long, black, braided, snake whip.Henan Hongxing Mining Machinery Co., Ltd is the professional manufacturer of complete sets of mining machinery, for example,hammer crusher,vibrating screen Welcome all of you to visit our official website.impact crusher for sale:http://www.crusher-machine.com/n112.html
If there was a lull in the work, the driver practiced his skill with the whip. He would set up a mine lamp and with the crack of his whip try to extinguish the flame without upsetting the lamp.
Gerald McKerns
Author of ‘The Black Rock That Built America’
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